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FAMILY TRADITION: Rudi Hauser Jr., owner and president of Hauser Chocolatier in Westerly, in the company’s retail shop. Hauser bought the company in 2008 from his mother and his father, Ruedi Hauser Sr., who started the company in 1985 in Connecticut after emigrating from Switzerland.
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Meet the Makers: Hausers keep family tradition of Swiss chocolate making...

At Hauser Chocolatier, Rudi Hauser has a sweet job. The 18,000-square-foot Westerly-based operation makes chocolates and truffles. Delicious aromas of cocoa fill the air...
TABLE GAMES: Tracey Beck, co-owner and chief operating officer of The Beck Cos., shows off a shuffleboard table and a pool table, both designed and built by Great American Recreation Equipment Inc., one of six companies under The Beck Cos. umbrella that produces its products at the manufacturer’s 85,000-square-foot facility in North Smithfield.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Meet the Makers: Cross-training key to success of The Beck Cos.

For Tracey Beck, co-owner and chief operating officer of North Smithfield-based The Beck Cos., the workday is never 9-to-5. Always on the lookout for new...
DYNAMIC DUO: Haverhill Leach, right, founded jewelry maker Haverhill in 2013 and after meeting management consultant Andrej Strojin, left, on a dating app in 2018, the two were married four months later and Strojin joined Haverhill as CEO. The two are pictured at their manufacturing facility in Warren.
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Meet the Makers: For Haverhill founder, jewelry was in the genes

Haverhill Leach was by birthright heir to a Rhode Island family jewelry-making dynasty spanning five generations. Her great-grandfather, Edwin Leach, founded Leach and Miller Co....
DYNAMIC DUO: Haverhill Leach, right, founded jewelry maker Haverhill in 2013 and after meeting management consultant Andrej Strojin, left, on a dating app in 2018, the two were married four months later and Strojin joined Haverhill as CEO. The two are pictured at their manufacturing facility in Warren.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Meet the Makers: For Haverhill founder, jewelry was in the genes

(Editor’s note: This is the 37th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s ­unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
FAMILY TRADITION: Rudi Hauser Jr., owner and president of Hauser Chocolatier in Westerly, in the company’s retail shop. Hauser bought the company in 2008 from his mother and his father, Ruedi Hauser Sr., who started the company in 1985 in Connecticut after emigrating from Switzerland.
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Meet the Makers: Hausers keep family tradition of Swiss chocolate making...

(Editor’s note: This is the 31st installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
TABLE GAMES: Tracey Beck, co-owner and chief operating officer of The Beck Cos., shows off a shuffleboard table and a pool table, both designed and built by Great American Recreation Equipment Inc., one of six companies under The Beck Cos. umbrella that produces its products at the manufacturer’s 85,000-square-foot facility in North Smithfield.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Meet the Makers: Cross-training key to success of The Beck Cos.

(Editor’s note: This is the 30th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
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...
SMOOTH OPERATOR: 
Steven Alviti Sr. next 
to Bel Air Finishing 
Supply Corp.’s 
products. 
PBN PHOTO/
MICHAEL SALERNO

Meet the Makers: Bel Air focuses on finishing with a flourish

(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

(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

(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...
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