A subsidiary of Dauphin County-based The Hershey Co. will make coffee- and tea-flavored chocolates for Starbucks Coffee Co., the Seattle-based coffee giant today announced.

Fenner Precision, a Lancaster County manufacturer of belts, rollers and pulleys for paper propulsion, recently finalized its acquisition of Winfield Industries Inc. based in Buffalo, N.Y.

Pennsylvania's manufacturing climate has been challenging for years, especially for commodity manufacturers pressed by low-wage competition. Yet the picture is brighter for newer companies producing high-tech, niche-market products.

Fortune Magazine has ranked Johnson Controls Inc. on the top of the publication's Most Admired Companies list.

More layoffs are pending at the International Automotive Components Group (IAC) plant in Carlisle, Cumberland County.

Being a small family-owned and -operated business, York Wire & Cable Inc. is fortunate to be able to have clients and customers in nearly 15 countries.

Union membership increased nationally in 2007 for the first time in eight years.

When asked about the No. 1 issue facing them this year, manufacturers in our directory responded:

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"The Rachel Ray Show," the daytime food and talk show, will feature candy made in Cumberland County on the Thursday broadcast.

FCI USA Inc., a York County-based manufacturer of electronic components, will halt manufacturing at its Newberry Township headquarters in May or June.

Shareholders voted to change the name of Oshkosh Truck Corp. Feb. 5 when they met at the company's annual meeting in Wisconsin.

Last week's question: Does your company do anything to help your workers cut the costs of their commutes? Why or why not?

NO - 67 percent

YES - 33 percent

Susquehanna Glass has acquired New York-based Townsend Glass Inc. for an undisclosed sum.

To grasp what the Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff Co. meant to York County, just consider how community leaders and employees reacted when they heard in April 2005 that it would be sold.