Manufacturing

One bill filed last year by Sen. Jason Lewis (D-Winchester), would require any public company headquartered in Mass. to have at least one female board member by the end of 2021.

A 2019 WBJ investigation into the gender breakdown of the leadership at 75 Central Massachusetts prominent business organizations found 35% were women, an increase from 33% in 2018. This year, the percentage went backward.

The Natick branch of Tennessee wheelchair manufacturer National Seating and Mobility will move to 12 Southville Road in Southborough, following the lease of 15,000 square feet of flex space.

A tough year is in the books for Oxford laser manufacturer IPG Photonics as the company reported a fourth quarter loss.

A Wednesday morning panel of Central Massachusetts business experts and a senior economist from the Federal Reserve Bank in Boston predicted the moderate growth the local and national economies have experienced since the end of the Great Recession will continue into 2020.

Acton manufacturer of hair drug tests Psychemedics reported fourth quarter losses as the company saw declines domestically and in Brazil.

The Worcester City Council on Tuesday night voted unanimously to approve a tax-increment financing plan to provide $4.6 million in tax relief to dessert manufacturer Table Talk Pies as the company prepares to move its headquarters to the Main South area of Worcester.

Farhad Vazehgoo, senior manager at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, the state agency supporting growth in the technology sector, toured Saint-Gobain Research North America in Northborough on Monday.

Worcester Business Journal on Saturday night received eight awards from the New England Newspaper & Press Association's Better Newspaper Competition, running the gamut from coverage of the cannabis industry to honors for investigations, feature writing, an editorial cartoon and Columnist Renee Diaz.

Worcester Business Journal on Monday published the inaugural episode of its new podcast, The Weekly Business Report, produced in conjunction with Radio Worcester.