Double-digit rate increases are on the table once again for health plans sold in Pennsylvania under the auspices of the Affordable Care Act. The increases
Camp Hill-based accounting and advisory firm Brown Plus has announced eight promotions effective July 1. Angela Ducker was promoted to tax senior manager. She has 35 years of experience providing tax services to businesses and high-net-worth individuals and is based in the firm’s Lancaster office. She has a bachelor’s degree from Stockton University. Taylor Guarente […]
Lititz-based holding company Paul B. Zimmerman Inc. has acquired a 177,000-square-foot building in South Annville Township, Lebanon County, for use by two subsidiaries, metal fabricator PBZ Manufacturing and powder-coating company Keystone Koating. The sale price was $13.65 million, according to county deed records. The building at 25 Keystone Drive gives the companies room to increase production and streamline […]
Drew Jabour-Gehman has joined Saxton & Stump as an associate in the law firm’s Malvern office, working in the firm’s education and family law groups. Jabour-Gehman represents clients in equitable distribution, custody and alimony and support matters. His education law background includes school district litigation and public-sector legal matters. Before joining Saxton & Stump, he […]
ARRO Consulting Inc., a Lititz-based engineering firm, has acquired an environmental consulting and drilling services firm based in Altoona. Terms of the transaction, which closed at the end of June, were not disclosed. Founded in 1985, the Altoona firm, Mountain Research LLC, employed 28 people, all of whom are staying on, according to an ARRO spokesperson. […]
David Schulz, a former executive at Armstrong World Industries Inc., is joining the boards of Lancaster-based Fulton Financial Corp. and its chief subsidiary, Fulton Bank. His appointment, effective Sept. 14, will make him the 11th member of the board. Schulz worked in financial leadership for Lancaster County-based Armstrong World from 2011 to 2016 and joined Armstrong Flooring Inc. as […]
A state court has voided a $230,000 penalty leveled by state regulators against York-area scrapyard J&K Salvage for violating child labor laws. In a ruling this week, a three-judge panel of Commonwealth Court agreed the company violated the law but that the secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry failed to justify the penalty, which […]
Over the last six years, Utz Brands has shed factories, streamlined production and expanded into new markets. The moves, however, failed to impress investors. Utz stock soared to nearly $30 per share in the year after it went public in August 2020. But shares fell just as quickly and never regained their upward momentum. Nearly six years […]
Josh Sargent has been named COO of Flagger Force. He is expected to help the Hummelstown-based company strengthen operational consistency, support field employees and enhance the client experience. The COO duties were previously handled by Flagger Force president and CEO Mike Doner, according to a company spokesperson. Sargent has nearly three decades of leadership experience […]
A Lancaster defense business with its origins in World War II is under new ownership. The business is Ampwave Defense, formerly known as Photonis Defense. The business was spun out last year by its former parent company, Exosens, a French defense contractor formerly known as Photonis Group. Ampwave’s new ownership is affiliated with a Los Angeles-based family investment firm […]