Franklin

Any business offering a similar at a lower price will almost always succeed in the marketplace. Sure, mitigating factors like taxes, regulation and global competition can throw a company off-track; but for services inherently local – like health care – quality and efficiency are central to a winning formula.

At Eagle Stainless Tube & Fabrication Inc., innovation is key. The Franklin-based distributor of steel tubing and various metals is constantly looking for ways to stay on the forefront of its industry.

Franklin-based manufacturer Tegra Medical announced Monday that it will be acquired by a Swiss company for an undisclosed amount.

Cold Chain Technologies is in the process of moving into its new world headquarters in Franklin, a facility that gives the company 100,000 additional square feet for manufacturing and other operations.

Franklin-based contract manufacturing organization Tegra Medical was established in 2007 and employs 740.

Nichols College has received a $1-million gift from 1980 graduate and Nichols trustee Stephen A. Davis that will go towards scholarships for Western Massachusetts-based students as well as construction costs for a new academic building.

The $10.5-million John and Diane Kim Autism Institute, opening next month, will house research, professional development and technology for the New England Center for Children, allowing it to continue to train its workforce, improve its technology and develop best practices.

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An 87,000 square-foot leasing spree has been completed by Northborough's Greater Boston Commercial Properties, the company announced Friday.

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has penalized AR Metallizing Ltd., of Franklin, $11,502 for violating air pollution control regulations.