Manufacturing

Physik Instrumente appeared before the Town of Shrewsbury Select Board on Wednesday, requesting a tax break to relocate its U.S. division headquarters from Auburn to Shrewsbury.

New Jersey-based Goya Foods has opened a new 130,000-square-foot facility at its regional operations campus in Webster.

Arch Therapeutics, a Framingham-based company specializing in wound care and biosurgical products, raised $2.6 million in bridge funding ahead of an intended uplisting of company stock.

Marlborough medical device titan Boston Scientific received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for an upgrade to its WATCHMAN technology, which is designed to reduce the risk of strokes in patients.

KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, a medical technology manufacturer based in California, signed a new lease expanding from 140,000 square feet of space to 225,629 square feet at its 28 Millbury St. facility in Auburn.

The life sciences industry in Massachusetts experienced growth in 2022 in employment, total jobs, and continues to bring in venture capital dollars.

Ascend Elements raised more than $1 billion in the past year to build a new factory.

Northborough materials technology company Aspen Aerogels appointed 25-year human-resources veteran Stephanie Pittman as its chief human resources officer, effective Tuesday.

Ameresco, a clean energy company based in Framingham, closed on a $300-million loan to fund development and construction on its for clean energy projects. The loan is through HASI, a Maryland climate-positive investment firm.

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection fined New Jersey-based ThermoFab Operating Co. $19,653 for violating air emission and hazardous waste storage and disposal regulations at its 76 Walker Road location in Shirley.