Manufacturing

A 7,700 square-foot flex property was sold to a trust belonging to Patrick Lundgren for $1.7 million on Thursday.

At the end of 2022, WBJ readers were more pessimistic about the future of the Central Massachusetts economy than they had been at any point in the previous 10 years. The first five months of this year only made them more pessimistic.

Worcester-based Washburn-Garfield, an industrial pipe, valve, and fitting supplier, has been acquired by The Collins Cos., a distributor in East Windsor, Connecticut.

Worcester food manufacturer Table Talk Pies has named Isaac Long as its new president, effective immediately. He takes over for Harry Kokkinis, a third-generation leader of the company who will become executive chairman.

Worcester Business Journal has opened the registration window for its fifth annual Business of Cannabis forum on July 20 at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester.

Time's up for single-use plastics. Or at least that remains the hope of representatives from ten environmental organizations who gathered this week on Beacon Hill to promote bills that would ban the distribution of plastic shopping bags at retail stores statewide.

Federal transportation officials dealt a major blow to a voter-approved Massachusetts law boosting access to motor vehicle telematic data, warning that the measure on the state's books "poses significant safety concerns."

The U.S. News and World Report named 200 publicly-traded companies to its inaugural list of best companies to work for, and three Central Massachusetts companies made the list.

Gardner manufacturer Precision Optics has named Wayne Coll its new CFO.

Southborough-based Block Engineering named photonics veteran Steven Buckley as its new president.