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Polaris MEP seeking input for 2024 Voice of Manufacturers survey

PROVIDENCE – Polaris MEP has released a call for responses as it conducts its second Voice of Manufacturers survey, which the organization compiled for...

Book company to close Cumberland manufacturing facility

CUMBERLAND – More than 50 Rhode Island employees will lose their jobs as Illinois-based manufacturer Lakeside Book Co. plans to shutter three facilities by...
LABOR TALKS: Matthew Weldon, second from right, director of the R.I. Department of Labor and Training, speaks during a panel discussion at Providence Business News’ Workforce Development Summit in Providence on Feb. 15. Also on the panel are, from left, Lindsey Brickle, director of workforce and community partnerships at Polaris MEP; Julie Matthew, manufacturing director of Amgen Inc. in Rhode Island; Ara Millette, director of talent acquisition and workforce development at Lifespan Corp.; Nina Pande, executive director of Skills for Rhode Island’s Future; and Douglas Sherman, senior vice president and provost at the New England Institute of Technology. PBN Editor Michael Mello, standing at right, moderates. 
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Panel: Adaptability is key in today’s job market

Though Rhode Island’s job numbers have largely rebounded to pre-COVID-19 levels, Matthew Weldon, director of the R.I. Department of Labor and Training, doesn’t exactly...
ARTHUR S. ROBBINS, a co-founder of the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau who also served for 41 years on HopeHealth's board of directors, died Tuesday at the age of 91. / COURTESY HOPEHEALTH

Former PWCVB founder, longtime HopeHealth board member Robbins dies at 91

PROVIDENCE – Arthur S. Robbins, a local business leader who co-founded the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau and served four decades on HopeHealth’s...

Five Questions With: Kelly Ward

Kelly Ward is the president and co-founder of Ward’s Manufacturing, a new metal fabrication manufacturer based in Warren. Ward and her brother Kiffin, who...

WaterRower acquires New York-based CityRow

WARREN – Following a yearslong manufacturing partnership, Rhode Island exercise machine manufacturer WaterRower Inc. has acquired New York City-based CityRow. CityRow founder and CEO Helaine...

South Coast life sciences incubator gets $800K state grant

MANSFIELD – Southeastern Massachusetts' biomanufacturing and life sciences sector will receive an $800,000 infusion of in support of innovation and training initiatives, state officials...
KVH INDUSTRIES INC. is undergoing “transformative initiative” that will include a shakeup of its management team and laying off 20% of its workforce at its hardware manufacturing plant in Middletown, the company says. / COURTESY KVH INDUSTRIES INC.

KVH Industries to lay off 75 workers at Middletown plant

MIDDLETOWN – KVH Industries Inc. says it is undergoing a “transformative initiative” that will include a shakeup of its management team and laying off...

Aspen Aerogels posts $45.8M loss in 2023

PROVIDENCE – Aspen Aerogels Inc. on Tuesday reported a $45.8 million loss in 2023, down from $82.7 million loss in 2022.  The loss per diluted...

Lardaro: R.I. economy expanding despite weak December

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island's economy closed 2023 in expansion range despite a weak December, University of Rhode Island economist and professor Leonard Lardaro said...
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