Central Mass. South

IPG Photonics of Oxford has named three people to senior management roles as the growing manufacturer of fiber lasers aims to strengthen its global sales and marketing efforts.

IPG Photonics of Oxford continued to rake in revenue in 2012, reporting a 19-percent top-line gain for the year, and 17 percent for the fourth quarter.

Playa del Carmen, a Mexican family restaurant in Holden, has been rebranded with the name of the Spencer restaurant whose owners bought it recently, Mexicali Fresh Mex Grill, according to a statement from that company.

Sturbridge-based G&F Industries said it has built a new clean room to improve its manufacturing capacity and flexibility for plastics injection molding.

Reliant Medical Group is significantly expanding its pharmacy operations in the coming weeks, when it will open 10 pharmacies at several locations throughout Central Massachusetts.

The owner of Auburn-based Casey Storage Solutions has expanded his company to a ninth location, purchasing StorageMAX Self Storage on McKeon Road in Worcester for $1.7 million.

Harrington HealthCare System, which operates Harrington Hospital in Southbridge and Harrington HealthCare at Hubbard in Webster, is expanding its territory into Spencer, it announced.

Twenty-three Central Massachusetts companies are among those benefiting from $6.8 million in workforce training fund grants awarded by the Patrick administration.

An anonymous alumnus and Worcester native has given Nichols College a $5 million unrestricted gift, the Dudley-based school announced.

Hospitals in Central Massachusetts were among the least profitable in the state, on average, in the quarter...