Manufacturing

A Massachusetts state board has approved tax breaks for business expansions in Leominster, Marlborough and Webster, as well as a new vacant-storefront incentive program for Westborough.

Marlborough’s WaterSep BioSeparations has been purchased for $27 million by France-based Sartorius Stedim Biotech.

The cereal and snack maker Weetabix has sold another part of its former Clinton manufacturing site, this...

Worcester’s City Council voted 8-3 to raise the city’s commercial property tax rate Wednesday night, while lowering the residential property tax rate.

Run by the same family that launched popular juice company Veryfine Products Inc. of Littleton, which in turn traces its roots back to 1865, New England Apple Products is very much embedded in the apple-and-juice industry in northern Massachusetts.

Massachusetts will move a step backwards in its reopening plan, Gov. Baker announced Tuesday, a move that will lower the maximum size for outdoor gatherings and close some indoor recreational businesses and performance venues.

Warehouses and distribution centers have been popping up throughout Central Massachusetts over the last year. In the last few months, online retail giant Amazon has added several locations throughout the region and appears poised to take over the high-profile location for the soon-to-be-demolished Greendale Mall.

The Beverly Hills-based Schall Law Firm on Monday announced it is filing a class action lawsuit against Marlborough medical device manufacturer Boston Scientific, alleging potential Securities Exchange Act violations, according to a press release from the lawyers.

With encouraging signs for COVID-19 vaccination on the horizon, Massachusetts employers were more confident about business conditions last month than they have been since the pandemic upended daily life and the economy in March.

Milford life sciences company Waters Corp. has reported Sherry Buck will step down as chief financial officer at the end of December.