Separation Design Group in Waynesburg, a research and product development firm, was one of 18 companies honored as "beacons of promise and models of excellence in high technology" with a 2012 Tibbetts Award from the Small Business Administration.
Patrick Clasen, Justin Lawyer and Timothy Marks were Lehigh University undergrads, aquarium hobbyists and tinkerers when they had their first big idea. Today, the three are principals of EcoTech Marine in Bethlehem.
After 12 years in Wisconsin, Northwoods Paper Converting's first expansion is up and running in East Stroudsburg, PA.
The 125-year old Blair County company is compressing waste from paper production into a fuel source that would reduce coal use by PA manufacturers.
Aggressive Grinding Services in Latrobe, which specializes in precision grinding of super-hard materials, is making a commitment to ceramics with a new expansion and anticipated job growth.
Makers of an aquarium pump, a mobile phone language translator and fresh-sliced apple products are among the innovators to be honored at the annual i exchange, sponsored by Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Cambridge-Lee Industries in Reading ramping up for manufacture of high-tech copper tubing for air conditioning.
Scientists across Pennsylvania are advancing the field of nanotechnology, developing devices that depend on particles many times smaller than the thickness of a human hair.
A New York bagel maker is already making plans to expand the bakery it built in Pennsylvania two years ago.
Claudia Leal says the steel industry is alive and well in southwestern Pennsylvania.