The Pennsylvania Bureau of Diversity, Inclusion and Small Business Opportunities spent $4.2 billion on state contract spending during fiscal year 2020-2021, according to the bureau’s annual report. ...
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Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp. recently announced it named David G. Anderson president of its wholly-owned subsidiary Air & Liquid Systems Corp. The appointment will be effective Saturday. Anderson has mor...
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Niagara Bottling, a leading beverage manufacturer, plans to open a production facility in Luzerne County. The 1,190,000-square-foot plant is under construction in the Humboldt Industrial Park in Ha...
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Pennsylvania-based UGI International, a subsidiary of UGI Corporation, and SHV Energy announced Wednesday that they had received approval from the European Commission to create a joint venture to prod...
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PPG recently announced it plans to invest $2.7 million to purchase new equipment that will expand production capacity at its Brazilian powder coatings facility and meet a growing demand in South Ameri...
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Alcoa Corp. recently closed its Wenatchee Works aluminum smelter in Washington state. The facility, with a aluminum smelting capacity of 146,000 metric tons, had been idle since 2015. The decommiss...
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Pittsburgh-based Evoqua Water Technologies announced Monday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of the renal business operated by Mar Cor Purification and Cantel Medical, subsi...
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WSFS Financial Corp. recently received all required approvals to acquire Bryn Mawr Bank Corp. Approval allows Bryn Mawr Trust Co. to merge with WSFS Bank. “We are pleased to have received all req...
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Philadelphia-based Aramark announced Thursday that it had acquired independent foodservice company Wilson Vale in the United Kingdom. Wilson Vale will join the Aramark UK business, part of Aramark...
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The PAsmart initiative recently awarded nearly $4.8 million in PAsmart Industry Partnership Grants to 26 recipients that have innovative plans to meet local and regional workforce needs. “Pennsyl...
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Berwyn-based Triumph Group announced Thursday that it has been awarded a production contract extension with Boeing Commercial Airplanes to manufacture and deliver hydraulic and actuation equipment for...
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The Kraft Heinz Co. recently released its program designed to achieve the goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions across its operational footprint and entire global supply chain by 2050. The co...
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Hershey, Pennsylvania-based Hershey Company announced Tuesday that it had completed its acquisition of Dot’s Pretzels, and Pretzels Inc. Dot’s Pretzels is the owner of Dot’s Homestyle Pretze...
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As of Wednesday evening, both Pennsylvania General Assembly chambers have voted to save state jobs by officially disapproving of the Wolf administration’s proposed regulation that would authorize th...
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Blue Bell, Penn.-based Unisys Corporation, global IT solutions company, announced Tuesday it had acquired CompuGain, a leading cloud solutions provider, for $87.3 million. The agreement was made o...
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Luzerne County will get 115 new jobs, Gov. Tom Wolf announced Monday, now that HMTX Industries has chosen Pennsylvania as the location of its new vinyl tile manufacturing facility. HMTX, an $800 m...
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Kraft Heinz Co. recently reached an agreement to acquire an 85 percent stake in the seven-year-old Germany-based Just Spices GmbH. Just Spices’ three founders will hold the remaining 15 percent and ...
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The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry said the country’s high inflation rate is impacting large and small businesses in its state. November’s inflation rate of 6.8 percent, the high...
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A new study defines and evaluates technological methods to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from natural gas in Philadelphia. The city has set the goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. The Ph...
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Pittsburgh-based United States Steel Corp. and its partners transportation company Norfolk Southern Corp. and The Greenbrier Companies, a supplier of equipment and services to global freight transport...
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