SENEDIA lands $98.3M contract for submarine workforce development
MIDDLETOWN – SENEDIA on Tuesday announced it has been awarded a four-year, $98.3 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to advance submarine workforce...
Our children, grandchildren are the answers to fixing R.I.’s machinist shortage
Rhode Island has a machinist shortage.
Not a mild one - a real, painful, business-strangling shortage. Every manufacturer in the state is feeling it.
Let’s stop pretending that another task force, binder full of initiatives...
SEC filing of the week: Pangaea Logistics sees Q3 profit jump...
NEWPORT – Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. reported a profit of $12.2 million in the third quarter of 2025, a 139% increase from the $5.1...
A.O. Smith Corp. to acquire Leonard Valve Co. for $470M
CRANSTON – Local digital mixing valves manufacturer Leonard Valve Co. has been acquired by global water technology company A. O. Smith Corp. for $470...
Igus opens lead screw manufacturing facility in East Providence
EAST PROVIDENCE – Igus Bearings Inc., a company specializing in motion plastics technology, has announced the opening of a 110,000-square-foot lead screw manufacturing facility...
RIMA Executive Director Chenevert to retire after more than 40 years...
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Manufacturers Association Executive Director David M. Chenevert said Wednesday he is retiring after 14 years with the group.
“It has been an...
Healey administration unveils nearly $4.6M in manufacturing grants across Massachusetts
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Gov. Maura Healey and the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s Center for Advanced Manufacturing announced that grants totaling $4.6 million have been distributed...
SOBER REFLECTION: With the craft beer boom over, breweries look...
Matthew Gray has cleared many hurdles to keep Ragged Island Brewing Co. running. And the obstacles are still coming.
Gray opened Ragged Island Brewing with...
MIKEL lands $71M Navy contract, plans to expand workforce
MIDDLETOWN – MIKEL Inc., an undersea warfare technology company, has been awarded a five-year, $71 million contract to support the sensors and sonar systems department at the...
Citizens CEO to Chamber: ‘In moments like this, you don’t pull...
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. CEO and Chairman Bruce Van Saun told Rhode Island business leaders that companies prepared to invest in talent...
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