Manufacturing

The directory is a list of organizations with a location in Central Massachusetts that support the life sciences industry, including contract research organizations, contract development and manufacturing organizations, and companies providing custom products, technologies, or other services.

Employees are on the move at Akoya Biosciences, Milford Regional Medical Center, and MutualOne Bank, with new hires joining operations and promotions happening within organizations.

Wormtown Brewery has a new project: SHOOK. The Worcester brewery announced its new line of alcoholic beverages on Thursday. 

From fish being reeled in by anglers in Taunton to the drinking water at an elementary school in New Salem, so-called forever chemicals known as PFAS are everywhere, the questions and comments from lawmakers from various corners of Massachusetts at Monday's Joint Committee on Ways and Means budget hearing made clear.

The Azzur Group, LLC will break ground on its new Cleanroom on Demand laboratory facility in Devens on April 27.

Block MEMS, LLC received a $2.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy to develop and supply advanced spectrometers for the Navy’s Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division. 

EyePoint Pharmaceuticals has selected Hopkinton-based Gorman Richardson Lewis Architects to design its 40,000-square-foot facility.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has entered into a research partnership with Honeywell Aerospace to examine methods involving hydrogen fuel cells to reduce the carbon footprint of the aviation industry.

Two new cannabis dispensaries are joining the growing crowd in Central Massachusetts. One new store opened in Grafton that opened on Saturday, and another in Southbridge will open its doors on March 30. 

The White Room has made a post-COVID comeback over the past year and is a nexus of cultural and social life in Worcester.