Tag: Rhode Island Manufacturers Association
RIMA Manufacturers & Congressional Summit to be held Oct. 22
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Manufacturers Association has opened registration for its Manufacturers & Congressional Summit on Oct. 22, from 9 a.m. to noon.
The event...
Editor’s Choice: Celebrate local businesses at economic outlook luncheon
EDITOR’S CHOICE
Celebrate local businesses at economic-outlook luncheon RAVI KUMAR, president and deputy chief operating officer for Infosys, will participate in a moderated conversation...
3 manufacturers round out Innovation Voucher recipients at 50
PROVIDENCE – Three late Monday additions to the roster of Innovation Voucher recipients, all within the manufacturing industry, have brought the total to 50, representing...
RIMA’s Annual Breakfast & Meeting 2018 to be Held at Twin...
The Rhode Island Manufacturers Association (RIMA), an organization dedicated to connecting Rhode Island manufacturers with the resources needed to compete and grow, is hosting...
Employer groups criticize R.I. sick leave rules
PROVIDENCE -- Rhode Island business associations are objecting to several of the proposed rules for a new sick leave law scheduled to take effect...
Healthy R.I. manufacturing industry driven by military defense, textiles
Since his start as Polaris MEP center director four years ago, Christian Cowan has watched the state’s manufacturing industry blossom. So much so, he...
RIMA to hold tax reform event
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Manufacturers Association is hosting a tax reform event on Feb. 20 in Providence.
The event is called Tax Reform and...
Robots don’t take jobs, but turn manufacturers into educators
For years, we’ve heard about the shortage of labor in advanced manufacturing, with technological skills now the must-have labor asset for any company that...
Sharpe to win RIMA’s inaugural lifetime achievement award
EAST PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Manufacturers Association will host its first-ever Samuel Slater Lifetime Achievement Award dinner on Jan. 20 at 6:30 p.m. at...
RIMTA using youth boatbuilding program to combat ‘graying’ workforce
A major concern for Rhode Island Marine Trades Association CEO Wendy Mackie is the large number of Ocean State marine-trades and composite-manufacturing workers retiring...