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Sandvik, a Stockholm-based high-tech and global engineering company, recently signed an agreement to purchase for an undisclosed amount Summerill Tube Corporation, based in Scottdale, Pa.
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The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) recently awarded $5.8 million in Youth Reentry Demonstration Project grants to 10 local workforce development boards (LWDBs).
The programs pro...
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Potter County Commissioners Doug Morley, Susan Kefover, and Paul Heimel recently adopted the Potter County Comprehensive Plan, which sets priorities across a range of policy areas for the county over ...
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued on Dec. 19 a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the Adelphia Gateway project, which will provide natural gas to customers in the...
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The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board recently issued final licensing approval to Penn National Gaming for Hollywood Casino York, which will be located at the York Galleria Mall in Springettsbury Town...
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Gov. Tom Wolf announced Wednesday that Holy Family Institute (HFI) Nazareth Prep High School in Allegheny County will receive $200,000 in funding through Pennsylvania’s Training-to-Career program.
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Benshaw Inc., a Pittsburgh-based producer of motor controls and drives, announced Tuesday that it finalized an agreement to acquire Aucom Electronics LTD, a New Zealand-based manufacturer of soft star...
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State Rep. Joshua Kail (R-Beaver/Washington) announced Tuesday that he plans to introduce legislation that would allow municipal waste management systems to work with manufacturers using advanced recy...
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The Lehigh Valley’s gross domestic product (GDP) reached $41.2 billion in 2018, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis, which is 4.4 percent higher than 2017 an...
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SC Water, LLC, a natural gas and oil industry investment group based in Pennsylvania, announced Tuesday that it closed on the previously announced acquisition of Keystone Clearwater Solutions (Keyston...
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The Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership recently launched a $5.2 Million regional economic and community development initiative during its annual meeting.
“Erie Forward is the most strat...
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Sen. Camera Bartolotta (R-Beaver/Washington/Greene) announced Friday that several rail freight improvement projects in Washington and Beaver counties will receive state grants from the Pennsylvania De...
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Montgomery County Commissioners recently adopted a $428.4 million budget for 2020.
The budget provides a 2.75 percent wage increase for all nonrepresented employees effective Jan. 1 and includes l...
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F.N.B. Corp. will relocate its corporate headquarters for First National Bank to FNB Financial Center in downtown Pittsburgh.
The 24-story, mixed-use tower is planned for the corner of Washington ...
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Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) and Osaka Gas announced Tuesday that the CPV Fairview Energy Center (CPV Fairview) in Jackson Township near Johnstown, Pa., a 1,050-megawatt (MW) natural gas and ethan...
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Astrobotic Technology, a space robotics company, plans to relocate its headquarters from Carnegie Mellon University to Pittsburgh’s North Side neighborhood.
The company will invest $6.55 million ...
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Allegheny Technologies Incorporated, a specialty metals manufacturer headquartered in Pittsburgh, announced Tuesday that it signed several new long-term contracts to supply GE Aviation with iso-therma...
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Tyber Medical, LLC, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday for its new medical device manufacturing facility in the Lehigh Valley.
The company, which manufactures private label orthopedic and spinal...
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Limelight Bio, a multi-disease biopharmaceutical company developing gene therapies, recently raised $75 million in financing funded by life sciences innovation fund Apple Tree Partners (ATP).
The c...
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Department of Labor and Industry (L&I) Secretary Jerry Oleksiak recently toured Central Westmoreland Career and Technology Center in New Stanton and discussed the importance of investing in job traini...
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