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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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Carnegie Mellon University’s (CMU) National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) transformed Pittsburgh’s economy, the region, and the robotics industry, according to a university report.
NREC wa...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) recently awarded the Laurel Valley Transportation Improvement Project (LTVIP) in Westmoreland County $30 million for the second phase of constru...
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Roquette, a French provider of naturally-derived pharmaceutical excipients and plant-based ingredients, recently selected Montgomery County as the location of its next headquarters and innovation cent...
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NVI Institute Blairsville will launch auto and diesel technology accelerated programs beginning Jan. 3.
Students will study for six months to become auto or diesel technicians.
The programs are...
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Pennsylvania baby formula manufacturer ByHeart was awarded $1.75 million in Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grant funding to improve a Reading-based facility, state Sen. Judy Schwank (...
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The Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) recently awarded four grants totaling $2.5 million to a drug treatment project, a project to increase tourism and two projects that specialize in in...
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Subsidiaries of salty snack manufacturer Utz Brands recently completed their purchase of RW Garcia Holdings, a tortilla chip, cracker, and corn chip maker, for $56 million.
The deal is still sub...
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U.S. Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson (R-PA) recently submitted public comments to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) opposing a plan that would toll the Canoe Creek Bridges in Clarion Co...
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Pittsburgh-based AlphaLab Health, a healthcare and life sciences accelerator program of Innovation Works (IW) in partnership with Allegheny Health Network (AHN), announced a second cohort of start-up ...
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Millersburg-based Mid Penn Bancorp closed on its acquisition of Riverview Financial Corp. on Nov. 30.
Riverview’s banking subsidiary, Riverview Bank, was merged with Mid Penn’s subsidiary ban...
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Re-Match, a Danish recycler of synthetic turf fields, recently leased a 53,040-square-feet building Hanover Township, Luzerne County, to establish its first recycling facilities outside Europe.
The...
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The Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) recently approved four new low-interest loans.
So far this year, PIDA has approved $42.8 million in low-interest loans.
Van Industries in...
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The Pittsburgh area will see the installation of some 100 new transmission towers, starting Dec. 13, according to Duquesne Light Company (DLC).
The Pittsburgh-based company’s BI-Crescent Transmi...
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Boeing, as part of a $246.48 million contract with the U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command, will build six more MH-47G Block II Chinooks. The fixed fee and firm-fixed-price modification was...
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The city of Hermitage recently received $1.73 million in state Transportation Infrastructure Investment Funds for transportation infrastructure improvements.
Funding will be used to improve State R...
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The Global Manufacturing and Industrialization Summit (GMIS) recently selected Pittsburgh to host the inaugural American GMIS summit in autumn 2022.
The American Middle East Institute (AMEI), hea...
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On Monday, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf joined local, state and federal leaders to celebrate infrastructure investments during a ribbon cutting at I-579 CAP Park, renamed the Frankie Pace Park.
The ...
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Penn National Gaming recently announced it plans to open Hollywood Casino Morgantown on Dec. 22, pending final regulatory approvals.
The company invested approximately $111 million, including licen...
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