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FINANCE FUNDAMENTALS: Bryan Hoff­man, a financial services certified professional with Gorra Financial Group, teaches financial literacy to a special education class at East Providence High School through Won Strategy, a program that introduces high school students to the fundamentals of business.
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Entrepreneurship as a tool for equity

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PBN 2025 DIVERSITY EQUITY & INCLUSION AWARDS Education: Won Strategy From ideation and product design to financial literacy and marketing, Providence-based Won Strategy’s Why to How...
PERSONNEL MEETING: City Personnel employees meet at the staffing organization’s office in Providence. Pictured, from left, are Daniel Apajee, sourcing specialist; Adora Andrade, recruiting coordinator; Dawn Apajee, founder and president; Zach Gagnon, marketing manager; and recruiting specialists Britt Phillips and Soledad Lacayo.
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City Personnel’s DEI philosophy shapes Rhode Island’s workforce

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PBN 2025 DIVERSITY EQUITY & INCLUSION AWARDS Professional Services (Consulting): City Personnel Diversity, equity and inclusion efforts have always been a priority at Providence staffing agency...
MILESTONE: Sisters Marcia, left, and Julie Blount lead the Blount Boats Inc. shipyard in Warren, which was founded by their father and recently celebrated its 75th ­anniversary.
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Meet the Makers: Warren shipyard has navigated the waters of boat-building...

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Sisters Marcia and Julie Blount grew up watching their father, Luther Blount, sketch boat designs on napkins. Those sketches became real vessels at Blount...
TRIAL AND ERROR: Alejandro Martinez, Mearthane Products Corp.’s marketing director, shows some experimental moldings in the company’s development lab inside its Cranston headquarters. 
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Meet the Makers: Moment of ingenuity helped Mearthane to continue rolling

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In more ways than one, Cranston-based Mear-thane Products Corp. has proved to be the ultimate spinoff company over the last 60 years. The company was...
PRODUCT ASSESSMENT: Alice Nichols, left, founder and owner, and Donna Bodell, vice president and designer, look over some of the products on the factory floor at pet supply manufacturer Up Country in East Providence.
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Meet the Makers: Determination pays off for pet apparel designer, with...

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When Alice Nichols launched her pet apparel company, Up Country, she knew her creatively designed collars would sell. More than 40 years later, that...
ON A ROLL: Robert Brinkman, left, assembler technician, and Ben Daubenspeck, quality assurance engineer, work with an AJ 800 overprinter at electronics manufacturer AstroNova Inc. in West Warwick.
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AstroNova credits rapid innovation and customer feedback with success

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PBN 2025 Manufacturing Awards OVERALL EXCELLENCE AT A LARGE MANUFACTURER: AstroNova Inc. For more than 60 years electronics manufacturer AstroNova Inc. has been the go-to for...
CONSTANT DIVERSIFICATION: Evelyn Gutierrez works on countertop rails for an American-made yacht with Chairman Thomas Tanury at Lincoln-based metal finishing company Tanury Industries. The company used to specialize in jewelry, but now the largest markets it serves are lighting, electronics, aerospace and giftware.
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Meet the Makers: Tanury Industries stays on its toes to keep...

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Just about anything can shine at Tanury Industries. It’s hard to miss the reflections coming off all kinds of objects – from eyeglass frames...
EXPANDING SERVICE: AVTECH Software Inc. CEO and President Rick Grundy, left, and Russell Benoit, marketing channel manager, show off the company’s Room Alert environment monitoring platform at its Warren facility.
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AVTECH takes Room Alert platform to the next level

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PBN 2025 Manufacturing Awards OVERALL EXCELLENCE AT A SMALL MANUFACTURER: AVTECH Software Inc. Rick Grundy, CEO and president of AVTECH Software Inc., is proud of the...
MANY USES: VR Industries Inc. CEO and President Brian Pestana, left, visits machine technician Brandon Roy on the factory floor of the Warwick-based electronic contract manufacturer, which focuses on making circuit boards for a variety of industries, including industrial, defense, medical and the blue economy. 
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Meet the Makers: Adaptability, customer relationships key to VR Industries’ 40...

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VR Industries Inc. has evolved significantly over its 40-year history. Founded in 1985 by Fred Pestana, the company transitioned from a relay business in...
FAMILY TRADITION: Rudi Hauser Jr., owner and president of Hauser Chocolatier in Westerly, in the company’s retail shop. Hauser bought the company in 2008 from his mother and his father, Ruedi Hauser Sr., who started the company in 1985 in Connecticut after emigrating from Switzerland.
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Meet the Makers: Hausers keep family tradition of Swiss chocolate making...

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At Hauser Chocolatier, Rudi Hauser has a sweet job. The 18,000-square-foot Westerly-based operation makes chocolates and truffles. Delicious aromas of cocoa fill the air...
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