Legislation would address labor shortage
Legislation soon to be introduced in the state Senate seeks to address Pennsylvania’s labor shortage. The Small Business Workforce Tax Credit would incentivize hiring to pull more residents back ...
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Pennsylvania’s Training-to-Career Grant program awards $335,000 to two manufacturing organizations
The state’s Manufacturing PA Training-to-Career Grant program recently awarded $335,000 to two organizations to develop initiatives raising awareness of the opportunities available in the manufactur...
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Pennant Midstream to supply Australian company with renewable natural gas
Pennant Midstream, which operates wet and dry gas and natural gas liquid pipelines in Pennsylvania and Ohio, signed a series of agreements last year with a subsidiary of Australia-based Energy Develop...
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U.S. Steel breaks ground on technologically advanced steel mill
Pittsburgh-based United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel) announced it had broken ground on its next-generation sustainable and technologically advanced steel mill in Osceola, Ark., on Thursday. ...
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Nexii's First U.S. Plant Opens in Hazleton, PA
Canadian green construction technology company opens Hazleton plant
Nexii Building Solutions, a Canadian green construction technology company, recently opened its first U.S. plant in Hazleton. "We are thrilled that Nexii's first unveiling in the United States is i...
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Wolf’s budget proposal includes $22M for Ben Franklin Technology Partners
Gov. Tom Wolf’s 2022-2023 budget proposal includes at least $22 million for Ben Franklin Technology Partner, an estimated $2 million increase for each of the four regionally-based Ben Franklin cente...
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Penn Power upgrading Butler County power system
Penn Power is in the process of upgrading and expanding its power system in Butler County. The work will support the future energy demands of more than 20,000 customers in parts of Cranberry, Mars,...
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York Electrical Institute awarded grant for apprenticeships
The Pennsylvania Pre-Apprentice and Apprenticeship Grant Program recently awarded York Electrical Institute $296,061 to help train apprentices. “We are extremely grateful for this generous invest...
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PPG to purchase Italian power coatings company
PPG recently entered into an agreement to purchase the powder coatings business of Arsonsisi, an industrial coatings company based in Milan, Italy, for an undisclosed amount. As part of the deal, P...
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Pennsylvania is third largest generator, top exporter of electricity among U.S. states
Pennsylvania generated more than 230 million MWh of electricity in 2020, which is more than every state except Texas and Florida, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Fur...
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Gov. Wolf proposes major spending increase in final budget proposal
Gov. Tom Wolf on Tuesday unveiled a $43.7 billion state budget proposal for the 2022-2023 fiscal year that takes advantage of a record surplus to invest in education, but critics said the large spendi...
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L&I announces $2.5M for clean energy workforce development
Jennifer Berrier, secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry, said Friday the state will invest $2.5 million in a grant program designed to boost workforce development and industry r...
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Interconnect solutions company receives certification
The International Aerospace Quality Group recently awarded Nicomatic, a Horsham-based creative interconnect solutions provider, an AS9100:2016 certification. SRI Quality System Registrar, an inter...
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Printer manufacturer relocating to Monroe County
Black Buffalo 3D Corp., a New Jersey-based manufacturer of large-scale 3D construction printers, plans to relocate to Monroe County. The company recently purchased approximately 106 acres in Smithf...
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Wolf administration announces $246M state investment into Port of Philadelphia
Gov. Tom Wolf said his administration will invest an additional $246 million into the Port of Philadelphia, creating thousands of jobs. On Friday, Wolf said the state would add to the investment i...
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The Organic Snack Company announce expansion plans in Bedford
The Organic Snack Company (TOSC), a privately-held food manufacturing company, plans to expand this summer in Bedford. Through the development entity BT Snacks II, Bruce Thaler, the company’s own...
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Job growth greatest in northeastern Pennsylvania, according to report
The Governor’s Action Team recently released its annual report for fiscal year 2020-2021, which showed that there were 9,554 new jobs created in Pennsylvania, with the greatest growth in the northea...
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Companies launch initiative to support low-carbon, hydrogen hub in Pennsylvania, neighboring states
Several leading energy companies, and a steel manufacturer, have formed an alliance that they hope will usher in a decarbonized future for the Northern Appalachian Region. Energy companies EQT Cor...
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Ansys, Amazon Web Services partner for virtual tools
Pittsburgh area-based Ansys, an engineering simulation company, recently entered into a strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS). The partnership will enable the deployment of Ansys ...
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Pennsylvania’s manufacturing industry eighth-largest in the country, officials said
Officials at a manufacturing caucus on Tuesday said Pennsylvania’s manufacturing industry was the eighth-largest in the country, with an economic impact of $92 billion. The comments came during t...
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