Regional trucking company A. Duie Pyle is expanding its local operations with a new warehouse on the West Shore. The West Chester-based company acquired a
A Cumberland County judge has turned down an effort to immediately halt work on a data center campus near Carlisle, but the legal fight over a stay is not done. In an order Monday, Judge Matthew Smith denied a request to enforce what opponents of the campus argued should be an automatic stay on the […]
Members 1st Federal Credit Union has recruited business and commercial lenders from two local banks impacted by recent mergers. Krista Blasser is joining Members 1st from York-based Traditions Bank, which was acquired by Gettysburg-based ACNB Corp. Jessica Gehman, Missy Hartman and Luke Walton are coming to the credit union from Burke & Herbert Bank & […]
As it wrestles with debt, Spring Grove-based Pixelle Specialty Solutions sold off one of its business units and is closing a plant in northern Ohio, leaving about 61 people out of work. The plant in Fremont produces carbonless sheets used in digital and offset printing. Pixelle sold the carbonless business to a Wisconsin-based paper company […]
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit claiming Hershey Entertainment & Resorts failed to accommodate the religious beliefs of a part-time worker at one of its businesses, MeltSpa by Hershey in downtown Hershey. The lawsuit arose after the employee, Jeriah Sellers, told a manager she was uncomfortable escorting a transgender customer to the women’s locker […]
A nearly 15,000-square-foot industrial building in Harrisburg has changed hands. York-based ice producer Good Time Ice sold the building at 1621 N. 7th St. for $1.05 million last month to an entity called Macy Holdings LLC, according to county deed records. Macy Holdings has leased the building to a California-based last-mile delivery startup called SwiftX, […]
The Hershey Co. has named Amanda Almond president of its international business, which accounts for about 8% of company sales. Almond, who starts Oct. 12, succeeds Rohit Grover. He worked at Hershey for more than 27 years and became head of the international division in 2019. Almond worked most recently as regional managing director for […]
A large industrial property in Lancaster is on the market amid indications that its owner, an Illinois-based packaging company, is pulling out. The 243,500-square-foot warehouse and factory complex at 303 N. Plum St. is listed for sale on real estate website LoopNet, albeit without an asking price. The property is owned by J.L. Clark, a […]
Danielle Vincenti has been named executive director of the Hershey Harrisburg Sports & Events Authority, an arm of regional tourist bureau Visit Hershey & Harrisburg. Vincenti succeeds Gregg Cook, who is no longer with the organization, according to a spokesperson for Visit Hershey & Harrisburg. Vincenti joined the sports authority in 2022 as business development […]
Bell & Evans is feasting on the boom in organic food. The family-owned organic poultry processor is spending $152 million on a 50,000-square-foot addition to a processing and packaging plant in Lebanon County, according to the Shapiro administration. The administration, which disclosed the investment last week, is backing Bell & Evans with a grant of […]