Within the last month, three Central Pennsylvania companies announced that they had or would be buying back part or all of their stock to give to their employees as part of new Employee Stock Ownership Plans, known as ESOPs. 

In September two major Pennsylvanian employers, Harsco Corp. and Rite Aid, announced they would be leaving their headquarters in Cumberland County to open new main offices in Philadelphia. 

RETTEW’s CEO and Chairman of the Board plans to step down from his role effective February 4, but will remain with the company in a part-time capacity. 

Harrisburg-based electronics wholesaler D&H Distributing is the fourth largest private company in Pennsylvania and the 84th largest in the country, according to the most recent Forbes List of America’s Largest Private Companies. 

For 50 years an electrical products distributor has called 256 West Walnut St. in Allentown home. 

Chicago-based privately held cannabis company PharmaCann Inc. opened its newest Verilife medical marijuana dispensary in Lancaster on Tuesday. 

The Mechanicsburg-based technology-enabled home improvement company, which specializes in window, door and bath remodeling and replacement, is now operating in Colorado. 

Karns Quality Foods in Mechanicsburg has acquired a Duncannon-based independent community grocery store, giving Karns its second store in Perry County. 

The YMCAs of York and Lancaster have agreed to merge into one YMCA organization—The YMCA of the Roses. 

Merit Marketing, a Harrisburg-based marketing and strategy consulting firm, has launched a new regional branch with the hiring of three employees based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 

FedEx Ground opened a 981,000-square-foot automated station in Penn Township, Cumberland County, with 190 employees and plans to hire an additional 125 for the holiday season. 

Schaedler Yesco has expanded its Harrisburg-based central distribution center to more than 200,000 square feet after completing a 40-foot-tall, 40,000-square-foot addition. 

West Reading-based Customers Bank launched a new commercial banking team that will work with privately owned businesses with revenue between $5 million and $100 million throughout the Midstate. 

The Dauphin County Library System broke ground on a $3.5 million project on Thursday that will combine two historic Harrisburg properties. 

Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center opened Friday morning after breaking ground in early 2019.