IDEX Corp., a global fluidics company, recently completed its $125 million acquisition of Flow Management Devices, LLC (Flow MD), a provider of flow measurement systems that ensure custody transfer ac...
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The Greater Reading Chamber Alliance (GRCA) board of directors recently named Jim Gerlach its new president and CEO. Gerlach previously served as president and CEO of the Business-Industry Politica...
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Penn State Extension is offering a series of six online courses for entry-level or seasonal landscape employees. Five courses are available now and one will be available in April. The “Emplo...
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The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently awarded McKean County an $11.9 million Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) grant. The grant funds projects that improve...
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DS Smith, a British sustainable packaging company, recently opened a recycling facility in Reading, which is its first in the United States and part of its expanded North America operations. The 43...
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The Partnership for Career Development (PCD) will be holding a career fair April 7-8 at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex for middle and high school students. PCD is the college and career readine...
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Recently introduced legislation would create another funding option for local governments to fund large road and bridge projects. House Bill 2064 would allow county infrastructure banks to apply fo...
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The Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) recently awarded six new low-interest loans. “The businesses that were awarded funding today will expand their operations and improve se...
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The Manufacturing Institute recently presented Courtney Balliet, PPG manager of strategy, science and technology, with a STEP Ahead Award, which recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding female le...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently approved an application for a large noncoal mining permit in Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence County. Allegheny Mineral Corp...
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North Allegheny Senior High School and North Allegheny School District’s Marshall Middle School Team 1 were the top high school and middle school at the 29th annual Western Pennsylvania Regional Sci...
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National Cart Co., a manufacturer of material handling products, recently opened a new facility in Wilkes-Barre. National Cart’s third location brings the company’s total manufacturing and dist...
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The Pennsylvania economy loses an estimated $3.47 billion annually because of childcare breakdowns, including an estimated $591 million in tax revenue, and $2.88 billion in work absences and employee ...
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Seakeeper, a manufacturer of gyroscopes for boats, recently announced plans to move its headquarters to Pennsylvania and will expand the existing Berks County manufacturing facility. The company wi...
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U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) recently introduced legislation that would improve the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program. The program authorizes the Department of Transportat...
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Gov. Tom Wolf recently met with students and parents at Pennsbury High School in Bucks County to discuss a scholarship proposal that would help thousands of lower- and middle-class students attend Pen...
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Radnor-based FXI, a supplier to North American home furnishings providers, recently completed a merger with Innocor, an innovative comfort technology solutions provider. The combined company will o...
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The U.S. Secretary of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) recently awarded Lycoming County a $5.6 million grant to repair a structurally unsound I-wall located within the Northeast ...
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The Appalachian Regional Commission recently awarded Pennsylvania College of Technology an $85,137 grant that will go toward the purchase state-of-the-art injection molding equipment for its Plastics ...
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The Aluminum Stewardship Initiative (ASI) recently certified Alcoa Corp. to market products under ASI’s Chain of Custody standard. Certification means a company’s performance standards have indepe...
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