Manufacturing

A coalition of groups plans on Tuesday to publicly challenge the way public vocational-technical high schools rank prospective students, saying the method results in fewer admissions of African-American, Latinx, and English learner students as well as fewer students from low-income and working-class backgrounds.

The pandemic and the shift to doing more work online or remotely has proved the importance of science, technology, engineering and math skill sets, and the value of an engaged STEM community in Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker said Monday morning.

Charlotte conglomerate Honeywell has acquired the Southborough-based unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) subsidiary of Vancouver, BC-based Ballard Power Systems, Inc. in a deal to see the two companies collaborate on fuel cells in the future.

Saint-Gobain, a French corporation with a major manufacturing site in Worcester, is among the world's most sustainably managed companies, according to a ranking  weighing environmental considerations, employee, workplace and societal issues, and innovation.

WBJ announced its 2020 Manufacturing Excellence Awards on Monday, featuring an array of businesses — and one advocate — who have both collectively and individually helped shape the Central Massachusetts manufacturing industry for the better. 

Blackstone Valley Education Hub in Northbridge is a two-year old nonprofit aimed at helping students and adults enter the advanced manufacturing workforce.

Hardwick private boarding school Eagle Hill School has become the first school in the United States to undergo a mass installation of Vystar Corporation’s new air purification systems, Vystar announced on Tuesday.

Westborough-based Columbia Tech, a subsidiary of Coghlin Cos., has entered a manufacturing partnership with Lincoln-based MVP Robotics, the business behind robotic tackling dummies for football team practices, Columbia Tech announced on Tuesday.

A group of panelists will join Worcester Business Journal on Wednesday for the next in the "Coping with COVID-19" webinar series, this time for a discussion about pivoting business operations during a pandemic on Wednesday.

Eppendorf, a life science company, has moved its Americas Market Region Commercial headquarters to Framingham from Hauppauge, N.Y.