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Number of Americans filing for jobless claims hits highest level in...

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits jumped to its highest level in a year last week, even as the labor market remains...
SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES Holdings PLC reported a profit of $71.1 million in the second quarter of 2024, compared with a $49.1 million one year prior. / COURTESY SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES

Sensata Technologies sees Q2 profit rise to $71.1M

ATTLEBORO – Sensata Technologies Holdings PLC posted a profit of $71.1 million in the second quarter of 2024, compared with a $49.1 million profit...

Windmoeller & Hoelscher moves forward on ‘major expansion’ at Lincoln facility

LINCOLN – Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp., a Rhode Island machinery manufacturer with global reach, last week broke ground on a "major expansion" at the...

Hasbro reports $138.5M profit in Q2

PAWTUCKET – Hasbro Inc. on Thursday reported a second-quarter profit of $138.5 million, after a $235 million loss in the same period a year...

RTX Corp. sees profit fall 92% in Q2

ARLINGTON, Va. – RTX Corp. on Thursday reported a second-quarter profit of $111 million, a 92% decrease from a year ago.  The year-over-year profit decline...

General Dynamics sees Q2 profit soar to $905M

NORTH KINGSTOWN – General Dynamics Corp., the parent company of General Dynamics Electric Boat, posted a $905 million profit in the second quarter, a...

LineSider Brewing Co. closing July 28

EAST GREENWICH – It's last call at a popular brewery along South County Trail.  LineSider Brewing Co. announced Tuesday in a Facebook post that Jeremy...

Rhino Capital Advisors breaks ground on Taunton manufacturing facility

TAUNTON – A 180,000-square-foot facility with the potential to support manufacturing, life sciences and flex purposes last week broke ground in the Myles Standish...
CO-BOT CONVERSATION: Mike Rielly, head of public relations at igus Bearings Inc. in East Providence, discusses one of the robots that the company produces, which are known as collaborative robots, or co-bots, along with other automation technology that it sells to manufacturers.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

ROBOTS RISING? Manufacturers mull employing tech as it gets smarter, cheaper

Enter igus Bearings Inc.’s newly opened facility in East Providence, and you’ll be met with the sounds of whirring and clangs typical of a...
TOTAL PACKAGE: Wardwell Braiding Co. Vice President John Tomaz points to one of the company’s braiding machines on its factory floor in Central Falls. Wardwell not only designs, builds and sells the machines, it also produces and provides replacement parts and performs repairs.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Meet the Makers: Wardwell woven into success of customers all over...

(Editor’s note: This is the 23rd installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
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