Hot Frog purchases Twisted Sportswear
Hot Frog Print Media, a Mechanicsburg communications, marketing, and printing firm, recently purchased custom branded apparel company Twisted Sportswear for an undisclosed amount. The companies sel...
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AT&T invests more than $725 mln in Pennsylvania networks
AT&T announced last week that it invested more than $725 million in its wireless and wired networks in Pennsylvania from 2015 to 2017 to boost network performance for residents, businesses as well as ...
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Cyber education center holds grand opening
The MCPc Cyber Education Center at Mercyhurst University in Erie, Penn., recently held its grand opening. MCPc invested $1 million of the $1.5 million needed to build the facility, which houses a ...
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National Fuel files for decrease of gas supply charges
National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation (National Fuel) recently submitted to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission its annual adjustment to gas supply charges, which would decrease the monthl...
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Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry approves two new apprenticeship programs
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry recently approved new apprenticeship programs in the clinical research associate (CRA) and residential electrician occupations. Pharmaceutical Prod...
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Air Liquide Advanced Materials to expand, create jobs in Northampton County
Air Liquide Advanced Materials, Inc., which manufactures specialty chemicals for the semiconductor business, recently chose Northampton County, Penn., as the location for an expansion of its operation...
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Allison Crane & Rigging merges with TNT
Allison Crane & Rigging, a full-service mobile crane provider, primarily serving the Utica and Marcellus shale basins from its branch in Williamsport, Penn., recently merged with TNT Crane & Rigging, ...
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UGI opens Compressed Natural Gas fueling station in Bethlehem
UGI Utilities, Inc. opened Monday a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fueling station at its office in Bethlehem, which will serve UGI’s fleet of natural gas-powered vehicles. The company’s CNG flee...
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Kraft Heinz announces expanded packaging sustainability commitments
The Kraft Heinz Company, which is co-headquartered in Pittsburgh and Chicago, recently announced expansions to its environmental commitments including goals for packaging sustainability and greenhouse...
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Senate Majority Policy Committee hosts discussion of economic impact of Pennsylvania breweries
The Senate Majority Policy Committee hosted four events this week to discuss the impacts of Pennsylvania breweries on local and state economies as well as on community revitalization. Participants ...
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CMI Energy brings large-scale shipment into Port of Erie to build more power generation
Erie, Pennsylvania-based engineering firm CMI Energy recently received an 86,890-square foot and 13,452,000-pound shipment of components for a Heat Recovery Steam Generator at the Port of Erie, which ...
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Rep. McNeill tours Coplay Aggregates Quarry following reports of suspected soil contamination
State Rep. Jeanne McNeill (D-Lehigh County) recently toured the Coplay Aggregates Quarry and met with the owners of the facility, following complaints from residents and the issuance of an Environment...
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Bechtel completes Shamokin Dam power plant
Bechtel, a global engineering, construction, and project management company, recently completed construction of the Hummel Station Power Plant in Shamokin Dam Borough, one of the country’s largest c...
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Air Products to keep headquarters in Lehigh Valley
Air Products, an industrial gas company, recently announced the location of its new global headquarters, which will be just over one mile from its existing Lehigh Valley location. A groundbreaking ...
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Nonprofit community organizations receive $450,000 in grants
More than 70 nonprofit organizations in central and eastern Pennsylvania recently received $450,000 in grants from the PPL Foundation. The foundation provides grants to organizations that support e...
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PA Heavy & Highway receives grant to expand apprenticeship programs
PA Heavy & Highway recently received approval for a grant for $99,000 over three years to expand its apprenticeship program. The program trains workers in construction labor, construction form carpent...
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Pennsylvania PUC approves joint settlement
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) recently approved a June joint settlement agreement between the Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate and Aqua America, a water and wastewater utili...
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Two Pennsylvania companies receive $3 million in low interest loans
Two Pennsylvania companies recently received more than $3 million in low interest loans from the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority. Astley Precision Machine Co., a precision machined co...
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FirstEnergy expanding Energizing the Future Initiative into the Met-Ed and Penelec service areas
FirstEnergy Corp. announced last week that it would expand its Energizing the Future Initiative, which aims to modernize the power grid, into the Met-Ed and Penelec service areas in Pennsylvania. S...
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Pennsylvania PUC denies application to change direction of petroleum pipeline transportation
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) denied last week an application filed by Laurel Pipeline Company L.P. (Laurel) to reverse the direction of petroleum products transportation service to...
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