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Study finds more than 13:1 return on Manufacturing Extension Partnership program For Immediate Release Manufacturers Resource Center May 11, 2020 7200A Windsor Drive | Allentown, PA 18106 Study finds more than 13:1 return on Manufacturing Extension Partnership program...

Rick Bucher named president of Victaulic Lehigh Valley Business Stacy Wescoe, May 1, 2020 Congratulations Rick Bucher!  Victaulic is one of Lehigh Valley’s top manufacturers that celebrated a full century of operation and innovation in 2019.  In 1919, Victaulic's...

LVEDC named top economic development agency for second year Lehigh Valley Business By: Stacy Wescoe May 6, 2020 4:16 pm For the second year in a row, LVEDC was named one of the Top 20 economic development agencies in the U.S. by Site Selection Magazine. The magazine...

Unique Pretzels Restarts Folds of Honor campaign by Evan Jones, Editor Reading Eagle May 6, 2020 Berks County PA manufacturer, Unique Pretzels, will donate a portion from the sale of its Original Splits Pretzels to the Fields of Honor Foundation. To learn more about...

Lehigh Valley Business events are going virtual Lehigh Valley Business By: Cathy Hirko May 5, 2020 2:26 pm Lehigh Valley Business recently announced that their awards events are going fully virtual starting in June and will continue to be virtual until it's safe to...

Flexicon to expand operations into second LVIP VI building Lehigh Valley Business by Stacy Wescoe May 1, 2020 Flexicon Corp. is leasing an additional 50,280 square feet of space adjacent to its U.S. headquarters in Lehigh Valley Industrial Park VI.  The business is...

A Conversation with: Jim Gerlach president and CEO of the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance Lehigh Valley Business BerksBiz By: Stacy Wescoe April 30, 2020 MRC welcomes and congratulates Jim Gerlach!  Before Jim Gerlach led the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance (GRCA)...

Fed to offer liquidity to Lehigh Valley lenders, small businesses LVB.com By: Justin Henry April 15, 2020 8:08 am An additional $2.3 trillion Federal Reserve Main Street Lending Program (MSLP) is on the way as funds for the Paycheck Protection Program diminish. Read...

Governor Wolf announces tax payment waivers due to COVID-19 As part of the effort to help businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Tom Wolf today announced businesses that collect Pennsylvania sales tax will not have to make Accelerated Sales Tax (AST)...

Pennsylvania launches job hiring portal for life-sustaining businesses amid COVID-19 WJACTV.com by Sierra DarvilleMonday, April 13th 2020 If you are looking for a job or if you are a life-sustaining business that has job openings, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor...

Medical supplies manufacturer stepping up efforts to protect employees from virus WFMZ Channel 69 News Will Lewis |Mar 31, 2020 Updated Apr 1, 2020P ALLENTOWN, Pa. - While B. Braun in Lehigh County, PA continues to make medical supplies for healthcare providers around...

LCTI donates PPEs to Lehigh Valley health care providers LVB.com By: Dawn Ouellette Nixon March 31, 2020 11:49 am Lehigh Career & Technical Institute, the Schnecksville-based technical school, is donating personal protective equipment to Lehigh Valley health care...