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STRING SKILLS: Machine operator Maria Dacruz works on the production floor of Neocorp Inc., a standard and technical rope and bungee cord maker in Pawtucket. Neocorp is among the local manufacturers that have dealt with inflated tariffs in 2025.  PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

THE TOLL OF TARIFFS: Factories under strain as they try to...

Cover Story 12/05/2025

If there was one thing Rose Wood had been able to count on as a buyer at Pawtucket manufacturer Neocorp Inc., it was that...

FINAL TOUCHES: Manufacturing technician Noel Laflamme sets up a job on the laser cutter at metal fabricator Ward’s Manufacturing LLC in Warren. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

For Ward’s, survival of tariffs required complete overhaul of business

Cover Story 12/05/2025

Less than a year ago, Kelly Ward, co-founder and president of Ward’s Manufacturing LLC, envisioned that the company would be spending the spring and...

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