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It appears A123 Systems' presence in MetroWest has survived following bankruptcy and sale of the lithiom-ion battery maker to a Chinese firm, and will perhaps emerge more robust than it was before A123 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in December 2012. The Livonia, Mich.-based company announced a new organizational structure with its owner, Wanxiang Group, last week. In short, Wanxiang will roll its battery-making activities in China into A123 operations that existed there before Wanxiang bought the majority of A123's assets in January. What does this mean for A123's facilities in Westborough and Hopkinton? Not much, according to Roger Lin, director of marketing for A123 in Massachusetts.

After nearly 10 years on the job, the president and CEO of the Milford Area Chamber of Commerce (MACC) will leave the post at the end of this year. A statement from the chamber said its board recently accepted the resignation of Barry Feingold, who is returning to Peru to take a job as a vice president of Bevintel, an international hospitality profit management firm.

A123 Systems, which has offices in Hopkinton and Westborough, outlined its organizational alignment with The Wanxiang Group and announced the appointment of a new CEO, after Wanxiang purchased nearly all of A123's businesses in January.

With Bay State municipalities struggling to maintain aging water infrastructure systems, community leaders thirsting for relief welcomed a proposal put forward last week by a group of state senators to facilitate local projects.

Work is nearly complete on a 60,000-square-foot, three-story addition to PerkinElmer's Hopkinton campus, the company said.

An Atlanta law firm is investigating whether A123 Systems complied with federal securities laws when making statements to investors.

An analysis by Framingham-based International Data Corp. (IDC) showed revenue for the worldwide data storage software market grew 4.1 percent in the second quarter of 2013 compared to 2012, to nearly $3.5 billion.

The nonprofit innovation center and incubator that was launched earlier this year to aid science and technology entrepreneurs has signed a multi-year lease for an office in the future Hopkinton Innovation Park.

They may not compare to the busier junctions in Boston, but the interchanges of Interstate 495 at both the Massachusetts Turnpike and Route 9 in Westborough and Southborough are two spots MetroWest commuters dread at peak driving hours.