UGI group joins energy coalition
UGI Corp.’s Natural Gas Businesses group recently joined Our Nation’s Energy Future (ONE Future), a coalition of 33 other gas production, transmission, and distribution companies. UGI Corp. i...
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Six Pennsylvania business among Comcast Corp. award recipients
Comcast Corp. recently announced its first round of Comcast RISE award, which included more than 700 recipients include six businesses in Central Pennsylvania. Winners receive either technology upg...
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Viatris releases additional details of multi-year global restructuring initiative
Pittsburgh-based Viatris Inc. recently released additional details of its multi-year global restructuring initiative that when complete could involve a 20 percent reduction in its global workforce. ...
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Ben Franklin approves $250,000 in funding to four companies
The Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s board of directors recently approved $250,000 in investments to support four early-stage companies. Established manufacturers w...
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AmerisourceBergen receives B rating regarding climate change
AmerisourceBergen, a pharmaceutical products company based in Valley Forge, recently received a B grade from the 2020 CDP Climate Change Disclosure. CDP is a nonprofit charity that assesses compani...
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IO Biosciences awarded US patent for GEMS technology
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently awarded Doylestown-based IO Biosciences with a patent for nucleic acid constructs comprising gene-editing multisites (GEMS) and their uses. According t...
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Fears renewed that Gov. Wolf’s latest COVID-19 restrictions will decimate small businesses
Gov. Tom Wolf announced Thursday the implementation of a new round of COVID-19 mitigation efforts throughout the state that have drawn criticism from the PA Chamber of Business and Industry and severa...
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EPA decision on National Ambient Air Quality Standards praised by business group
PA Chamber of Business and Industry President Gene Barr applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent decision to retain, without changes, current National Ambient Air Quality St...
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Three Alcoa facilities earn stewardship certification
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) recently awarded three European facilities operated by Alcoa Corp. with Performance Standard certifications. The facilities are the San Ciprián refinery ...
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Bowery Farming to open facility in Bethlehem
Bowery Farming, the nation’s largest vertical farming company, recently announced it is expanding into Pennsylvania. The company will build a 150,000-square-foot facility on an 8.7-acre site in B...
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Alcom purchases Bethlehem printing company
Harleysville-based Alcom Printing Group, provider of integrated solutions for print, direct mail, marketing, and business development, recently purchased Christmas City Printing (CCP) in Bethlehem. ...
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Canon Business Process Services doubles size of Scranton facility to meet client demand
Canon Business Process Services said it has doubled the size of its Eastern regional Business Processing Center in Scranton to meet increased client demands. The now-20,000 square foot facility ope...
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Guardian Capital Partners invests in workforce solutions company
Guardian Capital Partners, a Wayne-based private equity firm, recently invested in Warminster-based Havis, a designer and manufacturer of mobile workforce solutions for public safety and enterprise ma...
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Pittsburgh-area life science companies form partnerships
LifeX Labs, a Pittsburgh life sciences startups, and Pittsburgh Life Science Greenhouse (PLSG), a life sciences economic development organization, recently formed a strategic alliance to accelerate in...
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Poll: Americans support COVID-19 liability protections for employers
The Pennsylvania Coalition for Civil Justice Reform (PCCJR) is applauding a new national survey released by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform that confirmed public support for safe harbor le...
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Unions ready for next round in Pennsylvania’s RGGI debate
It will be back to work for Pennsylvania’s labor movement this week when stakeholder unions once again urge Gov. Tom Wolf to step back from his intention to enlist the state in the controversial Reg...
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Seedcopa ranked top loan provider for small businesses
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently ranked Seedcopa, an SBA loan provider, as the top provider of SBA 504 loans for small businesses in Eastern Pennsylvania. SBA 504 loans are for...
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Pharmaceutical company expanding Allentown operations
U.S. Specialty Formulations (USSF), a pharmaceutical manufacturing company, plans to expand its Allentown operations to develop a COVID-19 vaccine with its partner VaxForm, USSF is using VaxForm’...
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ATI announces exit from stainless sheet productions, refocuses on high-value strategy
Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Technologies Inc. (ATI) said it will exit stainless sheet products by mid-year 2021, instead streamlining its production footprint to focus on more high-return opportunities...
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Summit Trail Advisors opens Harrisburg office
Summit Trail Advisors, an investment-focused independent wealth management firm, will hold the ribbon-cutting ceremony for its Harrisburg office on Wednesday. Harrisburg Mayor Eric Papenfuse and st...
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