MRC News
Mack Defense Moves to Impressive Allentown Customer Care Center
Mack Defense moves to Allentown customer care center Lehigh Valley Business By: Stacy Wescoe June 26, 2020 Mack Defense has moved from its leased office space in Upper Macungie Township to the Mack Customer Center in Allentown and it is an impressive space that is a...
ProtoCAM and the PA Dream Team
ProtoCAM in the Community: Educating for the Future via the PA Dream Team ProtoCAM’s Digital Marketing Director, Dale Bond, is a member of the PA Dream Team, a vivacious group of young individuals assembled by the Manufacturers Resource Center in Allentown, PA...
Kitchen Magic of Nazarath Diversifies
Lehigh Valley kitchen remodeler expanding into bathrooms Lehigh Valley Business Stacy Wescoe June 17, 2020 Kitchen Magic has been making custom kitchen cabinets for more than 40 years. This fine company crafted beautiful cabinets for MRC and now bathroom remodeling...
Governor Wolf Administration Congratulates What’s So Cool Statewide Winners
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 10, 2020 Wolf Administration Congratulates Winners of Statewide “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing?” Student Video Contest Awards Harrisburg, PA – Today, on behalf of Governor Tom Wolf, Department of Community and Economic...
Orasure Receives Grant to Develop Oral Test for Coronavirus Antibody
Lehigh Valley Business By Stacy Wescoe June 10, 2020 Congratulations! Bethlehem’s OraSure Technologies Inc. received nearly $630,000 to help develop an oral test for coronavirus antibodies. The funds come from a contract with the federal Biomedical Advanced Research...
Best of PA 2020 Awards Video
Best of PA 2020 Awards Video April 9, 2020 Today's live streaming of the statewide "What's So Cool About Manufacturing?" Best of PA 2020 Awards was a great event. We've posted a replay here in case you were not able to join us for the big reveal. Thank you to the...
Winners of the 2020 “Best of PA” Statewide Awards Event
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 9, 2020 Contact: Kim Plyler kim@sahlcomm.com 484-554-5582 “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing?” Announces 3rd Annual Statewide Awards Student Video Contest Streamed ‘Live from Home’, Instead of Harrisburg, Today LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. – June 9,...
Allentown Transfers $400K for Small Business Loans
Allentown transfers $400K for small business loans until coronavirus aid comes through By JACQUELINE PALOCHKO THE MORNING CALL | MAY 14, 2020 | 7:37 PM Allentown City Council approved a transfer of $400,000 to help small businesses applying for a loan until federal...
GRCA Announces Rebuilding Berks Initiative
Reading Chamber unveils rebuilding plan for Berks County Lehigh Valley Business by: Susan Shelly, Contributing Writer May 19, 2020 The Greater Reading Chamber Alliance (GRCA) announced a “Rebuilding Berks” initiative to help county businesses prepare to reopen...
Business Parnerships May Be Eligible for Additional PPP Funds
Partnerships may be able to increase PPP amount under SBA interim rule Lehigh Valley Business By: Justin Henry May 19, 2020 10:09 am Many PPP loans were approved for partnerships before the April guidelines were enacted, and those companies may not have received the...
PPP Forgiveness New Alternative Payroll Guideline
‘Incredibly helpful’ PPP forgiveness guidelines include alternative payroll schedule Lehigh Valley Business By:Justin Henry May 18, 2020 4:39 pm The latest SBA guidelines allow borrowers to calculate payroll costs using an “alternative payroll covered period” that...
Lehigh Valley, Post COVID-19 Economic Recovery
What shape will post COVID-19 economic recovery take in the Lehigh Valley? Lehigh Valley Business By: Melinda Rizzo, Contributing Writer May 14, 2020 1:55 pm Kamran Afshar, director of the Kamran Afshar Data Analytics Center at DeSales University in Upper Saucon...