Manufacturing

As the strike at Saint Vincent remains high profile, and public favor for labor unions reaches new highs, experts and labor groups say they expect to see an increase in labor action in and around the region.

A new trend is brewing in the craft beer world, and it’s one without a buzz.

Less than two years after Massachusetts became the first state in the nation to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products, one of the measure's lead sponsors urged his colleagues to stand firm and reject a slew of industry-backed proposals that would carve out new exemptions.

Braintree developing giant Campanelli sold part of its 276-acre Business Park of Uxbridge for $18.5 million, according to the Worcester South District Registry of Deeds.

MJ’s Market, an adult-use cannabis shop in Grafton, officially opened its doors to the public on Oct. 19, and celebrated a grand opening on Friday.

Following the Oct. 22 death of Founder, Chairman, and former CEO Valentin Gapontsev, laser manufacturer IPG Photonics of Oxford has named longtime board member, and its lead independent director, John Peeler as the new chairman of the board.

Oxford laser manufacturer IPG Photonics reported a 112% increase in profits in the company’s third quarter, according to an earnings report released Tuesday. 

Marlborough manufacturer Boston Scientific Corp. is expected to receive a $20-million payment from California medical device firm Nevro Corp. for patent infringement, according to a Monday press release from Nevro.

Northborough’s two Amazon sorting centers have traded hands between real estate companies for $153 million, according to the Worcester South District Registry of Deeds.

Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester is partnering with Worcester incubator Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives and biopharmaceutical company AbbVie, which has an outpost in the city, to pilot an entry-level Biomanufacturing On-Ramp Workshop intended to help encourage participants to entry the biomanufacturing industry pipeline.