Central Mass. South

JOHN P. BUDAJ is the new vice president of information technology at Fallon Health in Worcester. Budaj...

Many women in business are often one of few women – if not the only one – in the room, where they feel they aren't treated the same as their male counterparts.

Studies show that companies with more women in senior management positions have better profits.

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.

A settlement with the state Attorney General Maura Healey's office will see a Southbridge clinical laboratory pay more than $400,000 to resolve claims it billed MassHealth for unnecessary drug screens.

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

Southbridge cutting tool manufacturer Hyde Industrial Blade Solutions has installed 784 solar panels on its 170,000-square-foot building, and now the company gets 35 percent of its electricity needs from solar.

Sturbridge manufacturer of contraband detection equipment Optim has been awarded a five-year no-bid contract to provide equipment to the U.S. Customers and Border Patrol.

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

Five Worcester-area agencies have joined forces to create a community partner group aimed at serving MassHealth patients.