Tag: manufacturing
R.I. monthly unemployment stays at 4.6% in December
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in December was 4.6%, remaining unchanged since August, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training said...
URI Research/Polaris MEP’s ‘Ocean Tech Works’ initiative receives $3.9M federal grant
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island Research Foundation and Polaris MEP have received a $3.9 million federal Good Jobs Challenge grant from...
Meet the Makers: Warwick poker table maker has played its cards...
(Editor’s note: This is the 28th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
Amgen Rhode Island makes belonging an exact science
PBN Diversity Equity & Inclusion 2024 Awards
MANUFACTURING: Amgen Rhode Island
AT AMGEN RHODE ISLAND, an environment of inclusion fosters innovation, which then drives the company’s...
Polaris MEP partners with Pawtucket Foundation to hold manufacturing forum
PAWTUCKET – Polaris MEP and the Pawtucket Foundation are partnering to present “The Pawtucket Manufacturers’ Forum” to gather feedback directly from local manufacturers about the...
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,...
Bringing fun back to manufacturing
PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024
MEET THE MAKERS: Eco Global Manufacturing LLC
JAMES STALLMAN KNOWS a little something about survival. He can remember running through the...
The ‘Wright’ place for milk, ice cream
PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024
MEET THE MAKERS: Wright’s Dairy Farm Inc.
CATHRYN KENNEDY MAKES her way past one of the barns at Wright’s Dairy Farm...
Finishing with a flourish
PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024
MEET THE MAKERS: Bel Air Finishing Supply Corp.
RALPH ALVITI HAD a simple request of his son, Steven, back in the...
Helping manufacturers clean up their act
PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024
MEET THE MAKERS: AquasGroup
IT’S A DOCTOR’S JOB to safely insert medical devices into patients and before they reach the operating...