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Despite 2021 rate decreases, manufacturers criticize National Grid energy efficiency plan

PROVIDENCE – Thanks to unspent funds during the pandemic, National Grid Rhode Island customers will see the charges they pay to support energy efficiency...

SEA Corp. awarded 5-year, $36.4M contract from Navy

MIDDLETOWN – Systems Engineering Associates Corp. has been awarded a five-year, $36.4 million contract from the Naval Sea Systems Command Program Executive Office Submarines,...

North Kingstown’s Clarke Valve to begin production line in Saudi Arabia

NORTH KINGSTOWN – Industrial control valve maker Clarke Valve plans a production line in Saudi Arabia, in partnership with the Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo...
NEW TASKS: Alexandria Kitsilis Cardoso, left, and Christine Kitsilis, co-owners of Angelo’s Palace Pizza in Cumberland, prepare food in the kitchen. Restaurant employees were cross-trained to become delivery drivers or cooks to keep them working when dining room sales dropped due to the COVID-19 pandemic. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. job market could take years to recover

Economists foresee a long, slow rebuilding period following the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the replacement of lost jobs in Rhode Island taking...

URI engineering college, 401 Tech Bridge collaborate to assist R.I.-based materials...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island College of Engineering and 401 Tech Bridge are partnering to support three Rhode Island-based advanced-materials manufacturers...

U.S. factories grow at fastest pace since mid-2018

WASHINGTON (AP) – American factories grew in December at the fastest pace in more than two years as manufacturing continued to weather the pandemic...

The Cooley Group acquired by exec. leaders and private-equity group

PAWTUCKET – The Cooley Group, a longtime family-owned manufacturer of technical textiles, has been acquired by its executive leadership in collaboration with J.H. Witney...
PAT CHAMBLISS has been named CEO of Nelipak Corp. / COURTESY NELIPAK CORP.

Chambliss named CEO of Nelipak

CRANSTON – Pat Chambliss has been named CEO of Nelipak Corp., the company announced Monday. Chambliss, previously serving as the company’s president and chief operating...
DAVE WITHAM, left,, co-owner, president and brewmaster of Proclamation Ale Co. in Warwick, is pictured with his wife, Lori, and daughter, Harper. Dave Witham died Dec. 25 of cancer. / COURTESY GOFUNDME

Proclamation Ale Co. co-owner Witham dies of cancer on Christmas Day

WARWICK – Dave Witham, co-owner, president and brewmaster of Proclamation Ale Co., died Dec. 25 of cancer after being diagnosed with the disease a...

Deadline extended to Jan. 15 for NAM’s 2021 Manufacturing Leadership Awards...

PROVIDENCE – The deadline for the National Association of Manufacturers’ 2021 Manufacturing Leadership Awards has been extended to Jan. 15, according to the organization....
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