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Westborough-based Ascend Elements, a lithium ion battery recycling and manufacturing company, was selected by SK Battery America, a Korean-owned motor vehicle manufacturer with a facility in Georgia, to recycle the company’s manufacturing scrap.

Spencer Technologies, an IT service provider, has sold its Medway headquarters for $21.7 million where it will continue to operate as a tenant, according to JLL, the Chicago-based real estate firm whose Boston branch brokered the sale.

Local entrepreneur Kevin Labadini sold both of his car wash locations to a Canton-based car wash company, with the two sales totaling $4.75 million, according to the registries of deeds.

The TJX Cos., Inc., the Framingham-based parent company of TJ Maxx and Marshalls, has divested from an apparel retailer with more than 400 stores in Russia.

Among the hires and promotions in this edition of Movers & Shakers are those at Fletcher Tilton, Open Sky Community Services, AXIOM Learning Solutions, and AAFCPAs.

For the 48 Central Mass. breweries, the lockdowns changed consumer behavior with people now accustomed to consuming beers at home. The lack of taproom sales has forced breweries to close their doors.

The Milford Regional Medical Center named two new senior administrators overseeing finance and communications at the teaching hospital.

In 2021, consumers had the most complaints against Central Massachusetts utilities and auto dealers.

Motif FoodWorks, a Boston-based food technology company, is constructing a research-and-market development center in Northborough.

Amazon 4-star stores located in the Natick Mall and The Shoppes at Blackstone Valley plaza in Millbury will close, along with almost all of Amazon’s physical stores, according to a report from Reuters Wednesday evening.