Meet the Makers

ALL IN THE FAMILY: Ron Fasano Jr. is the third generation of the Fasano family to work at the Fasano Corp. machine shop in Cranston, which was founded by his grandfather in 1972. PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Meet the Makers: At Fasano Corp., they’re sweating the small stuff

Meet the Makers 09/15/2023

(Editor’s note: This is the 13th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...

MULTISTEP PROCESS: ChemArt President David Marquis, standing above the Lincoln manufacturer’s factory floor, says the process to create the company’s popular Christmas ornaments, which number more than 1 million orders annually, involves designing, etching, digital, as well as screen printing and plating aspects.

Signature Christmas ornaments still enticing collectors over 40 years later

Meet the Makers 08/18/2023

(Editor’s note: This is the 12th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...

FOR GOOD MEASURE: Machinist Dennis Sullivan checks his calculation on an order of spur gears Tracey Gear has just made for a food processing company.  PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

THE DAILY GRIND: Family-owned Tracey Gear machines parts for clients ranging...

Meet the Makers 07/21/2023

(Editor’s note: This is the 11th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...

BLENDING IN: WaterRower Inc. CEO and President Peter King demonstrates one of the company’s stationary bikes in its showroom in Warren. King says the aesthetics of the equipment, which resembles furniture, is one of its most functional elements. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

International exercise equipment maker retains startup vibe

Meet the Makers 06/23/2023

(Editor’s note: This is the 10th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...

SEEING THE LIGHT: Ian Prichett, CEO and president of Lumetta Inc., stands on the floor of the Warwick lighting manufacturer with some of its designs hanging overhead. He says technologies and product designs evolve quickly in the lighting world, so he’s constantly spending time on the floor and learning from each department. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Prichett continuing his father’s illuminating work at Lumetta

Meet the Makers 05/26/2023

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

CLOSER LOOK: Creative Conners Inc. owner and CEO Gareth Conners, right, inspects a piece of equipment with automation technician Stephen “Bo” Bogev at the manufacturer’s Warren facility. PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Creative Conners’ products keep stages moving for small theaters, productions

Meet the Makers 04/28/2023

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

TIGHTKNIT OPERATION: Employee Maria Monteiro works on a rug at Rhody Rug Inc.’s manufacturing facility in Lincoln. The company produces 1,500 braided rugs per week and supplies hundreds of rug dealers nationwide, says President Scott Weldon. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Where braided rugs are rolling out the door by thousands

Meet the Makers 03/17/2023

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

UNCHARTED TERRITORY: Bill Krarmer is the president of US Extruders Inc. in Westerly, which recently applied for an R.I. Commerce Corp. grant to work on recycling old fishing nets as plastic material for new products. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Starting over hasn’t curbed manufacturer’s desire to improve, innovate

Meet the Makers 02/17/2023

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

Meet the Makers: After 110 years, Goodwin-Bradley still perfecting a pattern...

Meet the Makers 01/20/2023

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

TIGHT WEAVE: Theresia Joseph works in the packaging and receiving department at Lotuff Leather, a handmade leather goods manufacturer in Providence that designs and sells bags, suitcases and other accessories. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Lotuff mastering art of the heirloom

Meet the Makers 12/23/2022

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

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