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RED HOT: Heat treater Juan Smith treats pieces of steel at Metallurgical Solutions Inc. in Providence. The company uses controlled heating and cooling processes to change the internal properties of steel to strengthen it and send it back to customers for various applications.
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Meet the Makers: Providence shop bringing new strength to old steel

Editor’s note: This is the 47th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
STEELY GAZE: Noel Laflamme, a technician at metal fabricator Ward’s Manufacturing LLC in Warren, measures the thickness of a steel plate as he prepares for a job in the workshop. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

CRACKS IN THE METTLE | PBN survey: R.I. businesses remain resilient,...

When siblings Kelly and Kiffin Ward co-founded their Warren metal fabrication business, Ward’s Manufacturing LLC, in early 2024, they set out with a vision...

U.S. inflation gauge cools with little sign of tariff impact, so...

WASHINGTON (AP) – A key U.S. inflation gauge slowed last month as President Donald Trump's tariffs have yet to noticeably push up prices, while...

Inflation cooled in April as grocery and gas prices fell, few...

WASHINGTON (AP) – Inflation cooled for the third straight month in April even after some of President Donald Trump's tariffs took effect, though economists and many...

Inflation fell in March, a sign prices cooled before tariffs 

WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. inflation declined last month as the cost of gas, airline fares and hotel rooms fell, a sign that price growth...

Trump slaps steel tariffs on closest allies as tensions rise

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration announced it’s imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imported from the European Union, Canada and Mexico, in a move...
CONCERNED: Dave Waldeck, left, fabrication supervisor at VIBCO Vibrators in Richmond, speaks with CEO Karl Wadensten. VIBCO uses aluminum and steel in about 75 percent of its products and is scrambling to find enough supply and to find an agreeable price for future shipments. / PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

VIBCO wary of tariffs on steel, aluminum

In theory, manufacturers in Rhode Island who primarily use American-made steel shouldn’t be penalized for the placement of new tariffs on imported steel and...
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