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Manufacturing

  • Acton Firm Develops Vision Technology

    Susan Shalhoub February 5, 2013

    Several years before Leon Reznik became co-founder and CEO of Acton-based ABiSee Inc., the engineer worked for large companies like IBM, Hewlett-Packard and EMC, as well as smaller startups.

    Susan Shalhoub February 5, 2013
  • Nypro Being Sold To Fla. Firm

    Rick Saia February 4, 2013

    Nypro Inc. of Clinton is being sold to a Florida-based provider of manufactured precision plastics products for an estimated $665 million, according to a statement from that company.

    Rick Saia February 4, 2013
  • New Gateway Building Reflects Evolving Culture For Siemens

    February 4, 2013

    When German conglomerate Siemens AG bought the 120-year-old Morgan Construction Co. in 2008, Siemens introduced its corporate changes slowly to the Worcester company.

    February 4, 2013
  • Developers Discover Leominster

    February 4, 2013

    Leominster has been experiencing a bit of a resurgence with new buyers for big properties and developments. It's something the city's mayor, Dean Mazzarella, said is the product of a strategic plan.

    February 4, 2013
  • Columbia Tech Opens New Site

    February 1, 2013

    Columbia Tech, a subsidiary of Coghlin Cos. Inc., of Worcester, has expanded with a new facility in Westborough that adds 68,000 square feet of warehouse, distribution, manufacturing and office space, the company announced.

    February 1, 2013
  • Two Marlborough Electronics Firms Team Up

    Susan Shalhoub January 29, 2013

    Marlborough-based electronics manufacturing components vendor Conti-Younger Associates nearly doubled in size when it acquired Focus Sales Inc. of Marlborough earlier this month.

    Susan Shalhoub January 29, 2013
  • Durable Goods Orders Soar

    Rick Saia January 28, 2013

    Orders for durable goods across the United States soared 4.6 percent in December, aided in large part by a double-digit increase in orders for transportation equipment, and far exceeding expectations, according to data released by the federal

    Rick Saia January 28, 2013
  • Sturbridge Plastics Firm Expands Clean Room

    January 25, 2013

    Sturbridge-based G&F Industries said it has built a new clean room to improve its manufacturing capacity and flexibility for plastics injection molding.

    January 25, 2013
  • MassMEP Partners With QCC For Degree Path

    January 17, 2013

    The Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MassMEP) has partnered with Quinsigamond Community College (QCC) to create a new associate degree program in manufacturing, the two announced.

    January 17, 2013
  • Milford Plant Part of Possible Saint-Gobain Division Sale

    Rick Saia January 15, 2013

    An international manufacturer based in Luxembourg is looking to buy the North American glass-container manufacturing division of Saint-Gobain, a move that would impact its Milford facility that employs about 225.

    Rick Saia January 15, 2013
  • Hopkinton Firm Teams Up For Africa Work

    January 14, 2013

    Hy9 Corp. of Hopkinton and a South African company are teaming up to provide hydrogen power systems to enable the deployment of wireless communications systems in sub-Saharan Africa, Hy9 announced.

    January 14, 2013
  • AMSC: China High Court To Hear Case

    Rick Saia January 11, 2013

    China's highest court will hear a challenge in a lawsuit filed by Devens-based AMSC in its years-long dispute with a Chinese company, according to AMSC.

    Rick Saia January 11, 2013
  • Marlborough Firm Acquires Vt. Company

    Rick Saia January 11, 2013

    Manufacturing services provider Web Industries of Marlborough has acquired a Vermont company, CAD Cut Inc., another manufacturing services provider for three industries, Web Industries announced.

    Rick Saia January 11, 2013
  • New Product Lines Mean Westborough Growth For Maine Manufacturer

    Susan Shalhoub January 8, 2013

    Maine Manufacturing, based in Sanford, Maine, had three employees four years ago. But now it has 175, including 65 new employees in Westborough."We're on a tear," says Maine Manufacturing president Bill Emhiser.

    Susan Shalhoub January 8, 2013
  • Ipsen Scuttles Milford Expansion, Plans To Sell Site

    January 7, 2013

    After receiving approvals and negotiating tax breaks to build a $42-million expansion of subsidiary Biomeasure's Milford facility, French biotech firm Ipsen has told town officials that it has scuttled the project and now plans to sell its Milford

    January 7, 2013
  • Snack Foods Maker Doubles Employees In Central Mass.

    January 7, 2013

    Barely more than a year after acquiring Wachusett Potato Chip Co., the last locally owned chip company, Utz Quality Foods Inc. said it's more than doubled its employees in Central Massachusetts from 32 to 67.

    January 7, 2013

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While shifting cultural norms in the business community have found hiring managers outwardly working toward hiring a more diverse staff, studies in the last few years by organizations like McKinsey & Co. and Regent University found women and people of color are promoted less frequently than their white male counterparts. This produces a dynamic where company leadership at many organizations remains dominated by white males even as the company's employees become more diversified.