In 2006 Erie Technical Systems moved into a light-manufacturing incubator owned by the Economic Development Corporation of Erie County. With help from a state loan, the company will triple its space by moving to a new facility.
Less than 1 percent of Pennsylvania businesses create nearly every new job in the state. Identifying these businesses and encouraging their growth would be a new approach to economic development.
Somerset County will be home to a new $350 million, 170-megawatt wind energy farm, the largest project in Pennsylvania to date developed by New York City-based EverPower.
Lehigh University is receiving $1.2 million in state grants to continue initiatives that put academic research to work in the business world.
The founders of Berks CoLab are planning a Reading-area workshop with tools like laser cutters, CNC machines and woodworking supplies, where creative people could have a place to work on projects.
Two Penn State scientists have found a better way to coax oil and natural gas out of the ground � and it involves ingredients that are normally thrown out.
When a Texas business, In-Store Bagging Machine Co., came up with a new way to package bags of ice, it wanted to partner with a company that specialized in making commercial ice machines. It found the right fit in Kold-Draft, based in Erie.
After pre-ordering an iPad this spring Steve Zaharakis improvised a stand for it out of a business card holder. His 11-year-old son Dino thought he could do better and invented the dzdock One, built for all kinds of tablets and smartphones.
A prototype developed by State College venture GinzVelo is an aerodynamic shell that looks like a car and attaches to a recumbent bike or trike. Riders can bike where they need to go at as much as 45 miles per hour and be sheltered from bad weather.
The Greater Reading Keystone Innovation Zone is running a business idea contest for students from five colleges in Berks County. The only stipulations are that the businesses have to be for profit and must somehow focus on technology.