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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.  PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Meet the Makers: Adaptability, customer relationships key to VR Industries’ 40...

Business Services 11/21/2025

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...

Meet the Makers: Adaptability, customer relationships key to VR Industries’ 40...

Business Services 01/31/2025

(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...

INSPECTING: VR Industries CEO and President Brian Pestana, left, is with AOI tech Jorge Orsini, who works on the automated optical inspection equipment at the manufacturer’s Warwick facility. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

U.S. electronic parts competing again

Entrepreneurship 03/09/2018

In Warwick, one small business is starting to see a boomerang effect in the movement of contract manufacturing. Customers that had sought out less-expensive...

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