Manufacturing

The only known full-scale example of Thurber’s typewriter (pictured here) survives in the collections of Worcester Historical Museum, but a patented model is housed at what national museum institution?

Worcester manufacturer New England Industrial Coatings purchased a 17,484-square-foot industrial building at 11 Old Worcester Road in Webster, in order to move its headquarters there.

A Leominster company has launched two new product designs after soliciting feedback on social media from its user base.

EQT Exeter acquired two industrial buildings, with a combined 116,000 square feet, located at 100 & 110 Jytek Drive in Leominster for $14.7 million on Thursday, as the Radnor, Pa. real estate investment firm expands further into Massachusetts.

The National Science Foundation has awarded $2.9 million to Framingham State University, Worcester State University, and Bridgewater State University to create a national model to recruit, retain, and promote cohorts of faculty of color in the STEM fields.

IPG Photonics, the Oxford-based manufacturer of fiber lasers, is being removed from S&P Global Ratings’ most high-profile index for large companies.

Aspen Aerogels, the Northborough company providing sustainable technical solutions, announced it has hired Virginia Johnson as chief legal officer, general counsel, and corporate secretary.

As Massachusetts’ life sciences industry continues to expand rapidly, companies must rethink hiring practices to address ongoing workforce challenges, according to a Wednesday report by the Cambridge-based Massachusetts Biotechnology Council.

On April 1, Sheree Gaus began her first term on the board of Women in Manufacturing Association, a nonprofit trade group founded in Ohio with aspirations of making a global impact.

For much of its 300-year history, Worcester has been anti-labor, making it harder to organize and fight strict company rules.