Greater Worcester

Siemens Metals Technologies, which has operations in Worcester, has been contracted to upgrade facilities at a Keystone Steel and Wire Co. plant in Illinois.

Worcester State University will name its civic engagement center after alumnus and longtime state representative John J. Binienda, who died last month, the school announced.

The man who helped bring JetBlue to Worcester will be stepping down in February, the company announced on Thursday.

Worcester officials have begun the process of finding a developer for the former Worcester County courthouse after issuing a “request for interest” (RFI) for the long-vacant Lincoln Square building.

The Worcester-based Institute for Environmental Sustainability (IES) has been awarded a $125,000 grant to help establish an incubator in downtown Worcester, the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) announced Wednesday.

IC Federal Credit Union will expand into Worcester before the end of the year, the Fitchburg-based financial institution announced.

Assumption College of Worcester has maintained its “A-minus” credit rating from Standard & Poor's after an assessment of the school's finances, which includes a record endowment fund balance, the school announced.

This year, the Worcester Business Journal marks its 25th anniversary. In each print edition, we will highlight a major event within the Central Massachusetts business community between 1990 and 2014, and explore 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.

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...