A new analysis has found that employment in the Lehigh Valley manufacturing sector grew at a faster rate than the nation as a whole over the last five years. According to the Lehigh Valley Economi...
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Brookville-based Miller Fabrication Solutions, a contract steel fabricator, recently announced its plans for Manufacturing Day (MFG Day) on Oct. 7. The annual nationwide event aims to inspire youth...
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The Manufacturing PA initiative recently awarded the Warren County Career Center a $117,000 Manufacturing PA Training-to-Career Program (MTTC) grant. The center, a vocational-technical school servi...
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Air Products, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology and equipment company, has been awarded the contract to supply four end flash coil wound heat exchangers (CWHE) for the North Field East LNG Proj...
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State Rep. Tim Twardzik (R-Schuylkill) announced Friday that he had hosted a public hearing of the House Majority Policy Committee to discuss barriers related to starting up and growing a business in ...
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ElevateBio LLC and the University of Pittsburgh recently announced they had entered into an agreement to locate a new biomanufacturing center in Pittsburgh. Through the agreement, ElevateBio will ...
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Army Applications Lab recently awarded Larimer-based KEF Robotics, an aerial autonomy developer, a 12-month, $1.5 million, phase two Small Business Innovation Research contract. KEF will use fundin...
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iDEAL Semiconductor Devices, a semiconductor company, recently announced it will invest $3.4 million over the next three years to expand its technology research and development in the Lehigh Valley. ...
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A new weekly cargo container service from Asia is now docking at the Port of Philadelphia, a.k.a. PhilaPort, raising expectations that trade between Pennsylvania and the world’s largest and most pop...
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State Rep. David Zimmerman (R-Lancaster) recently sent a memo to all House members about updating the state’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard. In 2004, the state General Assembly passed t...
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Bethlehem–based ABEC, an engineered solutions and services provider for biotech manufacturing, recently announced plans to invest $11 million in Wilson, N.C. The investment will expand single-use...
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Pittsburgh-based PPG announced this week it would be expanding its production capacity at two of its plants based in San Juan del Rio, Mexico, and Temple, Texas. PPG said it will invest $11 millio...
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Eric Hagarty, acting secretary of education, recently went to the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts to tour its PNC Innovation Zone. The PNC Innovation Zone addresses gender and equity barri...
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On Tuesday, the City of Philadelphia announced it had enabled 22,500 internet connections over the past two years as part of the PHLConnectED program. A response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its i...
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Since taking office in 2015, Gov. Tom Wolf has signed 2,098 pardons, including 326 that were part of an expedited review of nonviolent marijuana-related offenses. A pardon means a person receives c...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced Monday the opening of its draft 2022 Pennsylvania State Water Plan for public comments. The plan identifies regional and sta...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development recently opened the application period for PA Farm Bill Agriculture & Youth Grants. The Ag and Youth Program awards grants of up to...
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The FTSE4Good Index Series, which measures the performance of companies demonstrating strong environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices, recently named PPG to the list for the fourth year. ...
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The state’s unemployment rate dropped two-tenths of a percentage point in July to 4.3 percent, according to a Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) report. Nationally, the unemploymen...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s Farmland Preservation Program announced Friday that it won a $7.85 million competitive top grant to support climate-smart conservation on Pennsylvania fa...
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