Manufacturing

Worcester video game developer Petricore Inc. marked its five-year anniversary on Tuesday, celebrating, among other milestones, earning nearly $2 million in revenue and making products for "The Ellen Degeneres Show," the company announced in a press release.

Ashland biomanufacturing firm Boston Bioproducts will move to Milford following its purchase of a $5.65 million facility at 425 Fortune Blvd. in the town, the company confirmed on Friday.

The heads of Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Westborough healthcare information technology firm eClinicalWorks have been tapped for a Massachusetts advisory board to help shape a reopening of the economy from the coronavirus pandemic.

Three public companies in Central Massachusetts have disclosed they received a combined $8.4 million in federal loans for the program intended to bailout small businesses.

An economic index for Greater Worcester shows the region's economy fell by 1.6% in the first quarter, a decline its author says underestimates the economic hit from the coronavirus pandemic.

Westborough electronics manufacturer Kopin Corp. has announced a $2.7-million follow-on order from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program.

Marlborough-based Hologic Inc. announced Wednesday it has developed a new coronavirus test it plans to distribute hospital, public health and reference laboratories, which the medical device firm expects to dramatically increase testing capabilities for the virus.

Most public life in Massachusetts will remain shut down until at least May 18, adding at least another two weeks to business closures as the state launches an effort to create a roadmap for a phased reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute will begin offering a new master's degree program in business analytics beginning in August to better prepare students for careers handling large volumes of data.

Monica Busch, who has written for publications in Fitchburg, Martha's Vinyard and New York City, has joined the Editorial Department of Worcester Business Journal to be its primary digital reporter.