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EMPLOYEES STOCK the warehouse of Warwick-based health care equipment distributor CME Corp. The John H. Chafee Center for International Business' annual World Trade Day on Wednesday will focus on supply chain resiliency and being prepared for the next crisis that may cause disruptions within supply chains both locally and globally. / COURTESY CME CORP.

38th World Trade Day to focus on supply chain resiliency, improved...

SMITHFIELD – When the COVID-19 pandemic gripped the world four years ago, local businesses had to grapple with many complex changes and challenges, including...
RHODE ISLAND BLACK BUSINESS Association Founder, CEO and President Lisa Ranglin, center, along with local city, state and federal leaders cut the ribbon Tuesday on the association's new headquarters at 220 Smith St. in Providence. / COURTESY SEN. JACK REED, D-R.I.

R.I. Black Business Association’s new HQ now open

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Black Business Association’s new home is now open for business. The nonprofit that supports the advancement of Black- and minority-owned...
WORK IN PROCESS: Stephanie Clift, Stanley Tree Service Inc.’s vice president of finance and administration, helped the company transition its accounting software to a new system that, if used properly, will generate job-costing reports. 
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Clift improved operations to help Stanley Tree’s growth

PBN C-Suite 2024 Awards LARGE PRIVATE COMPANY: Stephanie Clift Stanley Tree Service Inc. | Vice president of finance and administration CUTTING DOWN TREES is not Stephanie Clift’s...
BUILDING BLOCK: To create space for a growing workforce, John Matouk & Co. Chief Operating Officer Milton Goncalves added a second manufacturing shift and acquired an additional building next to Matouk’s existing operation at an industrial park on Airport Road in Fall River. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Matouk’s Goncalves manages with high levels of craftsmanship

PBN C-Suite 2024 Awards LARGE PRIVATE COMPANY: Milton Goncalves John Matouk & Co. | Chief operating officer COMMON WISDOM HAS IT that the once mighty textile...
BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER: Stacey Messier, general manager of CIC Providence LLC, helped attract companies from various industries, including offshore wind, tourism and tele­communications that now call 225 Dyer St. home. 
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CIC Providence’s Messier maintains good company under one roof

PBN C-Suite 2024 Awards RISING STAR: Stacey Messier CIC Providence LLC | General manager PEOPLE AT CAMBRIDGE ­INNOVATION CENTER, or CIC, use the term “creative collisions”...
TOEING THE STREAMLINE: Marstone Inc. Chief People Officer and General Counsel Nisha Cordero helped to streamline technological implementations and brought on performance management operations to maximize the value of the Marstone team’s time while giving them the tools and resources they need to work daily. 
COURTESY MARSTONE INC.

Marstone’s Cordero the right ‘people’ person at the right time

PBN C-Suite 2024 Awards SMALL PRIVATE COMPANY: Nisha Cordero Marstone Inc. | Chief people officer and general counsel TODAY’S COMPANIES ARE CHALLENGED with finding ways for...
ADVANCED WORKPLACE EXCELLENCE has been acquired by Providence-based business and professional organization half full llc.

Professional services firm AWE acquired by half full llc

PROVIDENCE – Advancing Workplace Excellence, a local business and professional services organization, has recently been acquired by another business and professional association to expand...
CATHERINE MARX has been named the acting director of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Rhode Island district office. / COURTESY CATHERINE MARX

Marx named U.S. SBA’s acting Rhode Island district director

PROVIDENCE – Catherine Marx, the current Connecticut district director for the U.S. Small Business Administration, will at least temporarily oversee the administration’s district office...
ALL WIRED UP: Joe Torres, left, a bridge assembly worker at Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence Inc., and James Patnode, a machinist, work on the manufacturing floor at Hexagon’s North Kingstown facility.
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

People, parts, process put together make well-oiled machine at Hexagon

PBN 2023 Manufacturing Awards EXCELLENCE AT A LARGE MANUFACTURER: Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence Inc. AT HEXAGON MANUFACTURING INTELLIGENCE INC., success comes down to a focus on three...
JONATHAN D. FAIN, left, is stepping down as CEO of Teknor Apex Co. after leading the Pawtucket-based manufacturer for more than a half-century. Donald K. Wiseman, right, has been named Fain's successor. / COURTESY TEKNOR APEX CO.

Fain steps down as Teknor Apex’s CEO; Wiseman named successor

PAWTUCKET – One of the state’s larger plastic compounding manufacturers will have new leadership. Teknor Apex Co. recently announced that longtime CEO Jonathan D. Fain...
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