Manufacturing

Marlborough’s Cytiva, the rebranded GE Healthcare Life Sciences, has been named as a founding member of a forthcoming 40,000 square-foot manufacturing and innovation center at the The Arsenal on the Charles in Watertown.

Freshly restocked with three new members, the Cannabis Control Commission is gearing up for a year that will include the implementation of recently-approved regulations that allow for home delivery of non-medical marijuana, continuing to press for legislation that Beacon Hill mostly ignored last session, and possibly even another round of regulatory revisions.

Marlborough medical device manufacturer Boston Scientific Corp. has announced a limited market release of a new pain-relief system that uses electrical impulses in the spine to block pain signals.

Advanced materials manufacturer Multiscale Systems, of Worcester, has won a $15,000 innovator award as part of the American-Made Challenge competition, which is run by the Department of Energy, the company announced Wednesday.

Employees who worked New Year's Day will be the last to get paid time-and-a-half for their efforts on the holiday if Gov. Charlie Baker signs off on a piece of the $626 million economic development bill on his desk.

Attorney General Maura Healey has named Ava Callender Concepcion to the Cannabis Control Commission, replacing Commissioner Britte McBride and filling the otherwise vacant public safety seat on the board, Healey’s office announced Tuesday.

Mayflower Medicinals, a cannabis company with a medical-only dispensary in Allston and a cultivation and manufacturing facility in Holliston, opened its doors to adult-use customers in Worcester on Dec. 10.

The Innovation Institute at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative is seeking entrepreneurs and startups to participate in its Connect Tech Innovation Challenge, the fourth iteration in a series of competitive pandemic-related accelerator programs.

Community financial institutions have been given priority during the second round of Paycheck Protection Program applications, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced on Monday.

It is impossible to extricate the history of Hopedale, a town which is home to just shy of 6,000 people, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, from the Draper Corp., which most locals refer to as the “Draper mill,” or, simply, “Drapers.”