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 state Senate Community, Economic and Recreational Development Committee recently advanced two bills designed to support Pennsylvania’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Senate Bil...
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Lehigh Valley ranks 49th out of 384 metro regions in the United States for manufacturing, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, the economic reporting arm of the U.S. Department of Commer...
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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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The state Senate recently passed House Bill 2071, legislation designed to improve access to high-speed internet in underserved communities, a moved applauded by state Sens. Camera Bartolotta (R-Greene...
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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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The state Senate recently passed legislation creating an the Airport Land Development Zone (ALDZ) program. The program would provide tax credits, structured like the Keystone Special Development Zo...
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The Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors recently approved a three-year strategic economic development plan and a budget for 2022. The budget of $3.1 million represents...
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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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The state House of Representatives recently advanced legislation creating a Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority to facilitate funds anticipated from the $1.2 trillion federal Infrastructure I...
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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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Legislation passed by the state Senate this week would increase public-private partnerships and enhance employment opportunities. Senate Bill 706 would create a Max Manufacturing Initiative Fund an...
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Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would repeal the Superfund Chemical fee on three substances enacted in the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act. The USA Batteri...
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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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New Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) units coming online by the end of 2022 will propel the U.S. LNG export capacity to the largest in the world, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said. Accord...
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