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DRILLING DOWN: Mazinho Palencia, a Community College of Rhode Island graduate, works on a drill press in the school’s Advanced Manufacturing Lab in 2024. COURTESY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND

CRISIS OF INTEREST: Industry woos next-gen workers

Digital Special Editions 10/10/2025

With a rich industrial history – ranging from shipbuilding and textiles to jewelry, chemicals and metals – the Ocean State’s economy has always been...

LATHE LESSON: Trainee Trevor Harmon operates a lathe machine in the Manufacturing Lab at the New England Institute of Technology. PBN PHOTO/PAUL J. SPETRINI

TECH TRANSFORMATION: AI finding its place in evolving industry

Education 09/27/2024

It’s no secret that advancements in technology have been playing an ever-larger role in manufacturing. Innovations in automation, robotics, digitization and, increasingly, artificial intelligence...

CO-BOT CONVERSATION: Mike Rielly, head of public relations at igus Bearings Inc. in East Providence, discusses one of the robots that the company produces, which are known as collaborative robots, or co-bots, along with other automation technology that it sells to manufacturers. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

ROBOTS RISING? Manufacturers mull employing tech as it gets smarter, cheaper

Cover Story 07/19/2024

Enter igus Bearings Inc.’s newly opened facility in East Providence, and you’ll be met with the sounds of whirring and clangs typical of a...

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THE 8-ACRE estate “Sea Farm” recently sold for $4.5 million, making it the highest home sale in Portsmouth this year, according to Mott & Chace Sotheby’s International Realty, which represented the buyers in this transaction. / MOTT & CHACE SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY

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