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Gov. Daniel J. McKee

Resilient Rhody needs a strong workforce

For 40 years, Providence Business News has been reporting on the economic and workforce changes, challenges and milestones that have helped shape the Rhode...
Edinaldo Tebaldi

Blueprint for prosperity: Aligning capital, talent and innovation

RHODE ISLAND finds itself at a unique crossroads. The Ocean State has weathered headwinds, maintained relatively low unemployment rates, increased housing development and refocused...
Marc A. Crisafulli

Driving Forces: Marc A. Crisafulli

Marc A. Crisafulli I-195 Redevelopment District Commission chairman, Bally’s Corp. Rhode Island board chairman; Nixon Peabody attorney RETIREMENT IN 2022 as head of Bally’s Corp.’s Rhode Island operations...
Arnell Milhouse

Driving Forces: Arnell Milhouse

Arnell Milhouse yconic CEO IN HIS LONG CAREER as a startup entrepreneur in Rhode Island, Arnell Milhouse has always seen and embraced the possibilities in technology...

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. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

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. 
COURTESY OCTO PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT INC.

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...
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