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CONSTANT DIVERSIFICATION: Evelyn Gutierrez works on countertop rails for an American-made yacht with Chairman Thomas Tanury at Lincoln-based metal finishing company Tanury Industries. The company used to specialize in jewelry, but now the largest markets it serves are lighting, electronics, aerospace and giftware.
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Meet the Makers: Tanury Industries stays on its toes to keep...

(Editor’s note: This is the 32nd installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
MAKING IT WORK: Randy Snow, vice president of jewelry maker Snow Findings Co. in Warwick, says part of the reason he got into the industry and took on the family business, founded by his grandfather in 1951, was to learn from his father, who was the owner and operator before handing the reins over to his son, and to continue what his family had built.
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Finding ways to remain a fixture

PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024 MEET THE MAKERS: Snow Findings Co. DECADES AGO, when Rhode Island was commonly called the jewelry manufacturing capital of the world,...
WITCHY WOMAN: Katherine Preite realized her dream of owning an occult/metaphysical-themed shop when she opened La Strega Luna Boutique in Barrington in June. She is pictured with her son Domenic. 
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New boutique brings spiritual practices, items to Barrington

The metaphysical has long had a presence in Katherine Preite’s life. Growing up, she remembers that her grandmother “did a little folk magic here...
THE END RESULT: International Packaging Corp. CEO John Kilmartin, standing right, speaks with employees Vera Cruz, left, and Marybell Berdugo at a station where finished presentation boxes are packed for shipping. 
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Meet the Makers: Nimble moves keep Interpak going strong amid overseas...

(Editor’s note: This is the 24th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
STATUE GUY: James Fennessy collected statues and busts from antique stores up and down the East Coast for years before eventually dealing his collection at Nostalgia Antiques and Collectibles and ultimately taking over ownership of the Providence shop. 
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Fennessy finds success dealing collectibles at Nostalgia

While his collection has dwindled, James Fennessy’s title as the “statue guy” lives on through Nostalgia Antiques and Collectibles in Providence. Since he was 10...

4 indicted in multistate burglary ring that targeted Asian Americans

PROVIDENCE – A federal grand jury indicted four individuals for their role in a multistate burglary ring that targeted U.S. residents, including Rhode Islanders,...

Haverhill Leach’s jewelry bears extra emotional significance

Haverhill Leach works with her husband in her second self-made business from a waterfront maker space in Warren, creating goods for an appreciative, growing...
ITALIAN INSPIRATION: Kimberly Pucci, owner and creative director of Kimberly Pucci LLC in Newport, was inspired by the Tuscany region of Italy and the artisans and craftsmen she encountered while living there to launch her own business. / PBN FILE PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

Pucci offers crafted goods with an Italian touch

Business Women Awards 2022 Achievement Honoree Kimberly Pucci Kimberly Pucci LLC IF TWO THINGS have impacted Kimberly Pucci, it’s safe to say they have been the...
MALLEABLE METALLERS: Sandi Bonazoli and Jim Dowd are the co-owners of Beehive Handmade, a long-standing metal­work business that recently opened a store and studio space in Warren. Dowd crafts a copper rack for measuring spoons while Bonazoli looks on. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Metalsmiths forge ahead with storefront, in-house manufacturing

In Sandi Bonazoli and Jim Dowd’s Warren metalsmithing studio, Beehive Handmade, equipment ranges from a 100-year-old machine to modern technology such as a laser...
ITALIAN ­INSPIRATION: Kimberly Pucci, owner and creative director of Kimberly Pucci LLC in Newport, was inspired by the Tuscany region of Italy and the artisans and craftsmen she encountered while living there to launch her own business creating high-end jewelry and genuine leather products. / PBN PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

Pucci collection features hand-crafted goods with a Tuscan touch

If two things have impacted Kimberly Pucci, it’s safe to say they have been the Italian region of Tuscany and the art of producing...
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