Manufacturing

Valentin Gapontsev, the founder and head of Oxford laser manufacturer IPG Photonics, has for the first time made the Forbes 400 list of the country's wealthiest people released Tuesday.

Atlantic Medicinal Partners opened its first recreational marijuana dispensary in Fitchburg on Friday. The dispensary is locally owned and vertically integrated.

Atlantic Medicinal Partners of Woburn officially opened its new Fitchburg marijuana dispensary at noon on Friday, the company announced, where it will serve both recreational and medicinal customers.

Attorney General Maura Healey’s office is seeking applicants for two open seats on the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission, the AG’s office announced on Wednesday.

The Massachusetts manufacturing industry received a C- rating in the 2020 Manufacturing Scorecard from Ball State’s Center for Business and Economic Research, according to a report released Tuesday.

Webster contractor WPI Construction, Inc. will pay the state $150,000 to settle allegations employees of the company mishandled asbestos while working on a project at the Kennedy Circle public housing complex in Haverhill.

The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission unanimously voted on several changes to its delivery license model at a regulatory discussion meeting on Friday, expanding a program still yet to get fully off the ground.

Britte McBride will step down from the Cannabis Control Commission come October, nearly a year before her term was set to expire, the commissioner confirmed through a CCC spokesperson Thursday afternoon. 

A U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has dismissed a 2017 class action lawsuit filed against ReWalk Robotics of Marlborough on Tuesday, according to a press release from the medical device manufacturer. 

The Gov. Charlie Baker Administration announced on Tuesday it is awarding $750,000 in seed fund investments to three Worcester-based life science companies.