Exp1st, a marketing agency that uses analytics to drive results for businesses in the Harrisburg, York and Lancaster areas, recently opened in York.

The Hershey Co. announced organizational changes to its international business, which it says has grown significantly over the past year.

Camp Hill-based LINKBANK has named Doug Klinger as regional president for the Upper Dauphin, Northumberland and Schuylkill markets. 

Manheim-based B.R. Kreider & Son, Inc., an excavating, paving and site management firm has acquired the assets of H.L. Wiker, Inc. Excavating in Lancaster. 

A Chester County-based bank has enlisted the help of a Harrisburg business owner as its loaning arm reaches out to more midstate business owners.

Camp Hill-based Lane Enterprises has hired Boyer & Ritter Principal Crystal Skotedis to a new role on its executive team. 

Harrisburg-based Schaedler Yesco Distribution, Inc. has agreed to acquire YESCO Electrical Supply by February.  

Robert Whalen, president and CEO of HB Global, Harrisburg, said his company is has seen tremendous growth since becoming employee-owned 12 years ago. 

Businesses in Adams and Dauphin counties received low interest loans through the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA). 

Gap, Lancaster County-based Dutchland Inc., a manufacturer and installer of precast concrete tanks across the water and wastewater treatment market, has been acquired by MiddleGround Capital.

York-based Wolf Home Products has expanded its operations in Gwinnett County, Georgia, a move that will add approximately 20 jobs over the next two years to the 30 the company already has there.

To level the playing field for the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)-owned small businesses, a Lancaster County cohort has teamed up with more than four dozen BIPOC owners to develop a strategic plan to improve access to capital and bring cultural understanding to the community. 

Branded salty snacks manufacturer Utz Brands Inc. has added to its portfolio of products available in all 112 Schnuck’s stores in the Midwest, furthering its national expansion.

A joint venture between D.G. Yuengling & Son Inc. and the Molson Coors Beverage Co., The Yuengling Co. announced Monday that its Yuengling Hershey’s Chocolate Porter will now be available in Texas.

The bad news is that Pennsylvania’s chronic economic underperformance has robbed us of prosperity that should have been ours.