Manufacturing

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.

Natick machine-vision company Cognex agreed to purchase Japan-based Moritex Corp., a global manufacturer of optical components.

Natick machine-vision firm Cognex partnered up with OSARO, a California robotics company specializing in AI-driven fulfillment robots, to improve the robots’ efficiency in reading barcodes.

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection fined Boston Hides Limited Co. of Worcester $20,797 for illegally dumping wastewater and oil at its Worcester facility.

Web Industries, a Marlborough-based manufacturer serving a variety of industries including medical, aerospace, and personal & home care, will lay off 68 people at its Holliston facility, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act report submitted to the state.

Acton medical device firm Insulet Corp. has launched its flagship product, the Omnipod tubeless insulin device, in Germany a year after it received Food and Drug Administration approval for the device in the U.S. 

A real estate holding company affiliated with McGovern Automotive Group of Newton purchased a restaurant property at 20 Nagog Park in Acton for $1.3 million.

Companies are sounding the alarm on the state’s inconsistent product safety testing standards.

The Albrecht Auto Group of Woburn acquired Westborough Jeep at 82 Turnpike Road in Westborough. The new dealership will be known as Albrecht Chrysler Dodge Jeep RAM of Westboro.

Granite Heights Marketplace on Fortune Boulevard in Milford, home to Staples and Petco retail locations, was sold to an affiliate of Mendon’s Meehan Realty Management Corp. for $10.3 million.