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SMOOTH OPERATOR:  Steven Alviti Sr. next  to Bel Air Finishing  Supply Corp.’s  products.  PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

Bel Air focuses on finishing with a flourish

Economy 03/15/2024

(Editor’s note: This is the 19th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...

MULTISTEP PROCESS: ChemArt President David Marquis, standing above the Lincoln manufacturer’s factory floor, says the process to create the company’s popular Christmas ornaments, which number more than 1 million orders annually, involves designing, etching, digital, as well as screen printing and plating aspects.

Signature Christmas ornaments still enticing collectors over 40 years later

Manufacturing 08/18/2023

(Editor’s note: This is the 12th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...

SEEING THE LIGHT: Ian Prichett, CEO and president of Lumetta Inc., stands on the floor of the Warwick lighting manufacturer with some of its designs hanging overhead. He says technologies and product designs evolve quickly in the lighting world, so he’s constantly spending time on the floor and learning from each department. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Prichett continuing his father’s illuminating work at Lumetta

Entrepreneurship 05/26/2023

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

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...

UNCHARTED TERRITORY: Bill Krarmer is the president of US Extruders Inc. in Westerly, which recently applied for an R.I. Commerce Corp. grant to work on recycling old fishing nets as plastic material for new products. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Starting over hasn’t curbed manufacturer’s desire to improve, innovate

Manufacturing 02/17/2023

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

MAN AND MACHINE: Joseph Matthews, president of Maxson Automatic Machinery Co. in Westerly, explains the features of a sheeter, a piece of precision manufacturing equipment that Maxson produces for other companies.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

A CUT ABOVE: Maxson’s precision machines keep other manufacturers in business

Economy 11/25/2022

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

METALHEAD: P. Thomas Kenny Jr. pours melted zinc into the casting machines at Miniature Casting Corp. in Cranston.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

MEET THE MAKERS: A growth story that contains millions of die-cast...

Elections 10/28/2022

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