Manufacturing

The Worcester Business Journal will kick off it’s two-part virtual Business of Cannabis Forum on Wednesday, with a second session scheduled for Wednesday, June 23.

Medical device contract manufacturer SMC Ltd., headquartered in Wisconsin, plans to double the size of its presence in Devens, with a 207,000-square-foot manufacturing and warehouse facility expansion.

Catania-Spagna Corp., an edible oil maker in Ayer, plans to build a 51,500-square-foot manufacturing facility, using a 10-year tax-increment financing break valued at $783,673.

ATOZ Laboratories, Inc., a proposed cannabis testing laboratory looking to set up shop in Hopkinton, has completed a renovation taking the company one step closer to getting up and running, per a press release from Gorman Richardson Lewis Architects, also based in Hopkinton, which did the work.

The Center for Advanced Manufacturing at MassTech in Westborough, in collaboration with the state’s Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development, announced on Thursday the launch of a new $2-million manufacturing grant program aimed at supporting small and midsized manufacturers across the state.

Milford cannabis company Sira Naturals has been fined $17,819 for violations related to air emissions, as well as the storage of hazardous waste and industrial wastewater at its cultivation facility at 13 Commercial Way, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection announced on Thursday.

Westborough electronics manufacturer Kopin Corp. has announced a $1.7-million follow-on order from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program.

Bolton winding machine manufacturer Broomfield announced on Thursday it had acquired and plans to revive the Thermoplastics Engineering Corp., a wire and cable extruder manufacturer, in Leominster, which closed operations in 2019.

The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce named Good Chemistry Nurseries in Worcester as its 2021 Retailer of the Year, the cannabis company announced on Wednesday.

The founder and longtime leader of Oxford laser manufacturer IPG Photonics, Valentin Gapontsev, has stepped into an executive chairman role, as the company named its chief operating officer as his replacement as CEO.