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Manufacturing

  • Boston Scientific buying majority $230M stake in Korean manufacturer

    Laura Finaldi June 15, 2022

    Boston Scientific is purchasing a majority stake in a South Korean manufacturer and distributor of medical devices, which focuses on medical devices for endoscopic and urologic procedures.

    Laura Finaldi June 15, 2022
  • Lundgren Honda co-owner purchases Auburn manufacturing building for $3.8M

    Timothy Doyle June 15, 2022

    Lundgren Equity Partners, LLC of Auburn purchased the 57,000-square-foot former location of Consolidated Fabrications in Auburn for $3.75 million.

    Timothy Doyle June 15, 2022
  • Lifting the cannabis ban: One dispensary's fight to change hearts & minds

    Katherine Hamilton Updated: June 13, 2022

    As the chairman and CEO of Southbridge’s first cannabis dispensary, Bob Patton has had a uniquely powerful impact on the town, but it was not easily earned.

    Katherine Hamilton Updated: June 13, 2022
  • Worcester 300 trivia contest, part 11: Typewriter

    Updated: June 13, 2022

    The only known full-scale example of Thurber’s typewriter (pictured here) survives in the collections of Worcester Historical Museum, but a patented model is housed at what national museum institution?

    Updated: June 13, 2022
  • How proposed cannabis laws seek to bring more equity to industry

    Alexander MacDougall Updated: June 13, 2022

    Six years after cannabis legalization, the fledgling industry remains unequal. But two new bills aim to make good on that promise of bringing equity.

    Alexander MacDougall Updated: June 13, 2022
  • Q&A: Becoming the next Republican governor

    Laura Finaldi Updated: June 13, 2022

    WBJ spoke to both Geoff Diehl and Chris Doughty separately after the convention to ask about economic issues in Central Massachusetts and the commonwealth as a whole.

    Laura Finaldi Updated: June 13, 2022
  • Movers & Shakers for June 13, 2022

    Updated: June 13, 2022

    Central Massachusetts business organizations with recent hires and promotions include Oriol Health Care, GFA Federal Credit Union, and Bay State Savings Bank.

    Updated: June 13, 2022
  • Worcester manufacturer moving HQ to Webster following $1.3M purchase

    Timothy Doyle June 9, 2022

    Worcester manufacturer New England Industrial Coatings purchased a 17,484-square-foot industrial building at 11 Old Worcester Road in Webster, in order to move its headquarters there.

    Timothy Doyle June 9, 2022
  • Leominster register manufacturer launches two new designs

    Laura Finaldi June 9, 2022

    A Leominster company has launched two new product designs after soliciting feedback on social media from its user base.

    Laura Finaldi June 9, 2022
  • Cytovia Therapeutics appoints CFO, chief product officer

    Laura Finaldi June 9, 2022

    Cytovia Therapeutics, a Florida company with research-and-development operations in Natick, has named a chief financial officer and a chief product officer, as the company advances towards clinical trials and prepares to go public.

    Laura Finaldi June 9, 2022
  • Veristat promotes seasoned drug developer to chief commercial officer

    Laura Finaldi June 8, 2022

    Veristat, the Southborough-based global clinical research organization, has promoted Cindy Henderson to the role of chief commercial officer.

    Laura Finaldi June 8, 2022
  • International real estate firm acquires two Leominster industrial buildings for $14.7M

    Timothy Doyle June 8, 2022

    EQT Exeter acquired two industrial buildings, with a combined 116,000 square feet, located at 100 & 110 Jytek Drive in Leominster for $14.7 million on Thursday, as the Radnor, Pa. real estate investment firm expands further into Massachusetts.

    Timothy Doyle June 8, 2022
  • Framingham State, Worcester State granted $2.9M to recruit faculty of color

    Laura Finaldi June 7, 2022

    The National Science Foundation has awarded $2.9 million to Framingham State University, Worcester State University, and Bridgewater State University to create a national model to recruit, retain, and promote cohorts of faculty of color in the STEM

    Laura Finaldi June 7, 2022
  • IPG Photonics knocked off S&P 500

    Alexander MacDougall June 7, 2022

    IPG Photonics, the Oxford-based manufacturer of fiber lasers, is being removed from S&P Global Ratings’ most high-profile index for large companies.

    Alexander MacDougall June 7, 2022
  • Webster plaza sold for $5.3M to car dealer

    Katherine Hamilton June 3, 2022

    Webster Plaza, a two-building, 70,600-square-foot retail strip in Webster, sold for $5.3 million, according to a Thursday press release from NAI Glickman Kovago & Jacobs, the Worcester real estate agency which brokered the sale.

    Katherine Hamilton June 3, 2022
  • MIT spinoff to expand in Milford at former Stop & Shop property

    Katherine Hamilton June 2, 2022

    Ambri, an MIT-spinoff manufacturing company headquartered in Marlborough, is planning to expand into Milford with the construction of a 140,000-square-foot facility.

    Katherine Hamilton June 2, 2022

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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.