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Mindful manufacturing: Rachel Ajaj’s design studio, Air & Anchor, manufactures its products at her local family-run facility, keeping skilled labor in jewelry making in-state. 
PBN PHOTO/­TRACY JENKINS

Building purpose into every piece

Business Women
PBN Business Women Awards 2026 WOMAN TO WATCH | CREATIVE SERVICES: Rachel Ajaj, Air & Anchor co-founder RACHEL AJAJ has spent 19 years proving that intentional design...
ECLECTIC COLLECTION: Ali Burns-Nachwalter moved to Rhode Island from Vermont in 2008 to open Nava in Providence, a vintage clothing store that now also offers home goods, candles, perfumes, jewelry and artisan items. 
COURTESY HONEY BUNS SOCIAL/SASCHA ROBERTS

Nava key to building creative community along Wickenden Street

Entrepreneurship
Ali Burns-Nachwalter has owned and operated Nava for nearly two decades, but she still remembers the thrill of opening her clothing store. The Vermont native...
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.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Meet the Makers: Tanury Industries stays on its toes to keep...

Digital Special Editions
Just about anything can shine at Tanury Industries. It’s hard to miss the reflections coming off all kinds of objects – from eyeglass frames...
DYNAMIC DUO: Haverhill Leach, right, founded jewelry maker Haverhill in 2013 and after meeting management consultant Andrej Strojin, left, on a dating app in 2018, the two were married four months later and Strojin joined Haverhill as CEO. The two are pictured at their manufacturing facility in Warren.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Meet the Makers: For Haverhill founder, jewelry was in the genes

Meet the Makers
Haverhill Leach was by birthright heir to a Rhode Island family jewelry-making dynasty spanning five generations. Her great-grandfather, Edwin Leach, founded Leach and Miller Co....
DYNAMIC DUO: Haverhill Leach, right, founded jewelry maker Haverhill in 2013 and after meeting management consultant Andrej Strojin, left, on a dating app in 2018, the two were married four months later and Strojin joined Haverhill as CEO. The two are pictured at their manufacturing facility in Warren.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Meet the Makers: For Haverhill founder, jewelry was in the genes

Meet the Makers
(Editor’s note: This is the 37th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s ­unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
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.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Meet the Makers: Tanury Industries stays on its toes to keep...

Manufacturing
(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.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Finding ways to remain a fixture

Business Services
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. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO


New boutique brings spiritual practices, items to Barrington

Entrepreneurship
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. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Meet the Makers: Nimble moves keep Interpak going strong amid overseas...

Manufacturing
(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. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Fennessy finds success dealing collectibles at Nostalgia

Entrepreneurship
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...
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