In 2016 Gordon Laabs was looking at some numbers that painted a bleak future for the manufacturing industry.

Hemp has not been grown commercially in the U.S. for more than 80 years.

The U.S. subsidiary of a German pharmaceutical company hired a CEO from Central Pennsylvania to help close on a deal to begin large-scale production of malaria and cancer medicine in the states.

Craft-beer enthusiasts waiting for the next great seasonal beer to show up on retail shelves might be waiting for a while.

A company that makes corrugated paper packaging products plans to invest more than $40 million to open a plant in Central Pennsylvania.

A popular York County wedding and entertainment venue will be joining forces with Albright College to research the thousands of potential uses for industrial hemp.

My adorable 3-year-old niece will reprimand someone if she hears them say the “s-word," and will follow-up with a lecture on appropriate behavior. That's kind of how we treat the word “millennial” at PennAir.

Armstrong Flooring has completed the sale of its hardwood flooring business and will focus on its most profitable products into the new year.

D&H Distributing, one of Central Pennsylvania's largest private companies, continues to reach new heights.

A strong Pennsylvania economy has the potential to soar in 2019 if a number of macro issues on the federal level – such as trade – move forward, several observers noted.

Pennsylvania produces more craft-beer than any other state, but state officials believe more marketing and research dollars might hop it up even more.

Pennsylvania has made progress in accounting for millions of taxpayer dollars devoted to job-creation programs, particularly through the use of "clawback" provisions that take back money from companies that don't fulfill their promises.

Manufacturer CAREL Industries plans to more than double the size of its Manheim plant as it moves forward with a strategy to expand its footprint globally.

A state court ruled last month in favor of a workers' compensation claim stemming from exposure to trichloroethylene, a toxic chemical widely used in industrial cleaning solvents.