Strong Pools and Spas employs about 250 people in Central PA. The Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania have given CEO Wade Spicer its entrepreneurial achievement award.
Steininger's Cleaners is embracing solar power at its self-serve laundry in Selinsgrove. The solar units have saved about $500 in just two weeks, a huge dent in gas bills averaging $3,000 monthly.
Nearbid is an auction website for professional services from Web design to plumbing to tutoring. People wiling to offer services can create profiles. Users in search of someone to complete a job can post jobs and peruse other users' profiles.
After working on his own in a small northeastern PA garage for a half-dozen years, Fendrock moved his precision machining business, JKF Technologies, to the Carbondale Technology Transfer Center northeast of Scranton.
Pittsburgh startup Rent Jungle, a search engine for rental housing, has been named an Official Honoree by Webby Award judges. It's also adding new features to its site and planning to release a mobile app.
Penn State's team in the EcoCAR Challenge designed a hybrid vehicle that can travel up to 300 miles on a fully charged battery and tank of biodiesel. After three years of designing and building, the vehicle enters the national competition this week.
The region was ranked 14th among 100 metro areas for jobs added in March 2011 and job openings continue to proliferate with so many postings in recent weeks only a quick list will do.
Nine companies and two universities received $1.2 million in grants from The Technology Collaborative, fueling the growth of robotics and digital technologies in Pittsburgh and across the state.
She's much more than a 20-something entrepreneur in Scranton. Powers is helping nurture the local sustainability and arts communities through her vintage clothing shop.
It�s been a long road for the Berks County seat, once a manufacturing powerhouse. New businesses, fresh investment and a variety of innovative ideas are finally changing perceptions and creating much promise.