Stimulus Breakdown: Where the Money's Going
The American Recovery and Reinvestment act: Keystone Edge examined three large funding recipients in PA to find out who has your money and what they are doing with it.
Stimulus lifts the sashes for high-efficiency window maker Gorell Enterprises
The federal tax credit for energy efficient windows has stimulated activity in the 24,000 square feet manufacturing facility of Gorell Enterprises.
PennDOT's highway materials testing labs opens in Harrisburg with 120 new jobs
Western PA manufacturers find a catalyst for energy savings by pooling purchases of electricity
With the era's accent on the reduction of operating costs, Catalyst Connection, the industrial resource center for southwestern PA, hopes to recruit more small to midsize manufacturers to pool their demand for power.
Startup Nittany Polymedics Inc. to prepare polymers for medical markets, hire 6 by quarter's end
New opportunities for polymers in medicine motivated Polymics, one of the world�s leading manufacturers of highly specialized polymers, to spin off its biomedical division into the majority-owned Nittany Polymedics.
Keystone Automation continues growth trend in NEPA, credits Ben Franklin involvement
Duryea-based Keystone Automation logged its most profitable year ever in 2008, and company President Mike Duffy expects 2009 to be even better.
Bricks, Mortar and Styrofoam
How energy use awareness is changing the way buildings are constructed in Pennsylvania and giving rise to new, energy efficient technologies that save homeowners big bucks in the long run.
Ben Franklin Technology Partners boost product innovations for two Erie companies
Fashionable shoes that provide a comfortable stride for diabetics and machines that make foundry molds at lower cost will gain almost $289,000 from Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern Pennsylvania funding.
Elliott's turbines find worldwide markets and power SWPA manufacturer's growth
Elliott, a century-old manufacturer of turbo-machinery, has added nearly 300 employees to its local workforce in the last two plus years.
Good news of 2008 promises payoff for Pittsburgh regional economy in 2009
The Pittsburgh Regional Alliance's comprehensive tally of new investment and related job growth for the last two years have traced an uptrend for the region --just as the nation's economy headed into a decline.