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TRIAL AND ERROR: Alejandro Martinez, Mearthane Products Corp.’s marketing director, shows some experimental moldings in the company’s development lab inside its Cranston headquarters.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Meet the Makers: Moment of ingenuity helped Mearthane to continue rolling

Digital Special Editions 11/21/2025

In more ways than one, Cranston-based Mear-thane Products Corp. has proved to be the ultimate spinoff company over the last 60 years. The company was...

Meet the Makers: Moment of ingenuity helped Mearthane to continue rolling

Cover Story 08/15/2025

(Editor’s note: This is the 36th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...

NATIONAL GRID RHODE ISLAND is seeking to increase the charges customers pay for to help fund its energy efficiency programs this year. The proposed 2022 Energy Efficiency Plan will be voted on by the R.I. Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MARK S. MURPHY

National Grid eyes hike in charges to pay for energy efficiency...

Economic Activity 01/24/2022

PROVIDENCE – Record demand for National Grid energy home weatherization services created budget overruns which may, in turn, drive up the fees customers pay...

MEARTHANE PRODUCTS CORP. employees hold their certificates after graduating from an English language learners course that was offered by the company in partnership with the Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island. /COURTESY MEARTHANE PRODUCTS CORP.

Dorcas offers English language lessons for Mearthane employees

Education 08/04/2017

CRANSTON – Eleven Mearthane Products Corp. employees have graduated from a new English language learner partnership the 50-plus-year-old company sparked with Dorcas International Institute...