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Manufacturing

  • Hologic to acquire UK-based breast cancer tech manufacturer for $310M

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo April 30, 2024

    Hologic, a Marlborough-based medical device manufacturer, is expanding its product catalog through the planned $310-million acquisition of Endomagnetics. 

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo April 30, 2024
  • Redemption Rock to host Beyond Wrestling event

    Eric Casey April 29, 2024

    Normally a venue for networking events, comedy shows, and casual conversations, Redemption Rock Brewing in Worcester has cooked up a bit more intense event, as the craft beer brewery and taproom is set to host a wrestling event by Worcester-based

    Eric Casey April 29, 2024
  • WPI awarded $1.2M federal grant to study low-carbon iron production

    Eric Casey April 29, 2024

    The grant is part of a federal effort to support technologies with the potential to reduce the country’s emissions by 1% annually.

    Eric Casey April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Mike O’Kronley

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    Ascend Elements, once a Worcester green technology startup that in the last two years has grown its workforce 500%, appears unstoppable as a leader in recycling elements of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • Securing Our Future: Perimeter Security Strategies to Combat Rising Theft in Central Massachusetts

    April 29, 2024

    Central Massachusetts businesses are struggling against the rising tide of crime. With a record-breaking inflationary environment already taking a chunk out of their profits, businesses can no longer put perimeter security on the back burner.

    April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Maurice Phelan

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024

    Leading the charge for Sartorius in North America is Phelan. Responsible for the company’s 2,600 employees on the continent, Phelan is an important figure in the company’s rapid expansion.

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Meg Delorier

    Updated: April 29, 2024

    Delorier stepped in as the head of Devens for state-backed lender and developer MassDevelopment in September 2022 applying years of military base management and economic development to act as the interim point-of-contact for the 4,400-acre mixed-use

    Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Donald Young

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024

    The future of the transportation industry is electric, and a Central Massachusetts firm is playing an important role in advancing technology in that transformation.

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Caroline Frankel

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024

    Caroline Frankel has been breaking down barriers in the legal Massachusetts cannabis industry since its beginning, and her latest breakthrough will make it easier for entrepreneurs and small businesses to find a foothold in an industry.

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Aimee Peacock

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024

    In her time at Flexcon, Peacock has led the company through an integration and alignment of the company’s global obligations.

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Michael Mahoney

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024

    While Boston Scientific has been through its ups and downs over the years, the company had a strong 2023, as its revenue of $14.24 billion was a 12.3% increase from 2022.

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Sam Hendler

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024

    Sam Hendler sees his influence in the Central Massachusetts business community as providing a critical component of any well-lived life: fun.

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Raffi Garabedian

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    The rise of Electric Hydrogen since its founding in 2020 could be described as stratospheric, owing to its promising technology to decarbonize hydrogen production.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Ralph Crowley Jr.

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024

    With the passing of Worcester Red Sox chairman and former principal owner Larry Lucchino and the taking over of the franchise by Diamond Baseball Holdings, a New York-based corporation that now owns dozens of minor league teams, minority owner Ralph

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Peter Dunn

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    Since becoming Chief Development Officer in 2020, Dunn has been instrumental in leading policy through pivotal years of Worcester’s economic evolution, striving to clinch the elements of a vibrant, larger city.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • WBJ names the Power 100, the most influential Central Mass. professionals in 2024

    Brad Kane Updated: April 29, 2024

    In this first-time expansion of the previous power players list, WBJ names the professionals in Central Massachusetts who most effectively wield their power to have an outsized influence on the economy and community.

    Brad Kane Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Eric Busenburg

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    As the Central Massachusetts life sciences industry looks to grow, Busenburg and Euro-American provide an important link to the rest of the world.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

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Two of the largest Central Massachusetts craft breweries have been acquired this year. In January, FinestKind Brewing in New Hampshire acquired Central Massachusetts’ oldest craft brewery and fourth largest overall, Wachusett Brewing in Westminster. Then, Worcester staple Wormtown Brewery, the third largest Central Mass. brewery, was acquired by Jack’s Abby Brewing of Framingham, in a sale announced on Friday. Rising costs, competition, and shifting consumer preferences are putting pressures on craft breweries, which tend to be small businesses and operated by local ownership teams.