DaVita signed a 7,620-square-foot lease at the Willow Valley Professional Building located at 226 Willow Valley Lakes Drive in West Lampeter Township.

Are “collaborative robots” or cobots the next team trend in manufacturing automation? How about more widespread use of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and 3D printing?

Why is McDonald’s more successful than Burger King or Wendy’s? Their food isn’t any better; their prices are about the same. Yet McDonald’s sales in 2018 dwarfed those of its rivals with over $20 billion compared to about $1.6 billion for both Wendy’s and BK.

Manufacturing employers across Pennsylvania continue to struggle to fill manufacturing jobs – they create them faster than workers step up to fill them. Employers are promoting jobs through advocacy programs and manufacturing non-profit groups, working with public school district officials and guidance offices, career and technical school partnerships as well as old-fashioned word of mouth and one-on-one recruiting from existing employees, family and friends – and they’re sourcing new talent in unexpected places.

As the demand for skilled labor continues to grow, one technical school has seen a large number of its students achieve big wins in national manufacturing competitions. The achievements are important indicators that technical schools such as Carbon Career & Technical Institute in Jim Thorpe can be fertile environments for students to become the skilled, ...

Michelle Finch, 48, is operations manager for Turkey Hill Dairy, based in Conestoga. She joined the company in 2015 and has been part of the company’s expansion into national distribution. Her career has been spent mostly in food manufacturing, having worked at Mars Chocolate North America, Frito-Lay’s York operation, and Kellogg’s Inc.

Sam's Club, the 36-year-old store that sells billions worth of stuff that fits in your house, is now selling something that it hopes will fit in your wallet.

Businesses in Berks, Lancaster and Northampton counties have been approved for low-interest loans in the most recent string of approvals from the state.

Centric Bank, based in Lower Paxton, is the 44th best bank in America to work for according to American Banker, a banking trade publication, and its CEO and leadership team draw praise as well.

A new partnership between the Central Penn Business Group on Health and AblePay, a Bethlehem-based health care claims service provider could save the Lancaster nonprofit’s members on deductible and coinsurance expenses.

The Keystone Chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors is teaming up with the Hands-on House Children’s Museum of Lancaster to create a new construction-themed exhibit at the nonprofit education center based in Manheim Township.

It’s up to a company like Dauphin County-based Ames Industries Inc. to ensure that the small pieces, such as the plastic connector used in a car or a component in a medical device, are perfect.

The Manheim-based company CAREL USA with its international headquarters in Brugine, Italy, has more than doubled its plant size in the Greentree Business Center on South Oak Street, going from 35,000 square feet to 75,000 square feet.

If it becomes law, Senate Bill 74 could generate $100 million for pediatric cancer research over the next 10 years at four pediatric cancer research centers in Pennsylvania.

Nursing homes that have been cited by the state for abusing, neglecting or exploiting their residents will receive an icon beside their name in a national rating system for nursing homes.