The Marcellus Institute, recently launched at Mansfield University, will train students to work on local natural gas-drilling sites through two new degrees offering specialized training.
When Tim Martin came to PDC Spas seven years ago, perhaps 5 percent of its hot tubs and other products were sold overseas. Since then, that percentage has climbed to nearly half.
New and expanding businesses in the central and northern parts of the state now have more of a shot at getting the money they need to reach their goals.
A marketing campaign from the Berks Economic Partnership sets out to make teens aware of the possibilities to learn a trade and earn a good salary in a fulfilling job.
A nonprofit focused on creating new jobs and scientific research and development organization are working together to bring more manufacturing firms to southwestern Pennsylvania.
A manufacturer of oil- and gas-drilling equipment that opened last summer in Central PA is hiring new workers at a steady clip and plans to keep up that pattern through the end of the year.