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New York company purchases Gettysburg plant

By Melina Druga  |   January 18, 2024   |   Companies

New York-based LS Power, a development, investment and operating company focused on the North American power and energy infrastructure sector, recently finalized its purchase of the Hunterstown natura...

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PQ purchases Swiss silicate business

By Melina Druga  |   January 17, 2024   |   Companies

Malvern-based PQ, a silicates, silicas and derivative products provider, recently purchased Switzerland-based vanBaerle Group’s specialty silicate business. The purchase allows PQ to further dive...

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Pittsburgh-based Ansys to be acquired by Synopsys

By Liz Carey  |   January 17, 2024   |   Companies

On Tuesday, electronic design automation (EDA) and semiconductor company Synopsys announced it would acquire Pittsburgh-based Ansys for an estimated $35 billion. The merger will combine Synopsysâ€...

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Mid Penn Bancorp appoints new chief financial officer

By Melina Druga  |   January 17, 2024   |   Companies

Harrisburg-Mid Penn Bancorp, the parent company of Mid Penn Bank, recently appointed Justin T. Webb as chief financial officer. Webb replaces Allison S. Johnson who left the company on Jan. 5. His ...

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U.S. Steel, GTI Energy awarded DOE funding to test Industrial Carbon Capture technology

By Liz Carey  |   January 16, 2024   |   Companies

On Thursday, GTI Energy announced it would be testing its new carbon management technology at the U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Facility in Braddock, Pa. GTI, a leader in carbon management tech, said i...

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Penn State receives $3.3M state grant for EV implementation

By Melina Druga  |   January 16, 2024   |   Investment

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently awarded Penn State a $3.305 million grant to implement electric vehicles (EV) and infrastructure at University Park. The gran...

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East Penn launches environmental campaign

By Melina Druga  |   January 16, 2024   |   Companies

East Penn Manufacturing, a manufacturer of high-quality lead batteries and accessories, recently launched Power2Recycle, an environmental campaign designed to highlight the importance of proper recycl...

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Axalta Coating Systems products win innovation award

By Melina Druga  |   January 12, 2024   |   Companies

The Business Intelligence Group (BIG), an annual business awards program recognizing organizations, products and people, recently awarded two Glen Mills-based Axalta Coating Systems’ products with t...

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Excelitas Technologies relocating to Pittsburgh

By Liz Carey  |   January 11, 2024   |   Companies

On Tuesday, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced photonics technology company Excelitas Technologies Corp., will move its headquarters to Pittsburgh in the coming year. Officials said Excelita...

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Pennsylvania awards nearly $500,000 in Farm Bill Grants to future ag leaders

By Liz Carey  |   January 10, 2024   |   Featured

On Monday, the Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary awarded nearly $500,000 in grants to prepare young farmers for success. The PA Farm Bill Agriculture & Youth Grants were awarded to 47 organizatio...

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Lehigh Valley GDP surpassed $50B in 2022

By Melina Druga  |   January 10, 2024   |   Companies

In 2022, Lehigh Valley’s gross domestic product (GDP) surpassed $50 billion. Economic output, the sum of goods and services for the metro region, for the region increased, adding $10 billion in f...

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Manufacturing Assistance Center to provide basic machining, CNC scholarships

By Melina Druga  |   January 5, 2024   |   Investment

Crawford County recently awarded the Manufacturing Assistance Center (MAC) at the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville Education and Training Hub with a $25,000 grant, and the Gene Haas Foundation r...

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Frontage Labs acquires bioanalytical businesses

By Liz Carey  |   January 4, 2024   |   Companies

Exton, PA-based Frontage Laboratories announced Tuesday that it had completed its acquisition of the bioanalytical and drug metabolism & pharmacokinetics (DMPK) businesses of Accelera S.r.l. Locat...

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Alcoa names new executive vice president and chief operations officer

By Melina Druga  |   January 3, 2024   |   Companies

Alcoa Corp. recently appointed Matt Reed as executive vice president and chief operations officer, effective Jan. 1. Reed joined Alcoa in June 2023 and served concurrently as vice president of oper...

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Contract awarded for dredging of Erie Harbor

By Melina Druga  |   January 2, 2024   |   Investment

Last month, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Buffalo District awarded a $682,000 contract to Michigan-based Ryba Marine Construction Co. for the dredging of the federal navigation channel i...

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Philadelphia releases annual workforce diversity report

By Liz Carey  |   January 2, 2024   |   Featured

On Thursday, the city of Philadelphia released its 2023 report on workforce diversity. As with previous years, the 2023 Workforce Diversity Profile and Annual Report provides an in-depth summary o...

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Penn State Extension to offer new farming program

By Melina Druga  |   January 2, 2024   |   Investment

Penn State Extension plans to use a $50,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program grant to offer a progr...

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Application period opens for Keystone STARS Continuous Quality Improvement awards

By Melina Druga  |   December 29, 2023   |   Companies

The Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) has opened the application period for Keystone STARS Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) awards. The awards are a one-time grant for eli...

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World Courier to expand with three new transport stations

By Liz Carey  |   December 22, 2023   |   Companies

Conshohocken, Pa.-based World Courier, a part of Cencora (formerly AmerisourceBergen), announced Tuesday it will open three transport stations to expand its presence and grow its capacity to deliver s...

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Jefferson, Lehigh Valley Health Network creating care delivery system

By Melina Druga  |   December 21, 2023   |   Companies

Jefferson and Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN), Pennsylvania based health care providers, recently signed a nonbinding agreement to create an integrated care delivery system. The system will hav...

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