Tag: Vibco
When health care system breaks, everything else follows
Fellow Rhode Island manufacturers, health care costs are no longer a background issue. They are now a front-line threat to our ability to compete, invest and take care...
R.I. losing more than a business with closure of another foundry
Rhode Island is losing another one.
Friends Foundry Inc. in Woonsocket, VIBCO Inc.’s casting partner since 1974, announced it will cease operations on Jan. 31....
VIBCO Vibrators GR-1600 Pothole Packer
THE STORY: Ever since Karl Wadensten’s father founded VIBCO Vibrators in 1962, the company has been helping industrial and construction clients improve their results...
Tourism: In search of coordination
The Providence Riverboat Co. once served primarily local customers. Its boats would take groups out on the Providence River for cocktail cruises, leaving from...
9 DANCERS.ONE NIGHT.ONE CAUSE.
The Greater Providence YMCA Dancing Under the Stars is stepping back into the spotlight for season two. The special gala, on June 20 at...
VIBCO spurs its employees to stretch their limits
VIBCO Inc.
Workforce Development & Productivity | 2019 Manufacturing Awards
There aren’t too many companies that can claim their products have been to the moon,...
Record crowd attends PBN Manufacturing Awards program
PROVIDENCE – A crowd of more than 320 manufacturing industry leaders attended Providence Business News’ sixth Manufacturing Awards program Wednesday at WaterFire Providence’s Valley...
PBN names Manufacturing Awards winners
PROVIDENCE – Michael Brandmeier, president and CEO of Toray Plastics (America) Inc., has been named the winner in the Strategic Leadership category of Providence Business...
Outsourcing helps keep businesses competitive, but is it hurting job growth?
Donald R. Nokes started NetCenergy, an outsourced information technology firm, about 14 years ago.
Today, from its headquarters in Cranston, the company provides IT support...


















