Manufacturing

Acton maker of hair drug tests Psychemedics reported both revenue and profit declines in the second quarter and through the first six months of the year due to what it says is growth in jobs not requiring drug tests.

Charlton-based Incom is helping NASA and scientists see their way through the galaxy with technology allowing them to gather more clear images deeper into space.

Massachusetts marijuana company Curaleaf, with its cultivation and manufacturing facility in Webster, has been warned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for illegally selling CBD online and claiming that products treat cancer, Alzheimer’s, opioid withdrawal, pain and pet anxiety. 

With plans not yet finalized for a proposed 10,000-square-foot canning facility, Medusa Brewing Co. in Hudson is opening a temporary beer garden on land purchased for that project. 

Curaleaf, with its Massachusetts medical and retail cannabis operations largely in Worcester County, says it is now the world’s largest marijuana company after announcing and agreement Chicago-based Grassroots for $875 million. 

A new muscle-toning device  from Marlborough medical device firm BTL Industries previously approved for the abs, butt and thighs is now approved to help tone up the arms and calves. 

Blackstone Valley Naturals, a proposed marijuana company in Uxbridge, is closing in on state and local approvals and hopes to be open by the end of the year.

Auto manufacturers, dealers, and rental companies in Massachusetts would be required to ensure that vehicles with keyless ignitions are equipped with auto-stop technology under new legislation aimed at preventing carbon monoxide deaths.

Brewers and beer distributors are renewing the effort to create new pathways out of their business partnerships.

CPI Radant Technologies’ facility in Stow has been sold to a Leominster entity for nearly $5.8 million.