Jacquelyn Voghel

FALL RIVER – Rapid growth and adoption of emerging technologies may leave some business owners feeling daunted. But the organizers of a new symposium hope to show innovators that with the right approach, they have reason to welcome these advances.

DR. PAUL LIU is co-founder and executive chairman at PAX Therapeutics. Dr. Paul Liu is the co-founder and executive chairman of PAX Therapeutics, a life sciences startup developing technology to facilitate a new, nonsurgical treatment for tendon and ligament injuries. He also serves as chair and professor of plastic surgery at Brown University. PBN: What is PAX Therapeutics, and what type of treatment is it developing?

PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024 MEET THE MAKERS: Snow Findings Co. DECADES AGO, when Rhode Island was commonly called the jewelry manufacturing capital of the world, Snow Findings Co. in Warwick easily manufactured over a million jewelry pieces per week, every week, says company Vice President Randall “Randy” Snow. That was considered a small output for […]

PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024 MEET THE MAKERS: Wardwell Braiding Co. JOHN TOMAZ FLIPS a switch and a familiar mechanical humming echoes through Wardwell Braiding Co.’s manufacturing floor in Central Falls. It’s the sound of many carriers, bobbins and wires working in harmony within one of Wardwell’s braiding machines to produce a single braid. Eight carriers […]

PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024 MEET THE MAKERS: Wright’s Dairy Farm Inc. CATHRYN KENNEDY MAKES her way past one of the barns at Wright’s Dairy Farm Inc., pointing to some of the 200 members of the production team that one could argue have the most crucial jobs in the business. The group she’s pointing out is […]

PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024 MEET THE MAKERS: International Packaging Corp. IN WHAT REMAINS of Rhode Island’s once globally renowned jewelry-making sector, it’s the innovative and adaptive manufacturers that have survived past the industry’s golden age. The same sentiment holds true at International Packaging Corp., or Interpak, in Pawtucket. Though the third-generation, family-owned company doesn’t make […]

PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024 MEET THE MAKERS: Plants to Food LLC TO MANY, a transition from beef to plant-based food may seem like a leap from one end of the dietary spectrum to the other. But to Scott Lively, CEO of Lincoln-based Plants to Food LLC and a veteran in the world of grass-fed beef […]

FULL HOUSE: Last year’s Good Trade Makers Market at The WaterFire Arts Center in Providence was filled with vendors and shoppers.

FROM STUDENT TO TEACHER: Alex Enamorado became a producer and engineer at TRIAD Recording in Warren after completing the studio’s 24-week TRIAD Recording Arts Certification program.

MILESTONE: Sisters Marcia, left, and Julie Blount lead the Blount Boats Inc. shipyard in Warren, which was founded by their father and recently celebrated its 75th ­anniversary.