Ben Franklin Technology Partners has generated more than $2 billion in revenue for Pennsylvania businesses in 2021. 

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co., known as Shentel, is expanding its footprint in central Pennsylvania. 

Two midstate software companies recently received follow-on investments from Ben Franklin Technology Partners. 

Lancaster-based Choice Security Services, which offers security and fire alarms, fire inspections, video surveillance and environmental alarms, has been acquired by Pye-Barker Fire & Safety. 

Mechanicsburg-based business-process technology firm, ImageTech Systems, announced that it will be merging with a Tampa, Florida-based competitor. 

Heidenheim, Germany-based global technology company Voith Group announced that it has acquired the remaining shares of its hydropower company, Voith Hydro Group Division. 

Waltham, Massachusetts-based Thermo Fisher Scientific plans to invest $40 million to expand its single-use technology manufacturing facility in Millersburg. 

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When the profile of the Black Lives Matter movement grew in 2020, many businesses started to reach out to the African American Chamber of Commerce of Central PA. They wanted a list of Black-owned businesses in the region they could add to their lists of vendors.

York technology services company Doceo recently opened a new office in downtown Lebanon.

In the first days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Harrisburg-based D&H Distributing fielded requests from everyone from the mayor of Boston, looking for 20,000 Chromebooks for public schools, to the head of Microsoft, in need of thousands of headsets and cameras to support telemedicine services.

York technology company Doceo recently moved its Lancaster location to a new, 1,866-square-foot service center on Oregon Pike.

The creators of a wellness app for seniors have published a print journal for individuals without internet access.

Bridge Tower Media and City Age presented “Connected Communities Episode 2 Smart City Futures” during a webinar Nov. 12. Moderated panels of experts from the public and private sectors spoke to the challenges of smart cities. This was the second webinar in a series.

Harrisburg-based nonprofit broadband network provider KINBER, announced its interim CEO, Nathan Flood, will be staying with the company as its president and CEO.