Report: Hasbro began discussing move to Mass. six months ago
PAWTUCKET – Hasbro Inc. CEO Chris Cocks and Mass. Economic Development Secretary Yvonne Hao began discussing the move of the Rhode Island-based toy maker’s...
Marquis, Williams among 24 honorees for PBN’s 2024 Manufacturing Awards
PROVIDENCE – Dave Marquis, president and co-owner of Lincoln-based ChemArt Co., has been named the 2024 Strategic Leadership Award winner for Providence Business News’...
Dockworkers’ union suspends strike until Jan. 15 to allow time to...
DETROIT (AP) – Some 45,000 dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports are returning to work after their union reached a deal to suspend...
Riley Power Group to lay off additional 13 R.I. employees
NORTH KINGSTOWN – After revealing plans in August to layoff 117 workers, Riley Power Group, a North Carolina-based maintenance and construction company that does...
REGENT Craft details ‘key step’ for Seaglider passenger trials
NORTH KINGSTOWN – REGENT Craft Inc. has taken "a key step forward" in bringing its Seaglider product to market, the company announced on Tuesday, with...
REGENT Craft Inc. gets OK for $4M more in incentives from...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corp. board on Monday awarded REGENT Craft Inc. $4 million in combined financing and tax incentives in anticipation of...
Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike, a...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation that...
Meet the Makers: Orbit assembles plan to focus on R.I.
(Editor’s note: This is the 25th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
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Bristol County manufacturers net $600K in state grants
FOXBOROUGH – Three manufacturers in Bristol County, Mass. were awarded a combined $600,000 in Massachusetts Manufacturing Accelerate Program's latest funding cycle, each receiving the maximum...


















