Air Products and Chemicals Inc. of Trexlertown has created a new business. The company announced this week that it has launched a hydrogen services business as part of its customer plant support.

Technology plays a vital role in business growth, and at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, resources exist for engineers and other executives to capitalize on the rise of advanced materials and nanotechnology.

Kinsley Construction Inc. of Wyomissing earned a $17.5 million contract for Centre Square Commons, a 110,000-square-foot shopping center to be built in Blue Bell.

Nearly 250 employees from National Penn Bank will be laid off in Boyertown and Allentown spurred by BB&T’s $1.8 billion acquisition of National Penn, finalized in early April.

After four years and a devastating fire that nearly derailed the redevelopment of the Big Mill Outlet Building in Reading, officials cut a red ribbon at ceremony Monday afternoon to recognize the largely completed upscale Big Mill Apartments, part of the $23 million residential and commercial project.

Twenty-four businesses will be competing in this year's Volunteer Challenge, an annual fundraiser to benefit the Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley.

Don't call Zanzibar Kababs & Grill in Kuhnsville a Mediterranean restaurant.

Reading Health System now has its new Reading Health System Foundation up and running with the appointment of Katherine Thornton as president of the nonprofit entity.