RIMA backs Raimondo in first-ever endorsement of a political candidate
NORTH SMITHFIELD – The Rhode Island Manufacturers Association announced its endorsement of Gov. Gina M. Raimondo Oct. 10, marking the organization’s first-ever endorsement of...
Matlet Group files WARN notice for 180 workers in Pawtucket
PROVIDENCE – The Matlet Group LLC, a packaging, printing and marketing company, filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification notice Tuesday, impacting 180 workers...
U.S. producer prices increase for first time in 3 months
NEW YORK - United States producer prices rose for the first time in three months amid a surge in gauges reflecting airfares and rail-transportation...
Plastics Group names Marcoulier head of manufacturing
WOONSOCKET – The Plastics Group of America announced Brian Marcoulier as its new director of manufacturing.
Company President Bob Lebeaux said in a press release,...
Cobb to talk future of manufacturing at ASQ Inspection Division Conference
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Zachary Cobb, director of engineering and research and development for North America for Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence, is a scheduled keynote speaker...
No straight lines on the journey to passionate impact
Ted Fischer | Ageless Innovation LLC co-founder and CEO
On my first day at Hasbro almost four years ago, I could not have imagined that...
Younger professionals entering C-suite, top-level positions in manufacturing
Thirty-six-year-old Christopher R. Goodwin, fourth-generation owner of 106-year-old Goodwin-Bradley Pattern Co. in Providence, knew from a very young age he wanted to lead the...
Making and building a more robust future for Rhode Island
For PBN subscribers, this week’s issue offers the initial publication of “A guide to Stuff made and built in Rhode Island.”
The project was designed...
Rhode Island restarts a manufacturing legacy
Rhode Island has been making things ever since Europeans arrived on the shores of Narragansett Bay. First it was boats, then textiles and finally...

















