Manufacturing

Members of the Cannabis Control Commission voted Thursday to approve a fiscal year 2024 budget request of more than $23.7 million, including 26 new hires and $1.5 million to fund public awareness campaigns called for in this summer's cannabis industry reform law.

Doble Engineering Co. of Marlborough has appointed Matthew Carrara as its new president.

Natick-based machine-vision company Cognex Corp. has acquired German-based lighting technology company SAC Sirius Advanced Cybernetics GmbH.

The Central Massachusetts Business Confidence Index rose back to optimistic territory in November to score 53.5.

After previously serving as center director for the Worcester-based organization, Kathie Mahoney has returned as president and CEO of the Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension partnership.

Waters Corp., a Milford-headquartered laboratory instrument and software company with 7,500 employees worldwide, has expanded its board of directors with the addition of Dan Brennan and Mark Vergnano.

The medical technology division of General Electric known as GE Healthcare, which has a facility in Marlborough, will be spun off into its own separate company on Jan. 4.

Central Mass Auctions Inc. in Worcester is selling 700 lots from the Rotman collection of Worcester, Central Massachusetts and New England memorabilia.

Northeastern University is using revenue from a $378.5 million tax-exempt bond to build a 340,000 square foot science and engineering complex in Boston's Fenway neighborhood.

Northborough manufacturer Aspen Aerogels, Inc. has secured $340 million in financing to help pay for the construction of the company’s Statesboro, Georgia facility.