Pennsylvania scientists are studying a technique that's designed to put better armor on vehicles on the battlefield but could have other wide-ranging applications.
Inc. Magazine recently published its list of the 5,000 fastest-growing companies in the United States. Pennsylvania is home to 18 of the top 500 entries on the list.
At the turn of the millennium the founders of an Allentown information technology firm embraced an emerging concept called cloud computing. independenceIT was recently included on a trade publication's list of up-and-coming IT companies.
A new, high-tech cancer treatment facility is on track to open in northeast PA by next summer. The updated center under construction at the Pocono Medical Center's campus in East Stroudsburg will have 59,000 square feet of space when it's complete.
Emissions of the toxic gas carbon monoxide are a common byproduct of the steelmaking process. A New Zealand company that's figured out a way to transform this gas into ethanol is partnering with a Harrisburg-area metals industry contractor.
In January Reading-area contract manufacturer RLC Electronic Systems bought nearby ECI Cables. The partnership will be complete come April, when they expect to move into shared headquarters.
The most walkable cities in the Commonwealth pack the needs of residents and visitors into dense urban cores and encourage them to leave their cars parked.
The business community in Philipsburg has experienced some rough times in recent years. But business owners and entrepreneurs in the town 20 miles northwest of State College will soon have another resource dedicated to keeping small ventures viable.
Scientists at a research center in Lancaster County develop advanced varieties of corn that thrive in different conditions, and the center itself has been expanding too.
The Elliott Group, a nearly century-old southwestern PA company that designs, manufactures and maintains equipment for the oil and gas industries, expects to move into new headquarters next summer.