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DOUBLE DUTY: Jamie Mitri, founder and owner of Moss Pure in Cumberland, is aiming to ­transform the green art sector, offering a product that serves as both a contemporary art piece and an innovation in air filtering and purification without the need for electricity, sunlight or water.
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Meet the Makers: Moss Pure’s air filtration products blend art with...

(Editor’s note: This is the 33rd installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s ­unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
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...

(Editor’s note: This is the 32nd installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
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...

(Editor’s note: This is the 31st installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
TABLE GAMES: Tracey Beck, co-owner and chief operating officer of The Beck Cos., shows off a shuffleboard table and a pool table, both designed and built by Great American Recreation Equipment Inc., one of six companies under The Beck Cos. umbrella that produces its products at the manufacturer’s 85,000-square-foot facility in North Smithfield.
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Meet the Makers: Cross-training key to success of The Beck Cos.

(Editor’s note: This is the 30th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to 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...

(Editor’s note: This is the 29th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
ATTENTION TO DETAIL: Gorilla Gaming co-owner Gretel McCrory works on the factory floor at the Warwick gaming table manufacturer. The company’s attention to detail has caught the eye of big players in the gambling industry, including signing a deal in 2017 to be the official poker table of the World Series of Poker
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Meet the Makers: Warwick poker table maker has played its cards...

(Editor’s note: This is the 28th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
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...

(Editor’s note: This is the 27th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
CLOSER LOOK: S&P Heat Treating Inc. Vice President Mike Rapoza examines parts at the company’s Warwick facility, which offers metal-hardening services for a variety of industries.
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Meet the Makers: S&P has honed detailed heat-treating process over 38...

(Editor’s note: This is the 26th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
GETTING A LIFT: Joshua Holt, founder and president at Orbit Motion Systems in Bristol, demonstrates a suction-cup device that can be used to pick up items. The device is normally attached to an Orbit robotic arm for automated lifting tasks. Behind him is his wife, Jennifer Holt, the company controller. 
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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...
THE END RESULT: International Packaging Corp. CEO John Kilmartin, standing right, speaks with employees Vera Cruz, left, and Marybell Berdugo at a station where finished presentation boxes are packed for shipping. 
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Meet the Makers: Nimble moves keep Interpak going strong amid overseas...

(Editor’s note: This is the 24th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
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