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The power of creativity

Some townspeople tried everything to get motorists to drive slowly through a residential area. They posted signs that read “Please Drive Carefully, “Slow Down”...
GOT ­SOMETHING COOKING: 
Lisa Raiola, founder and president of Hope & Main, stands among some of the kitchen equipment that will be put to use at the yet-to-be-completed new food business incubator, West End Kitchens, in Providence. It is set to open around June. 
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Demand only heating up for kitchen facilities

Often noted as “the smallest town in the smallest county in the smallest state,” Warren boasts the highest number of food processing licenses in...
TEST SUBJECT: Justin Sirotin, left, co-founder of Octo Product Development Inc., shows U.S. Sen. Jack Reed a mockup of a cockpit used by Regent Craft Inc. at Octo’s design lab in Providence. Regent is developing 12-passenger seagliders at its North Kingstown headquarters. 
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Rhode Island driving innovation by turning tech into product

Inside Octo Product Development Inc.’s Providence design lab, designers are busy building early versions of technologies that could reshape maritime travel, from all-electric seagliders...
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT: Amgen Rhode Island employees such as, from left, Kagan Littlefield and Gregory Van Dijk, both level 1 senior manufacturing associates; Hanna Rouillard, level 1 manufacturing associate; and Paul Trusler, level 2 senior manufacturing associate, are always looking for ways to operate more efficiently. They are pictured at the company’s West Greenwich campus.
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Amgen Rhode Island a hub of innovation

PBN 2025 Manufacturing Awards OVERALL EXCELLENCE AT AN ENTERPRISE MANUFACTURER: Amgen Rhode Island Amgen Rhode Island combines biology and technology to increase the odds of patients...

The humanity of humility

In the office of the late Alex Haley, author of “Roots,” hung a picture of a turtle sitting on a fence post. It reminded...

Igus surpasses $1 billion in sales for second consecutive year

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

Smaller family firms are innovation powerhouses

Close your eyes and imagine a world where the most innovative companies aren’t big tech giants but family-run businesses. Now open your eyes, because...
A PERFECT PLACE: Daniel DeCiccio, chief technology officer at X-ray technology company Research Instruments Corp., works at the company’s lab on Promenade Street in Providence. The location is a great match for its needs, executives say. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. in need of lab space even as demand drops

Just outside of downtown Providence, life sciences startup Research Instruments Corp. is developing a technology that Chief Business Officer Keith Bisogno calls the “replacement...
FINDING FUNDS: RIHub Managing Director Annette Tonti, third from left, speaks with, from left, Natalie Hogan, chief operating officer at DataRobot; Lindsay Kuhn, founder at Wingspans; and Trisha Ballakur, co-founder and chief technology officer of Pointz, at RIHub in Providence. Tonti says it’s especially difficult for women entrepreneurs to raise funding.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Funding tough to access for women, minorities

Throughout her more than 30 years as a Rhode Island-based entrepreneur and innovator, Annette Tonti has started multiple businesses and raised tens of millions...

AI world requires new policies, plans

If the experts on artificial intelligence are to be believed, a tectonic shift has already begun in the business world akin to the Industrial...
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