Manufacturing

FIRST WE WALK  Telli Quinn ended her nine-month IYRS computer design program by interning at prototype design firm Empire Group in Attleboro, which just offered her an assistant designer position. IYRS uses hands-on projects to understand the connection between design and fabrication. / Courtesy IYRS School of Technology and Trade

Quality jobs can be landed in design across many industries

Art & Culture 10/02/2019

There is a big demand for young people in the manufacturing sector for sure. But some of those jobs are not about making products,...

BUILDING A CAREER BY HAND: Rebecca Slater, left, design project director at Blakely Interior Design in North Kingstown, helps Brianna Chace, a New England Tech interior design major and intern at Blakely. / PBN PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

Q&A: Rebecca Slater

Art & Culture 10/02/2019

Rebecca Slater | Blakely Interior Design design project director In 2015, Rebecca Slater left an MFA program at Suffolk University and discovered she could pursue...

Q&A: Orlando A. Correa

Education 10/02/2019

Orlando A. Correa is a 2012 graduate of the Building Futures program of Apprenticeship Rhode Island, part of the American Apprenticeship Initiative. The program...

Justin Sirotin OCTO Product Development founder

Personnel 10/02/2019

Justin Sirotin | OCTO Product Development founder Justin Sirotin’s resume shows a large range of industrial design clients, from industrial equipment to sporting goods, pool...

Q&A: John Sinnott

In Their Own Words 10/02/2019

John Sinnott | Gilbane Building Co. vice president and Rhode Island business unit leader A college intern at Gilbane, John Sinnott took a short detour...

Thanks to digital imaging, more work for construction projects can be done in house. In this case Arden Building pipefitter/welder Andy Guimond can weld and grind 30 of the 40 connections needed for this pipe at the company’s Pawtucket facility before taking the piece to the building site. / PBN PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

As more construction jobs open, finding workers continues to be difficult

Personnel 10/02/2019

Still wanted: Quality-control personnel, estimators, project managers, welders and many others for construction companies in Rhode Island. There are simply not enough people to go...

LONG-TERM CAREER: Kevin Bloyed, a CNC machining instructor at We Make RI and a machinist at Dean Machine in Cranston, said he tries to impart to his students that manufacturing can put them on a long-term career path. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Q&A: Kevin Bloyed

Manufacturing 10/02/2019

Kevin Bloyed | Dean Machine Inc. machinist, instructor in We Make RI program Kevin Bloyed of South Kingstown has spent time working in retail, restaurants...

Q&A: Kyle Daniels

Manufacturing 10/02/2019

Kyle Daniels | Clarke Valve CEO and president Kyle Daniels is the founder, CEO and president of Clarke Valve in North Kingstown. He had three...

THREE RHODE ISLAND companies and two companies in Bristol County, Mass., have been named 2019 Supplier Excellence Award winners by Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/ALASTAIR MILLER

Evans Capacitor, Jade Manufacturing win 4-Star Supplier Excellence Award from Raytheon...

Manufacturing 10/01/2019

PROVIDENCE – Evans Capacitor Co. and Jade Manufacturing Co. have each received a 4-Star Supplier Excellence Award from Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems. A facet of...