Oxford

A medical marijuana company with dispensaries in five states has found a new home in Worcester County with a Wednesday opening of a dispensary in Oxford.

A father and son from Charlton have been sentenced to three years of probation for operating illegal solid and hazardous waste facilities in Worcester and Oxford.

Just two weeks after Oxford-based IPG Photonics announced a 2017 revenue growth of 40 percent, Standard & Poor's Dow Jones Indices announced the company will join the S&P 500 Index.

The Marlborough medical diagnostics company hit 20-percent year-to-year revenue growth for the 13th consecutive year in 2017, though it still remained unprofitable.

Worcester agency Southern Mass Staffing will pay $95,000 in penalties for a labor scheme keeping minimum wage, overtime and sick time pay from hundreds of workers at a Dudley aerosol factory, according to the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office.

Despite a $47 million tax bill from bringing home foreign earnings, Oxford's IPG Photonics grew its 2017 net income by 33 percent to $347.6 million.

Oxford laser equipment manufacturer IPG Photonics has purchased 10 acres of land just four miles away from its current headquarters.

Oxford-based CPAP machine sanitizing company SoClean announced Wednesday its plans for a corporate office in New Hampshire.

A three-month WBJ investigation into 75 prominent Central Massachusetts business organizations found women comprise a disproportionately low percentage of senior executives and board seats.

Two office buildings in Marlborough, including the U.S. home of ReWalk Robotics, have been sold to Oxford-based Minardi Limited Partnership for more than $13 million as the property management firm extends its reach into the MetroWest region.