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Subscriber Only 03/03/2023

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Taco eyes new Cranston facility amid global expansion, hiring campaign

Economic Activity 02/06/2023

CRANSTON – Taco Comfort Solutions is seeking to expand its footprint locally, and internationally, as the company invests $1 million into plans for a...

HANDS-ON ASSEMBLY: Taco Inc. machine operators Latsamy Saysana, foreground, and Boumsavanh Le work at the company’s Cranston facility. Taco manufactures a variety of items, including air and dirt separators, circulatory pumps, thermostats and many heating- and pumping-based products. PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Flexible workers, adaptability keep products churning out at Taco

Manufacturing 11/11/2022

PBN Manufacturing Awards 2022 OVERALL EXCELLENCE AT AN ENTERPRISE MANUFACTURER: Taco Inc. The last thing many people think about when they go on vacation is their hot-water...

IMPACTFUL LEADER: Since Cheryl Merchant joined Taco Comfort Solutions in 2019 as CEO, the heating, cooling, plumbing and irrigation systems manufacturer in Cranston has seen a 20% jump in revenue. / PBN PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

Merchant plays integral role in moving manufacturing forward in R.I.

Business Women 05/27/2022

Business Women Awards 2022 Career Achiever Cheryl Merchant, Taco Comfort Solutions While growing up on her family’s Michigan farm, Cheryl Merchant learned firsthand the value of...

Taco’s Merchant among 30 honorees for PBN’s Business Women Awards program

Business Services 04/15/2022

PROVIDENCE – Cheryl Merchant, CEO of Taco Comfort Solutions, has been selected by Providence Business News as this year’s Career Achievement winner among local...

Taylor Box, Taco to be honored at R.I. Manufacturers Association awards...

Manufacturing 01/25/2022

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Manufacturers Association will host its annual awards dinner at the Graduate Providence hotel on Feb. 15. Taylor Box Co. and...

John Hazen White Jr.

Manufacturing 11/26/2021

The phrase “keeping it in the family” has a special meaning to John Hazen White Jr., executive chairman of the board and owner of...

TARIFF IMPACTS: Rhode Island Manufacturers Association Executive Director David Chenevert said the impact of tariffs and the slowing of the world economy has affected businesses differently in Rhode Island. Manufacturers focused on the aerospace or medical-industry markets are doing fine, he said, because defense spending has increased and the medical industry is growing. Companies producing products for the automotive industry, however, are seeing an impact because auto sales are down nationally.  / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

U.S. trade war with China has brought pain, uncertainty

Cover Story 10/04/2019

The initial tariffs imposed in 2018 on imports from China didn’t affect Cooley Group, a Pawtucket-based company that manufactures an array of engineered materials,...