Tag: Innovation
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”...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
















