West Manchester Township, York County-based machining manufacturer Weldon Solutions reopened this week following the county’s transition to the yellow phase in Pennsylvania’s three-phase reopening plan.

  Manufacturing is a life-sustaining industry.  Many of us know South Central Pennsylvania as the snack capital of the world, but it’s also home to 2,986 diverse manufacturing establishments ranging from medical equipment, plastics and metal fabricators, textiles and pharmaceuticals. Over the last two months many manufacturers have continued to provide needed components in supply chains. It’s satisfying to report that MANTEC continues to ...

It’s a problem that has played out in other industries, Horst-Martz said, from consumer electronics to farming – but now with the coronavirus pandemic leading to the unprecedented demand for medical equipment, such as ventilators, Right to Repair has become a critical issue in the health care field.

Dentsply Sirona announced furloughed 383 employees at its York County manufacturing facilities in response to a drop in demand for dental supplies across the country, according to a WARN notice filed with the state Department of Labor & Industry.

The "Apprecnticeship Ecosystem" will establish a registered apprenticeship program aimed at expanding the number of employers participating, adding apprentices and pre-apprentices and increasing the number of journey workers.

A new online portal to identify the needs of Pennsylvania manufacturers that are, or could, provide products for the COVID-19 pandemic was launched over the weekend by the state Department of Community and Economic Development.

Employees at TE Connectivity’s Lebanon County manufacturing plant helped lay the foundation for the company’s global initiative to decrease its energy consumption over the last decade.

Auditor General Eugene DePasquale met with members of the York County Economic Alliance Workforce Advisory Committee Friday to discuss ways to improve workforce development in the state.

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, talented workers of tomorrow. Kevin ...

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.

For most of its 20-year history, Harrisburg cabinet and countertop maker Brightbill Industries, shipped half of its production out of state. But that has changed in the last two years as the millwork shop’s reputation has grown locally.

Machining shops are not a rarity in the midstate, but Plouse’s leadership contends that over its 60-plus years of service, the firm has managed to carve a piece of the industry to itself with a diverse portfolio of clients and services.

Glenn “Chip” Deardorff Jr., 67, is vice president and treasurer of Franklin County-based Fayetteville Contractors Inc.

Wolfgang Confectioners is wrapping up the final stages of a massive expansion in the York County borough of Loganville, but it already is looking for more opportunities.