Five Questions With: Samuel Chionuma
Quick, reliable COVID-19 tests mean fewer disruptions in manufacturing production lines and fewer employees out of work. Rhode Island rolled out a pilot program...
R.I. Textile Innovation Network webinar to focus on industrial sewing
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Textile Innovation Network will host a free webinar on March 3 focused on We Make RI’s Industrial Sewing workforce...
Everybody’s Business: Mentor helped lift him to the top
(Editor’s note: This is the sixth installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
Third-generation owner keeps pallet manufacturer flowing and growing
In a hot-pink mask and blown-out hair, Heather Handrigan-Ross may not fit the stereotypical look of a manufacturer.
But as she strode into the production...
R.I. Department of Health on underused COVID-19 treatment: ‘We have plenty...
PROVIDENCE – The vaccines that prevent serious illness with COVID-19 are in short supply in Rhode Island.
Paradoxically, a treatment for mild to moderate COVID-19...
Health care equipment distributor CME signs 3-year contract with Magnet Group
WARWICK – CME Corp., a distributor of health care equipment to hospitals, physicians’ offices, government facilities and other clients, has been added as a...
General Dynamics earns $3.2B in 2020
PROVIDENCE – General Dynamics Corp. earned a profit of $3.2 billion in 2020, a 9.1% decline year over year, the company reported Wednesday.
Earnings per...
Textron posts $309M profit in 2020
PROVIDENCE – Textron Inc. reported a $309 million profit in 2020, a decline from $815 million one year prior, the company announced Wednesday.
Earnings per...
Amgen, Veterans Assembled Electronics at STRAC Institute win Platinum Awards for...
PROVIDENCE – Biopharmaceutical manufacturer Amgen Rhode Island in West Greenwich and Veterans Assembled Electronics at the STRAC Institute in Providence each won a U.S....
American Cord and Webbing rebrands with new website, logo and tagline
WOONSOCKET – American Cord and Webbing Co., a manufacturer of narrow textile webbing, industrial sewing and injection-molded plastic hardware, has updated its branding.
The family-owned...



















