igus Bearings Inc. - Providence Business News

STRING SKILLS: Machine operator Maria Dacruz works on the production floor of Neocorp Inc., a standard and technical rope and bungee cord maker in Pawtucket. Neocorp is among the local manufacturers that have dealt with inflated tariffs in 2025.  PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

THE TOLL OF TARIFFS: Factories under strain as they try to...

Cover Story 12/05/2025

If there was one thing Rose Wood had been able to count on as a buyer at Pawtucket manufacturer Neocorp Inc., it was that...

NOT HELPING: Machine operator Maria Dacruz works on the production floor of Neocorp Inc. The Pawtucket company says long-term planning has been disrupted by tariff-induced price increases.  PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. manufacturers not profiting from ongoing trade wars

Capital Goods 12/05/2025

It’s not that manufacturers are unaccustomed to dealing with price hikes or supply chain disruptions. The pandemic is an all-too-recent reminder of economic upheaval...

Igus opens lead screw manufacturing facility in East Providence

Manufacturing 11/14/2025

EAST PROVIDENCE – Igus Bearings Inc., a company specializing in motion plastics technology, has announced the opening of a 110,000-square-foot lead screw manufacturing facility...

Polaris MEP to hold 4th annual R.I. Manufacturing Day

Education 09/30/2025

PROVIDENCE – Local students and manufacturers will convene at Farm Fresh Rhode Island later this month at Polaris MEP’s Manufacturing Day. Now in its fourth...

Igus surpasses $1 billion in sales for second consecutive year

Technology 04/04/2025

EAST PROVIDENCE – Igus Bearings Inc. recently announced it has again surpassed $1 billion in total sales and increased its active customers amount by...

STRONG ARM: Igus Bearings Inc. intern Jaden Stone programs a robotics arm that the East Providence-based company produces.  PBN PHOTO / TRACY JENKINS

igus Bearings Inc. producing a ‘ReBeL’ with a cause

Economic Activity 11/22/2024

PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024 EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCT INNOVATION & DESIGN: igus Bearings Inc. ONE OF THE BENEFITS as a plastics manufacturer that igus Bearings Inc. realized,...

DAVE MARQUIS, far right, co-owner and president of Lincoln-based ChemArt Co. and 2024 Strategic Leadership Award winner, delivers a speech Wednesday during Providence Business News' annual Manufacturing Awards ceremony at Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick. / PBN PHOTO / MIKE SKORSKI

Marquis, Williams, manufacturers honored at PBN’s 2024 Manufacturing Awards event

Editor's Choice 11/14/2024

WARWICK – In his four decades in manufacturing, Dave Marquis has seen a lot of changes within the industry. Along with technology advances, Marquis –...

PROVIDENCE BUSINESS NEWS has named 24 honorees for its 2024 Manufacturing Awards program.

Marquis, Williams among 24 honorees for PBN’s 2024 Manufacturing Awards

Business Services 10/07/2024

PROVIDENCE – Dave Marquis, president and co-owner of Lincoln-based ChemArt Co., has been named the 2024 Strategic Leadership Award winner for Providence Business News’...

ABOUT 300 PEOPLE attended Providence Business News' 2024 Fastest Growing & Innovative Companies awards program on Wednesday at the Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick in Warwick. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Novel ideas, revenue growth celebrated at PBN’s Fastest Growing & Innovative...

Art & Culture 09/26/2024

WARWICK – A public relations and communications firm, an employment placement firm, a meal delivery company, and a sports marketing and branded merchandise firm...