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  • Cognex hires executive from North Andover sustainability firm to be next CFO

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo May 2, 2024

    Cognex, a global machine vision manufacturer, has named Dennis Fehr as the new CFO and senior vice president of finance for the publicly traded company in Natick, effective Friday.

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo May 2, 2024
  • Hologic to acquire UK-based breast cancer tech manufacturer for $310M

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo April 30, 2024

    Hologic, a Marlborough-based medical device manufacturer, is expanding its product catalog through the planned $310-million acquisition of Endomagnetics. 

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo April 30, 2024
  • Redemption Rock to host Beyond Wrestling event

    Eric Casey April 29, 2024

    Normally a venue for networking events, comedy shows, and casual conversations, Redemption Rock Brewing in Worcester has cooked up a bit more intense event, as the craft beer brewery and taproom is set to host a wrestling event by Worcester-based

    Eric Casey April 29, 2024
  • WPI awarded $1.2M federal grant to study low-carbon iron production

    Eric Casey April 29, 2024

    The grant is part of a federal effort to support technologies with the potential to reduce the country’s emissions by 1% annually.

    Eric Casey April 29, 2024
  • Securing Our Future: Perimeter Security Strategies to Combat Rising Theft in Central Massachusetts

    April 29, 2024

    Central Massachusetts businesses are struggling against the rising tide of crime. With a record-breaking inflationary environment already taking a chunk out of their profits, businesses can no longer put perimeter security on the back burner.

    April 29, 2024
  • WBJ names the Power 100, the most influential Central Mass. professionals in 2024

    Brad Kane Updated: April 29, 2024

    In this first-time expansion of the previous power players list, WBJ names the professionals in Central Massachusetts who most effectively wield their power to have an outsized influence on the economy and community.

    Brad Kane Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Eric Busenburg

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    As the Central Massachusetts life sciences industry looks to grow, Busenburg and Euro-American provide an important link to the rest of the world.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Dani Babineau

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024

    Redemption Rock is known for brewing beer, but Dani Babineau has been hard at work brewing a sense of community and kinship in Worcester’s small business community.

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Parth Chakrabarti

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    Formerly an executive with top biopharmaceutical companies such as Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Sanofi Genzyme, and Johnson & Johnson, Parth Chakrabarti has dedicated his life to developing and bringing to market therapies for multiple diseases in

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Rita and Jay Kapur

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024

    Since taking over the businesses from their parents, Rita and Jay have proven to be effective executives who aren’t afraid of innovation or thinking outside the box.

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Adriana Vaccaro

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo Updated: April 29, 2024

    After founding Culture Redesigned in 2018 in Shrewsbury, Adriana Vaccaro is at the forefront of a small, new wave of entrepreneurs and businesses in Central Mass. helping companies fill their job vacancies amid the ongoing workforce shortage while

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Jon Weaver

    Nancy Campbell Updated: April 29, 2024

    MBI is the state’s oldest life sciences incubator, working with early stage companies from concept to clinical trials. Since 2000, the nonprofit fostered 188 companies, which have created more than 1,800 jobs and raised $1.4 billion.

    Nancy Campbell Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Clifford Rucker

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024

    It’s fair to say Clifford Rucker has a well-diversified portfolio. As the founder of Rucker Investments, he has his hands in a number of high-profile ventures in Worcester, including the Worcester Railers minor league hockey team, Off The Rails

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Jeannie Hebert

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    Leading the Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce since 2008, Hebert saw a need to improve non-conventional workforce education in the state.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Dr. Michael Collins

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    Under Collins' leadership, the UMass Chan footprint has grown, making space for cutting-edge research, and new partnerships are bringing students to valuable training sites in other parts of the state.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Udit Batra

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    Despite Waters' broad reach, under Udit Batra the company remains closely tied to the local community with its 1,800 employees in Central Massachusetts and is highly regarded as a great place to work.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Jason Reposa

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024

    Reposa’s innovation stands out in the increasingly competitive and financially strained Massachusetts cannabis industry, where he is one of the few actively working to help other entrepreneurs succeed in the space.

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024

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The overwhelming majority of legal Massachusetts cannabis is grown in indoor cultivation facilities, where quality and product safety is easier to control, but these facilities draw large amounts of energy, particularly for lighting and HVAC systems. The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission offers perks to outdoor growers, with expedited business license application reviews and lower fees. The CCC has talked about adding additional perks for outdoor growing, such as speciality sustainability labels for their products, but none of those proposals have garnered significant consideration. Of the 130 licensed marijuana growers, 25 grow outdoors.