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Free training for machining positions offered
Northampton Community College is holding a free hands-on program to provide students with the skills needed to fill machining positions in Lehigh Valley and the Poconos. The eight-week training program, financed by a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, will teach fundamental skills in manufacturing including[...]
Growth of craft beer, wine and distilleries leads to new degree at Northampton Community College
The growth of the craft beer, wine and spirits industry has led Northampton Community College to offer a Craft Distillery degree for those interested in a career in the industries. Rebecca Heid, associate professor of Hospitality Management for NCC said the college began offering Fundamentals of Beer, Wine, and Spirits[...]
New craft beer a collaboration of two Reading businesses
Chatty Monks Brewery and Unique Snacks, two Reading craft businesses, have partnered to create Split Face, an Amber Lager featuring a savory hint of pretzel. Unique Snacks, a sixth-generation, 100-year-old pretzel bakery, partnered with the owners of Chatty Monks Brewing Company, a family business that features the finer delicacies of an[...]
Soltech Solutions named Entrepreneurial Success of Year by SBA
Soltech Solutions, Bethlehem, is the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Eastern Pennsylvania District’s Entrepreneurial Success of the Year. Soltech Solutions, a lighting design firm specializing in the research, development, and production of plant lights, will receive the award May 4 at Pi: Partnership for Innovation, 520 Evans St., Suite 3, Bethlehem,[...]
Walking tour of Reading celebrates Small Business Week
Celebrating Small Business Week, Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Acting Secretary Neil Weaver toured downtown Reading today to highlight the importance of small businesses in the commonwealth. The celebration is taking place May 1-7, as proclaimed by Governor Tom Wolf and Weaver encouraged Pennsylvanians to support their favorite[...]
Vinyl Press Signs & Graphics to hold grand opening at new location
Vinyl Press Signs & Graphics has moved to the borough of Emmaus. Co-owners Michael Irwin and Chris Kline relocated to 15 S. Second St. From their original location on 6th St. Recently. The two, who operate the business along with JABOA Enterprises, will hold a grand opening May 5 along[...]
Air Products awarded $900M Taiwan contract
Air Products of Upper Macungie Township announced that Air Products San Fu Co. Ltd has been awarded by one of the world's largest semiconductor manufacturers to supply industrial gases to the customer's new semiconductor manufacturing facility in Kaohsiung, Southern Taiwan. Air Products San Fu will invest approximately $900 million to build, own and[...]
Owner of Fit AF Nutrition named Small Business Person of the Year
Jordan Galasso, owner of Fit AF Nutrition, Carbondale, is the Eastern Pennsylvania Small Business Person of the Year for 2022. The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Eastern Pennsylvania District Office will present the award on May 2 at noon at FIT AF Nutrition, 10 Enterprise Drive, Carbondale. Fit AF Nutrition is[...]
ByHeart celebrates FDA registration of Reading formula facility
ByHeart, a baby nutrition company, officially announced the FDA registration of its Reading manufacturing facility, becoming only the fourth vertically integrated U.S. infant formula brand to have full oversight of their production, supply chain and R&D. The company said this enables it to rewrite the formula recipe from scratch and have control over every[...]
Addressing mental health issues in the workplace good for business
Mental health is a topic that has reached high priority since the start of the pandemic, prompting companies to look a bit closer at their policies and procedures. While the issue isn’t new, the pandemic has caused a lot of uncertainty in people’s lives and managers need to learn how[...]
Wolf administration visits LCTI to showcase career and technical education
Gov. Tom Wolf has proposed a $6 million increase for career and technical education in his final budget to prepare students for the workforce. Lehigh Career and Technical Institute, (LCTI), Schnecksville, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary, would be a recipient of some of that money. So said Pennsylvania Department[...]
Air Products teams up with California company to produce clean fuels
Air Products is teaming up with World Energy to build a $2 billion expansion at World Energy’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) hub in Paramount, California to produce renewable fuel. The Los Angeles County production and distribution facility, the world's first commercial scale and North America's only SAF production facility, will[...]
