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International Trade

  • New Acton manufacturing plant could include hundreds of hires

    Laura Finaldi February 16, 2017

    A Billerica medical device company will start production at its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Acton starting in 2019 and expects to hire hundreds of jobs there over the next five years, the company announced Wednesday.

    Laura Finaldi February 16, 2017
  • Immigrants have major impact in Mass., study shows

    February 14, 2017

    Immigrants have an outsized role in the Massachusetts economy, with the state's universities and colleges a major reason why, according to a new survey.

    February 14, 2017
  • GTS's latest device tells good batteries from bad

    February 14, 2017

    Large retail chains have been able to get better use out of their barcode scanners and other devices because of batteries made by Global Technology Systems (GTS), headquartered in Framingham.

    February 14, 2017
  • Holliston firms seek to revolutionize temperature sensors

    Laura Finaldi February 7, 2017

    Holliston sensors manufacturer Nanmac Corp. was purchased in 2014 by the Patriot Worldwide, also based in Holliston. Since the acquisition, the company has been selling its products to the likes of Boeing, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and Saint-Gobain

    Laura Finaldi February 7, 2017
  • WBJ names new digital editor

    February 6, 2017

    Worcester Business Journal on Monday hired an award-winning Massachusetts business journalist to lead its digital operations.

    February 6, 2017
  • Power industry warns against Mass. greenhouse gas plan

    State House News Service February 6, 2017

    As Massachusetts regulators map out the state's role in reducing global warming, environmental advocates and electricity generators both urged consideration for how new rules could affect power plant emissions outside state borders.

    State House News Service February 6, 2017
  • Movers & Shakers

    February 6, 2017

    Eleven people in Central Massachusetts have found new positions, including at Fidelity Bank, TechSandBox, the Idea Agency and the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce.

    February 6, 2017
  • Patriots' Super Bowl parade set for 11 a.m. Tuesday

    State House News Service February 6, 2017

    New England Patriots fans will flood the streets of Boston Tuesday to celebrate the team's come-from-behind overtime Super Bowl win over the Atlanta Falcons Sunday night in Houston.

    State House News Service February 6, 2017
  • Manufacturers reaching out to traditional high schoolers

    Laura Finaldi February 6, 2017

    Businesses, schools reaching out to non-vocational students and displaced workers to get them interested in manufacturing careers.

    Laura Finaldi February 6, 2017
  • DPS promotes O'Dwyer to president, U.S. projects for life sciences

    Laura Finaldi February 2, 2017

    Architecture and engineering firm DPS, which has U.S. headquarters in Framingham, has promoted Aidan O'Dwyer to the role of president of U.S. project operations, life sciences division.

    Laura Finaldi February 2, 2017
  • WPI expanding metals institute to China

    January 27, 2017

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute announced Thursday it was appointing its second-ever director of its Metal Processing Institute, as the organization expands globally for the first time with a new location in China.

    January 27, 2017
  • Greater Boston companies want Central Mass. cultural benefits

    Emily Micucci January 23, 2017

    As a further sign in the growing demand for Central Mass. real estate, more MetroWest and Boston companies are reaching out to local cultural institutions to provide employees with area benefits.

    Emily Micucci January 23, 2017
  • Energy challenges need comprehensive approach

    James T. Brett January 23, 2017

    At a 2016 energy forum hosted by The New England Council, Gordon van Welie, CEO of ISO New England – our region's power grid operator – described New England's electric reliability this coming winter as precarious.

    James T. Brett January 23, 2017
  • Movers & Shakers

    January 23, 2017

    The region's latest Movers & Shakers.

    January 23, 2017
  • IDG to be acquired by Chinese cos.

    Laura Finaldi January 19, 2017

    International Data Group, Inc. (IDG) of Boston, which owns Framingham-based International Data Corporation, is being acquired by two Chinese companies, the buyers announced Thursday.

    Laura Finaldi January 19, 2017
  • A better way to sharpen skates

    January 17, 2017

    Russ Layton wants to make ice skate sharpening as accessible as everything else seems to be in 2017. In this age of Amazon Prime and Blue Apron, it seemed silly to Layton, an engineer by trade, that getting ice skates sharpened can still be such an

    January 17, 2017

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