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FUJIFILM Electronic Materials U.S.A. Inc. will invest $350M to expand U.S....

Industries 07/14/2022

NORTH KINGSTOWN – FUJIFILM Electronic Materials U.S.A. Inc. will invest $350 million during its fiscal 2021-23 period, which runs now through March 31, 2024,...

BOXED OUT: French Confection owners Karen Mauprivez, left, and Xavier Mauprivez, center, help Taylor Brendlinger of Portsmouth with her order, including one of their popular Yule logs, at their Middletown bakery. Ordering specialized boxes for the cakes and other supplies has been a problem this year. / PBN PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

CHAIN REACTION: Supply snags deliver blow to R.I. businesses

Coronavirus 12/24/2021

With cycling’s popularity surging during the COVID-19 pandemic, demand has been sky high at Providence-based outerwear company Cleverhood LLC. That’s because the company designs and...

BROKEN LINKS: Cleverhood LLC owner Susan Mocarski can’t meet the growing demand for rain capes her company designs because of the months it now takes for some overseas orders  to be filled. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Pervasive supply chain woes could boost local manufacturing

Capital Goods 12/24/2021

Companies doing business overseas have long understood the importance of a dependable supply chain. But for everyone else, this holiday shopping season has provided...

Quonset would be smart place to invest relief money

Advice 10/29/2021

With over $1 billion in federal American Rescue Plan Act money still to be invested, Rhode Island has a unique opportunity to live up...

Worker dies in accident at EB submarine building facility

Manufacturing 04/20/2021

NORTH KINGSTOWN (AP) — An employee at General Dynamics Electric Boat's facility here died Tuesday from injuries suffered in a workplace accident, the company...

Electric Boat contract a big boost for R.I.

Economic Activity 11/13/2020

The long-term future of thousands of Rhode Island manufacturing employees looks bright now that General Dynamics Electric Boat has secured a $9.5 billion contract...

A WORK IN PROGRESS: $45M program aims to reemploy Rhode Islanders,...

Coronavirus 09/04/2020

Scott R. Jensen watched helplessly as the number of out-of-work Rhode Islanders soared when COVID-19 hit in March. For months, unemployment claims climbed higher. And...

GENERAL DYNAMICS earned a profit of $625 million profit in the second quarter of 2020. / COURTESY GENERAL DYNAMICS ELECTRIC BOAT

Navy secretary visits New England sub-building sites

Economy 08/21/2020

NORTH KINGSTOWN (AP) — U.S. Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite and members of Congress visited submarine construction operations in Rhode Island and Connecticut on Friday. Braithwaite,...

TAKING CHARGE: General Dynamics Electric Boat Vice President of Operations and Quonset Point Facility General Manager Sean Davies, right, looks over plans with, from left, public affairs staff specialist Greg Rose, installation mechanic Sokpeurnaritt So and Director of Steel Richard Philips. / COURTESY BOB GALLO

Sean Davies helps keep Electric Boat’s submarine production afloat

Economic Activity 07/03/2020

PBN MANUFACTURING AWARDS 2020 | Strategic Leadership Award: Sean Davies, General Dynamics Electric Boat FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY, General Dynamics Electric Boat has steadily...