Manufacturing

The modern Massachusetts economy has been growing for 400 years, since settlers first landed in Plymouth in 1620. And for 245 of those 400 years – more than 60% – the Massachusetts economy was tied to the legal institution of slavery.

The two largest corporations Central Massachusetts corporations by market capitalization — Boston Scientific and TJX Cos. — did not do too well on a new review of how well companies match their actions with words to be more inclusive of society and less to shareholders.

The Cannabis Control Commission filled in the blanks Thursday of its long-discussed marijuana home delivery rules, agreeing upon a framework that creates two types of delivery licenses and settling on a timeline that would have new cannabis industry rules in place in about a month.

Like every other business, and especially those which are customer-facing, the company had to make swift adjustments in the face of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Webster developer Galaxy Life Sciences believes the Massachusetts life sciences industry is so strong, the company will have a new tenant lined up for its new $50-million biomanufacturing facility in a matter of months.

Marlborough diagnostics company Oxford Immunotec, which is also headquartered in the United Kingdom, has teamed up with Public Health England, an executive agency of the UK’s Department for Health and Social Care, to conduct research around at-home COVID-19 tests.

Milford life sciences company Waters Corp. will open a research laboratory in Cambridge’s Kendall Square, the company announced on Tuesday.

Little Leaf Farms in Devens has doubled its greenhouse growing capacity to 10 acres, allowing the hydroponic greens manufacturer to produce more than 2 million packages of lettuce each month, the company announced on Wednesday.

Girouard Tool Corp., a Leominster injection molding company, was approved Thursday by the state for tax breaks to help make possible a $2.8-million expansion, and a Fitchburg restaurant has received a tax credit to move downtown.

Westborough’s Kopin Corporation, a manufacturer of wearable technology, has received a $22.9 million order for thermal weapon sights.