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    Nonprofits navigating this partisan period

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    Afraid of partisan rancor, nonprofits are biting their tongues, with divisive politics hindering public policy engagement by social service organizations. This is one of...
    MAKING IT WORK: Randy Snow, vice president of jewelry maker Snow Findings Co. in Warwick, says part of the reason he got into the industry and took on the family business, founded by his grandfather in 1951, was to learn from his father, who was the owner and operator before handing the reins over to his son, and to continue what his family had built.
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    Finding ways to remain a fixture

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    PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024 MEET THE MAKERS: Snow Findings Co. DECADES AGO, when Rhode Island was commonly called the jewelry manufacturing capital of the world,...
    BUILDING BLOCKS: Eco Global Manufacturing LLC President James Stallman and manufacturing associate Milagros Ruiz show some of the company’s foam building blocks it now produces after purchasing New York-based Imagination Playground in 2018.
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    Bringing fun back to manufacturing

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    PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024 MEET THE MAKERS: Eco Global Manufacturing LLC JAMES STALLMAN KNOWS a little something about survival. He can remember running through the...
    WHERE IT STARTS: Cathryn Kennedy, food operations manager at Wright’s Dairy Farm Inc., walks through a cow barn at the North Smithfield farm. As many as 200 cows produce the milk that farm employees process, pasteurize and either churn into ice cream or bottle. 
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    The ‘Wright’ place for milk, ice cream

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    PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024 MEET THE MAKERS: Wright’s Dairy Farm Inc. CATHRYN KENNEDY MAKES her way past one of the barns at Wright’s Dairy Farm...
    SHOWING OFF: Steven Alviti Jr., Bel Air Finishing Supply Corp. vice president and sales manager, demonstrates one of the company’s ­machines that deburr and polish intricate parts. 
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    Finishing with a flourish

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    PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024 MEET THE MAKERS: Bel Air Finishing Supply Corp. RALPH ALVITI HAD a simple request of his son, Steven, back in the...
    SUSTAINABLE SHIFT: Dane Sheldon is the director of business development for AquasGroup in East Providence, which has become more focused on developing water purification, recycling and storage systems.
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    Helping manufacturers clean up their act

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    PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024 MEET THE MAKERS: AquasGroup IT’S A DOCTOR’S JOB to safely insert medical devices into patients and before they reach the operating...
    ASSEMBLY LINE: José Nunez Pichardo ensures jars of salsa are capped at the Plants to Food LLC manufacturing facility in Lincoln.
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    Producing food the natural way

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    PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024 MEET THE MAKERS: Plants to Food LLC TO MANY, a transition from beef to plant-based food may seem like a leap...
    BEAUTIFUL BOARDS: Crisloid Inc. owner Jeff Caruso shows off some of the company’s backgammon game boards. 
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    Game maker still rolling along

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    PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024 MEET THE MAKERS: Crisloid LLC MANUFACTURING COMPANIES TYPICALLY have two options when planning strategy: compete within the corporate-dominated mass market or...
    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.
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    Woven into worldwide success

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    PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024 MEET THE MAKERS: Wardwell Braiding Co. JOHN TOMAZ FLIPS a switch and a familiar mechanical humming echoes through Wardwell Braiding...
    THE END RESULT: International Packaging Corp. CEO John Kilmartin, standing right, speaks with employees Vera Cruz, left, and Marybell Berdugo at a station where presentation boxes are packed for shipping. 
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    Staying afloat against overseas competition

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    PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024 MEET THE MAKERS: International Packaging Corp. IN WHAT REMAINS of Rhode Island’s once globally renowned jewelry-making sector, it’s the innovative and...
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