Pandemic Diary: Perseverance, agility… and a bit of whiplash
(Editor’s note: This is the second installment in a weekly series on how Cooley Group is managing the COVID-19 pandemic, from the perspective of...
Back to work? Companies finding easier said than done
NEW YORK – As state and federal leaders tussle over when and how fast to “reopen” the U.S. economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, some...
Five Questions With: Barbara Jackson
Manufacturing workforce-development group We Make RI moved into a bigger location on March 1, with more than 12,000 square feet of new space to...
Coping with COVID-19: Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp.
LINCOLN – Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp. President Andrew Wheeler's perspective on the COVID-19 pandemic is through the lens of a cancer survivor.
“I think everyone...
Pandemic Diary: Seeking silver linings
(Editor’s note: This is the first installment in a weekly series on how Cooley Group is managing the COVID-19 pandemic, from the perspective of...
Providence distillery remains in high spirits
Four years of research and development led The Industrious Spirit Co. LLC to a lineup of craft spirits that it was preparing to sell...
Safeguards in place for factory, construction workers
The manufacturing and construction sectors have been deemed essential and are protected from government closure in Rhode Island during the COVID-19 pandemic, but state,...
G-Form stays open by manufacturing face shields instead of sports gear
NORTH SMITHFIELD – G-Form, a manufacturer of protective pads used in sports, has found new life producing protective face shields for health care workers,...
Factory shutdowns near WWII demobilization levels in U.S.
WASHINGTON (AP) – American industry collapsed in March as the pandemic wreaked havoc on the United States economy. Manufacturing and overall industrial production posted...
Hope Global shuts plant after workers fall ill with COVID-19
CUMBERLAND — Manufacturer Hope Global has temporarily shut down its operations here after several workers fell ill and were later found to have had...
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