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.
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.
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.
Roaring Spring Paper Products, near Altoona, is spending about $1 million to turn paper into a substitute for coal.