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Valmont Industries, a designer and manufacturer of engineered products that support infrastructure and agriculture, announced Monday it would build a hot-dip zinc galvanizing facility on an 11-acre si...
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Pennsylvania’s dairy industry leaders recently were recognized at the 2019 Pennsylvania Dairy Summit in Lancaster.
The Pennsylvania Distinguished Dairy Producer Award recognizes dairy producers w...
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Edinboro University will again host the Xavier and Tina Williams Summer Youth Business Academy. The academy is open to high school students from across the United States entering grades 10-12.
The ...
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Lucas Systems, an enterprise software and mobile applications business, plans to expand operations and open a headquarters in Wexford.
The company purchased a 45,000-square-foot building close to ...
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GIANT Food Stores announced Wednesday plans to open three new GIANT Heirloom Market stores in Philadelphia during 2019.
GIANT will open the stores in the Philadelphia neighborhoods of University Ci...
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Sen. Tom Killion (R-Chester/Delaware Counties) recently introduced legislation to raise the cap on Pennsylvania’s film production tax credit program from $65 million to $125 million.
The program ...
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The planning commissions from six counties received an award from the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Planning Association for their role in the Alleghenies Ahead multicounty plan.
The plan hi...
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PhilaPort, the Port of Philadelphia, is nearing completion of the Delaware River Deepening Project. The project will create a 45-foot shipping channel capable of accommodating vessels as large as 14,5...
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State Rep. Tony DeLuca (D-Allegheny) sent a letter recently to state Secretary of Education Pedro A. Rivera, urging the Department of Education to deny a request by Penn Hills School District to incre...
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John Slaven
Alcoa Corporation, a Pittsburgh-based global producer of aluminum, recently announced that John Slaven would join the company as its new executive vice president and chief strategy officer, effective ...
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DataBank, a Texas-based data center, cloud, and interconnection services company, recently purchased a PNC Bank data center near Pittsburgh for an undisclosed amount.
The 115,000 square foot, three...
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Camp Hill-based accounting and business advisory services firm McKonly & Asbury recently acquired Bloomsburg-based tax and business services firm Brewer & Co.
The purchase is part of McKonly & Asbu...
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The Northwest Commission, a Local Development District serving an eight-county region of Northwest Pennsylvania, recently launched an online survey to gather public input as it updates its regional lo...
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Bradford, Penn.-based Zippo Manufacturing Company announced Monday that it reached a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Northern Lights Enterprises, Inc.
Northern L...
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The fourth bi-annual Lehigh Valley Meet the Buyers Expo will be held on Oct. 23, 2019, at the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks in Bethlehem, the Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation (LVEDC) s...
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The Executive Leadership Academy recently announced the first class in the eight-month executive education program.
The Advanced Leadership Initiative, a regional initiative to address corporate di...
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently selected a team of Penn State researchers to compete in the first challenge of its Grid Optimization Competition.
The Penn State team of researchers is ...
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Dauphin County’s First-Time Homebuyers Program assisted 124 residents in 2018, reflecting a record-high in the history of the program.
The program provides qualified homebuyers with up to $3,000 ...
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Air Products, a global industrial gases company headquartered in Allentown, announced Wednesday that it had been awarded additional on-site nitrogen supply by one of the world’s largest manufacturer...
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In 2018, Harrisburg-based Life Sciences Greenhouse of Central Pennsylvania (LSGPA) invested $2.5 million in three Pennsylvania companies that potentially could significantly change healthcare in the f...
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