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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...

(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...
ON TARGET: Natalia ­Pelletier, Poyant Signs Inc.’s senior project manager, and Bill Furey, the company’s channel letter production lead, stand over a sign made for Target. 
COURTESY POYANT SIGNS INC.

Poyant thrives by employing old family values and new efficiency methods

PBN Manufacturing Awards 2022 OVERALL EXCELLENCE AT A MIDSIZE MANUFACTURER: Poyant Signs Inc. Poyant Signs Inc., a family-owned sign-making business, was founded during the Great Depression....

Application deadline for 2022 PBN Manufacturing Awards Program extended

PROVIDENCE – The application deadline for PBN’s 2022 Manufacturing Awards Program has been extended to Sept. 28.  Honorees will be recognized during the Manufacturing Awards...

Phoenix Partnership and Polaris MEP offer virtual training course on lean...

PROVIDENCE – The Phoenix Partnership Ltd. and Polaris MEP will offer a free virtual lean manufacturing training course on Dec. 14 from 9 a.m....

Polaris MEP offers ‘Back2Better with Lean Manufacturing’ online panel discussion

PROVIDENCE – Manufacturing executives, operations managers, engineers, students and others interested in manufacturing are encouraged to attend a Polaris MEP virtual panel presentation, “Back2Better...
MEANINGFUL MOVE: Gregg Scarlata, president and chief operating officer of Colonial Mills Inc., says increased efficiencies have helped grow the company’s gross margins by more than 8% in the last three years. / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Pandemic-driven demand for home décor products sews success for Colonial Mills

PBN Manufacturing Awards 2021 Excellence in Lean Management: Colonial Mills Inc. Are you shopping online to make your “nest” cozier and more comfortable while you’re housebound...
ALL LINED UP: Josh Baron, secondary ops print operator at Hitachi Cable America Inc. – High Performance Medical Solutions Division, prints peripherally inserted central catheters at the Hopkinton facility. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Hitachi Cable America Inc. ‘leaning’ on positive returns

PBN MANUFACTURING AWARDS 2020 | Lean Manufacturing: Hitachi Cable America Inc.-High Performance Medical Solutions Division CHANGE IS RARELY EASY. But less than a year after...

Polaris MEP to host upcoming session on productivity, capital equipment

PROVIDENCE – Polaris Manufacturing Extension Partnership will host a free workshop on company productivity and capital equipment on Thursday from 8-9:30 a.m. The breakfast event...
ON A MISSION: Minnie Luong, head of kimchi producer Chi Kitchen in Pawtucket, said it’s her mission to educate people about the unique Korean dish made from salted and seasoned fermented vegetables.
 / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Food entrepreneur finds future by connecting with the past

Business Women Awards 2019 | HONOREE Minnie Luong, Chi Kitchen Minnie Luong, head of Chi Kitchen in Pawtucket, came to the United States as a small...
IN SESSION: CEO and President Karl Wadensten, right, leads a meeting of employees at VIBCO.
 / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

VIBCO spurs its employees to stretch their limits

VIBCO Inc. Workforce Development & Productivity | 2019 Manufacturing Awards There aren’t too many companies that can claim their products have been to the moon,...
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