Manufacturer - Providence Business News

ON THE MOVE: Stephan Vaast, Comet’s head of manufacturing and design, says the company moved into its current location at Unity Park in Bristol just a few months ago. Boards had been made on the West Coast for years, but the COVID-19 pandemic pushed Comet to make a change.  PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Meet the Makers: Bristol-based skateboard manufacturer is picking up momentum

Manufacturing 06/20/2025

(Editor’s note: This is the 34th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...

East Providence manufacturer to lay off 205 employees, close plant

Economic Activity 08/02/2024

EAST PROVIDENCE – Hundreds of employees at an East Providence manufacturer are set to be laid off as the company plans to close its...

SHARING  THE LOAD: igus Bearings Inc. spokesman Mike Rielly, with one of the company’s collaborative robots, or co-bots, that it produces.  PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Robots will eliminate jobs but create new ones too

Editorial and Op-Ed 07/19/2024

Unions are understandably worried about job losses that will come as manufacturers turn to technology to curb costs and improve production and efficiency. There’s no...

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 preserve and continue what his family had built over the years. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Meet the Makers: In R.I.’s jewelry sector, Snow Findings is a...

Economy 11/24/2023

(Editor’s note: This is the 15th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...

AstroNova sees profit widen to $848K in Q1

Economic Activity 06/08/2023

PROVIDENCE – AstroNova Inc. on Thursday reported a profit of $848,000 in the company’s fiscal first quarter, or 11 cents per diluted share, up...

TIGHTKNIT OPERATION: Employee Maria Monteiro works on a rug at Rhody Rug Inc.’s manufacturing facility in Lincoln. The company produces 1,500 braided rugs per week and supplies hundreds of rug dealers nationwide, says President Scott Weldon. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Where braided rugs are rolling out the door by thousands

Economy 03/17/2023

(Editor’s note: This is the seventh installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...

IN THE FIGHT: Paul Amaral, owner of East Providence-based Amaral Custom Fabrications Inc., is struggling to fill open positions but still has high hopes for his business this year. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELY

Hits keep coming, but pandemic-hardened businesses adapting

Capital Goods 02/18/2022

Inflation is at a 40-year high and qualified, committed workers seem scarcer than ever. Yet profits are up strongly for many local businesses from...

THUMBS UP: Cooley extruder operator Jerome Wilson displays his protective mask during a production run of the manufacturer’s water-containment material. / COURTESY COOLEY GROUP

Pandemic Diary: Perseverance, agility… and a bit of whiplash

Advice 04/24/2020

(Editor’s note: This is the second installment in a weekly series on how Cooley Group is managing the COVID-19 pandemic, from the perspective of...

SOCIAL DISTANCING: Daniel Dwight, CEO and president of Pawtucket-based Cooley Group, shows how employees practice social distance inside the Cooley plant. / COURTESY COOLEY GROUP

Pandemic Diary: Seeking silver linings

Advice 04/17/2020

(Editor’s note: This is the first installment in a weekly series on how Cooley Group is managing the COVID-19 pandemic, from the perspective of...

IN COLLABORATION: Amgen Rhode Island employees discuss manufacturing data on a display screen at the West Greenwich facility. From left are manager Jennifer Gangi, senior associate Kelly Perry, associate David Folco, manager Jon Berthiaume and manager Gary Theroux.  / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Amgen Rhode Island workers reap rewards of ‘Caring’

PBN Award Winners 06/14/2019

Best Places to Work 2019 | ENTERPRISE (500-plus employees): 1. Amgen Rhode Island WITH CAREFUL PLANNING, Amgen Rhode Island is utilizing innovation to get its...

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