Tag: manufacturing
Trade zone designation an untapped opportunity for R.I. companies
Fifteen months after Rhode Island became a statewide foreign trade zone, only one company has taken advantage. While the benefits, which include reduced tariffs...
R.I. manufacturer of bird feeder is flying high
Made in the USA is a claim few manufacturers can make. And even fewer can boast of products made entirely in Rhode Island.
But this...
U.S. factories extend contraction as index misses forecasts
WASHINGTON – America's industrial heartbeat remained faint in November as a measure of manufacturing contracted for a fourth straight month against a backdrop of...
U.S. factory gauge signals contraction for third-straight month
WASHINGTON – A gauge of United States manufacturing trailed estimates for October and signaled the sector contracted for a third-straight month, with the weakest...
U.S. trade war with China has brought pain, uncertainty
The initial tariffs imposed in 2018 on imports from China didn’t affect Cooley Group, a Pawtucket-based company that manufactures an array of engineered materials,...
Personal care pushed to new levels
2019 PBN Innovative Companies: Manufacturing
Original Bradford Soap Works Inc.
ORIGINAL BRADFORD SOAP WORKS INC. has built a reputation as a developer and manufacturer of innovative...
Luxury linens made close to home
2019 PBN Fastest Growing Companies: $25m - $75M
3. John Matouk & Co.
CEO (or equivalent): George Matouk Jr.
2018 Revenue: $37,942,000
2016 Revenue: $29,325,000
Revenue growth: 29.4%
JOHN MATOUK...
Manufacturing a new job
At least half of the men accepted into classes at We Make RI say they want to be machinists, or computer numerically controlled operators.
The...
Five Questions With Takaya Sugimura
5Q: Takaya Sugimura | President, Yushin America Inc.
1. What does Yushin America do in Rhode Island? We are the oldest and largest subsidiary...
ANDREW JEAS, 39
40 Under Forty 2019 winner:
ANDREW JEAS | 39
CO-FOUNDER AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, AGELESS INNOVATION LLC
What is the best advice you have ever received? There...