Phoenix Tube expanding Bethlehem plant
Phoenix Tube Co., a stainless steel long products manufacturer focused on ornamental and structural tubing, has committed $8.1 million to expand its Bethlehem operations. The company plans to build...
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Georgia-Pacific to upgrade Bradford corrugated plant
Georgia-Pacific, a Georgia-based pulp and paper company, recently committed $34 million to upgrade its Bradford corrugated plant. The company will purchase new converting equipment to improve the p...
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Senate advances bipartisan legislation to boost American manufacturing, competitiveness
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) announced Wednesday that the U.S. Senate had passed bipartisan legislation to invest in domestic manufacturing and bolster national security. The CHIPS and Science Act w...
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Prioritizing freight rail can end semiconductor shortage, Pennsylvania legislators say
U.S. Reps. Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) sent U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg a letter Tuesday urging the Biden administration to prioritize freight rail as a solution to...
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Comcast RISE program awards 100 Allegheny County businesses $10,000 grants
Philadelphia-based Comcast announced it had awarded $1 million in grants to 100 Allegheny County small businesses owned by women and people of color Tuesday. Part of the Comcast RISE program, whic...
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Air Products announces sustainability goals
Lehigh Valley-based Air Products, an industrial gases company, recently announced its new sustainability goal. The company added a goal to reduce the intensity of Scope 3 emissions by one-third by ...
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CNX, Dynamis Power Solutions introduce first electric-powered drilling system
Pittsburgh-based CNX Resources Corporation announced Tuesday it would be working with Dynamis Power Solutions to introduce the Appalachian Basin’s first electric-powered drilling system fueled entir...
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EQT Corporation: 70 percent of nationwide voters support increasing natural gas production
A nationwide poll commissioned by Pittsburgh-based EQT Corporation found that voters, regardless of their political party, are in favor of increasing natural gas production. The Impact Research su...
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Martin’s Potato Rolls expanding into Ohio retail market
Chambersburg-based Martin’s Famous Potato Rolls and Bread announced Thursday it would expand into the Cleveland, Ohio, retail market. The company said it would make its fresh-baked products avai...
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Pennsylvania Labor & Industry celebrates graduates from Oberg Industries’ apprenticeship program
Tara Lowe, director of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry’s (L&I) Apprenticeship and Training Office (ATO), joined Oberg Industries Thursday to celebrate 45 recent graduates of the comp...
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Lawmakers urge extension to complete the Mountain Valley Pipeline
A contingent of federal lawmakers from neighboring West Virginia is calling on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to approve a four-year extension for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). ...
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Rep. Cook introduces resolution to address state inflation
Pennsylvania state Rep. Bud Cook (R-Washington/Fayette) announced Wednesday he had introduced House Resolution 222 to combat inflation. The legislation would establish an advisory committee that w...
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Gov. Wolf announces more than $48M in new investments to attract businesses
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced Tuesday that his administration had approved nine projects through the Commonwealth Financing Authority totaling more than $48 million to stimulate economic develo...
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Sen. Casey sponsors bill to foster low-emission steel production
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced legislation in the U.S. Senate that seeks to establish the Department of Energy’s (DOE) first research and development (R&D) program focused on low-emission ste...
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State to provide $268M in federal funding to help small businesses
Through the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI), Pennsylvania has been awarded nearly $268 million in American Rescue Plan funding. The funding will be used to spur small business growth...
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Film production tax credit raised to $100M in state’s 2022-23 budget
The film production tax credit was capped at $100 million in the state’s 2022-23 budget. The tax credit was established in 2007. Through the end of fiscal year 2019-20, approximately 860 applican...
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Manufacturing roundtable supports winning through innovation, technology
Speaking on behalf of the Manufacturers Resource Center (MRC), located in Allentown, Pa., President and CEO Rich Hobbs said passage of the Innovation Act/America Competes Legislation would benefit Pen...
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Senate Republicans seek to protect Pennsylvania’s energy competition, reliability
On Thursday, Pennsylvania Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23) said the Pennsylvania Senate Republican Caucus had filed a brief in federal court to protect the state’s energy competition and reliability from regula...
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Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry receives $3.9M federal grant to modernize apprenticeship system
The U.S. Department of Labor recently awarded the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) a $3.9 million grant to build and modernize the state’s registered apprenticeship system. "Penn...
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Rite Aid opens new headquarters in Philadelphia’s Navy Yard district
On Wednesday, pharmacy giant Rite Aid unveiled its new headquarters in Philadelphia’s Navy Yard district. The new Rite Aid Collaboration Center, on the second floor of 1200 Intrepid Avenue, will...
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