Edesia Inc.

CHEMICAL REACTION: Beatrice Charles of Providence looks at some chemicals while studying in the Community College of Rhode Island’s chemical distillation and processing program at the Westerly Education Center.  PBN PHOTO / MICHAEL SALERNO

CCRI’s process technology program gives Rhode Islanders a new career option

Economic Activity 11/22/2024

PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024 EXCELLENCE IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTIVITY: Community College of Rhode Island JUST BEFORE 2018, officials at the Community College of Rhode Island...

SPECIAL DELIVERY: Feast & Fettle Inc. CEO Carlos Ventura and founder Maggie Mulvena Pearson started their East Providence-based company with the goal to help deliver as many meals to families across Rhode Island as possible.  PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Feast & Fettle is finding solutions through food

Business Services 09/27/2024

PBN 2024 Fastest Growing Companies Awards $15 MILLION to $50 MILLION: 1. Feast & Fettle Inc. CEO (or equivalent): Carlos Ventura 2023 Revenue: $25.1 million 2021 Revenue: $9.3 million Revenue...

OCCUPANTS WANTED: Raymond Goff, Burrillville’s planning director and economic development coordinator, visits the entrance to the town’s commerce park, which has remained mostly unused for many years. Town officials are hoping to change that.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

SETTING SITES HIGHER: Will $40M initiative aimed at creating more pad-ready...

Cover Story 06/07/2024

When Burrillville officials unveiled plans to create a second industrial park in the rural town in the early 2000s to bring in jobs and...

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Print Edition 12/08/2023

1. Judge orders eviction of Skyline at Waterplace POSTED ONLINE: Nov. 6. A state district court judge ordered the eviction of Skyline at Waterplace...

Edesia receives $137M gift from Bezos Family Foundation

Food & Agriculture 11/17/2023

NORTH KINGSTOWN – A local nonprofit manufacturer that produces food to help malnourished children around the world received a transformational gift from the family...

Shortage of industrial sites has R.I. taking steps to help

Economy 07/08/2022

When it comes to available industrial sites in Rhode Island, the list is rather short. State commerce officials say the vacancy rate is running at...

NAVYN SALEM, right, founder and CEO of North Kingstown-based food manufacturer Edesia Inc., reacts to receiving a $25,000 donation on 'The Drew Barrymore Show' that aired March 23 from Perdue Farms. Barrymore then matched the donation, giving Edesia $50,000. / COURTESY YOUTUBE.COM

Edesia receives $50K gift on ‘Drew Barrymore Show’; funds will help...

Business Services 04/04/2022

NORTH KINGSTOWN – An appearance on the NBC’s “Today” show subsequently led to a pleasant financial surprise for Edesia Inc. on another daytime talk...

Business Services 10/28/2020

THE STORY: Named after the Roman goddess of food, Edesia Inc.’s mission is to save the world from hunger. The North Kingstown-based manufacturer has...

FACTORY CERTIFIED: Ronald Yanku has been credited with boosting Edesia Inc.’s production of lifesaving nutritional packets with robotics, while cutting costs and maintaining jobs. He’s plant operations director for the nonprofit.  / PBN PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

Ronald Yanku, 25 Over Fifty-five

Manufacturing 08/23/2019

25 Over Fifty-Five 2019 Award Winner RONALD YANKU | Plant operations director, Edesia Inc. RONALD YANKU’S 34 YEARS in manufacturing all led to his most...

TEACHING TOOL: Megan Cortesi and Jeremy Demers, students in the process technician program at the Westerly Education Center, use a teaching tool that mimics industrial systems in the handling of liquids.  / PBN PHOTO/ BRIAN MCDONALD

Managing ‘process’ a wanted skill

Education 04/12/2019

Process technician: The name doesn’t necessarily trigger an awareness or emotion among Rhode Island job seekers, but maybe it should. Employers are looking for them,...

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