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What’s So Cool About Manufacturing Lehigh Valley begins ninth year
As the weather gets cooler, so does manufacturing for middle school students in the Greater Lehigh Valley. The Manufacturers Resource Center has now begun its ninth year of the What’s So Cool About Manufacturing Program. In the Lehigh Valley, 28 student teams from Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe and Northampton county middle schools are partnering with 28 area manufacturers to[...]
Vizinex RFID makes management changes to accommodate growth
Vizinex RFID, a Bethlehem-based developer and manufacturer of high-performance Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags restructured its management team to support the company's growth and the increased demand for its RFID tags. Vizinex promoted Damian Wolfe to engineering manager and Jo[...]
Area Wide Protective Inc. leases space in Lehigh Industrial Park
Area Wide Protective (AWP) Inc. has leased a more than 4,000 square-foot multi-tenant office/flex building in Lehigh Industrial Park VI in Bethlehem Township. Berger-Epstein Associates, Inc. handled the transaction at 2800 Emrick Boulevard. AWP, based in North Canton, Ohio, is a provider of safety services to the transportation, energy, telecommunications[...]
Cambridge-Lee Industries awarded grant for apprenticeship program
Governor Tom Wolf announced more than $20,000 has been awarded to Cambridge-Lee Industries, Ontelaunee Township, Berks County, to train three manufacturing apprentices in industrial maintenance, including troubleshooting, repairing, and installing equipment and parts. “As the commonwealth’s manufacturing industry continues to grow, supporting and fueling a skilled and ready workforce has[...]
Martin Guitar opens newly built Tatamy warehouse
C.F. Martin & Co. Has officially opened its brand-new, state-of-the-art warehouse at 130 Commerce Lane in Tatamy. The warehouse is close by to the company’s headquarters in Nazareth. Chris Martin, the company’s executive chairman and former CEO, said the new building was needed to help meet the growing demand for Martin guitars. The comapny broke ground[...]
Colorcon acquires majority stake in India pharmaceutical manufacturer
Harleysville-based Colorcon Inc., a manufacturer of pharmaceutical film coatings and specialty excipients has purchased a majority share in Ideal Cures Pvt. Ltd., an India-based manufacturer of excipients and ready-to-use coating systems for pills and capsules. Ideal[...]
Innovation funding now available for Pa. Manufacturers
Manufacturers in Pennsylvania looking to make innovations to their operations can now apply for funding from the Manufacturing PA Innovations program. Through the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, the program is now[...]
A Conversation With: Richard Hobbs, president and CEO of the Manufacturers Resource Center of the Lehigh Valley
LVB: The Lehigh Valley has a very strong manufacturing sector. Where are the strong areas right now? Hobbs: At this point, most all manufacturing areas in the Lehigh Valley are doing well. We see a lot of consistency with strong order demand, both in the short and longer term. LVB: Is the manufacturing industry still growing[...]
Defense Dept. gives OraSure $109M to ramp up COVID-19 test manufacturing
OraSure Technologies Inc. has been awarded a $109 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to build additional manufacturing capacity for its InteliSwab COVID-19 rapid tests as part of the nation’s pandemic readiness plan. The federal funding will expand OraSure’s production capacity by 100 million tests annually, by March 2024. An[...]
COVID-19 pandemic drives innovation in manufacturing industry
The COVID-19 pandemic that began in early 2020 disrupted and provided an extreme stress test to our manufacturing systems and global supply chains in numerous ways. The pandemic exposed old inefficiencies and new vulnerabilities. [...]
Bethlehem’s Reeb Millwork acquired by Specialty Building Products
Specialty Building Products, LLC ("SBP"), a distributor of specialty building products in North America, signed a definitive agreement to acquire Reeb Millwork Corporation ("Reeb"), a fabricator and supplier of interior and exterior doors in Bethlehem. Following completion of the acquisition, Reeb will maintain its existing brand name, geographic locations and[...]
Tyber Medical to acquire Florida medical implant manufacturer
Bethlehem’s Tyber Medical, a manufacturer of orthopedic implants, said it will be doubling its manufacturing footprint with the acquisition of Florida-based CatapultMD. Once the acquisition is complete the company will be operating a combined 100,000 square feet of manufacturing space between its Pennsylvania and Florida facilities and will add over 50[...]
