Greater Worcester

A mechanical engineering professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has secured a three-year, $424,000 grant to reengineer a manufacturing process for parts designed to make motor vehicles lighter and more energy efficient, the school announced.

AbbVie, a Chicago-based company with a research and development facility in Worcester, announced Thursday that results from...

An Auburn mixed-use building has been sold and will be the new expanded home of Fairway Mortgage, according to Glickman Kovago & Co., which handled the transaction for the sellers.

The CEO of a leading footwear manufacturer stressed the importance of American manufacturing and investing in technology during his keynote address Monday morning at the DCU Center before a breakfast meeting of the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Small businesses in Worcester County, especially those engaged in agriculture, have until Oct. 6 to file for economic disaster loans with the federal government for damages caused by excessive moisture and heat over a five-month span last year, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced.

A new program will provide a year of free space in Worcester to entrepreneurial college graduates seeking to open their own businesses in the city.

Gov. Deval Patrick is planning another overseas trip, with mid-September stops in Denmark, France and the United Kingdom.

Boston Scientific has completed its purchase of the interventional business of Bayer AG, opening up the Marlborough-based company's treatment solutions for vascular conditions.

More than 1,200 volunteers will engage in community service projects in the Greater Worcester area Wednesday, Sept. 10 as the United Way of Central Massachusetts holds its 21st annual Day of Caring.

This year, the Worcester Business Journal marks its 25th anniversary. In each print edition this year, we're highlighting a major event in the Central Massachusetts business community between 1990 and 2014, and exploring how that event impacts today's business scene. Next month, we'll publish a special 25th Anniversary commemorative edition and look at the region's companies and business leaders who have made a difference over the last quarter-century. We'll also look ahead to what the coming years could bring.