As sales of its signature bone broth boomed over the last several years, Kettle & Fire struggled to keep its products on store shelves.A new production facility
Spring Grove-based papermaker Pixelle Specialty Solutions missed an interest payment on its debt due April 30, triggering a ratings downgrade from S&P Global. However, lenders are giving the company more time so it can close on the sale of a plant in Wisconsin and use the proceeds to make the interest payment and pay down debt.Pixelle […]
Manufacturer Breeo is eyeing an expansion at its site in Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, where it assembles smokeless fire pits, products poised for a bump in sales thanks to the impact of tariffs on foreign-made competitors.“We’re still working through our plans, so it’s not set in stone yet,” said Breeo’s CEO and majority owner, Amos Stoltzfus. But the […]
One of the capital region’s oldest and largest factories will be closing indefinitely this summer due to weak demand for its products, which include steel rails for trains, cranes and trolleys. Ohio-based steelmaker Cleveland-Cliffs said Friday it plans by June 30 to wind down production at its plant in Steelton, along with plants in Conshohocken and Riverdale, Illinois.The […]
A federal agency restored funding for organizations that assist small and midsized manufacturers in 10 states.The Trump administration ended contracts with the organizations at the end of March but decided to restore their funding for the remainder of the current fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, according to a spokesperson for the National Institute of […]
Following a fierce public outcry from elected officials in Ohio, Spring Grove-based papermaker Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC is hitting pause on plans to close its factory in Chillicothe, about 100 miles east of Cincinnati.Pixelle said last week it planned to close the plant over the next several weeks.The move threatened to idle the 800 people who work there, […]
Spring Grove-based papermaker Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC said yesterday it is closing its plant in Chillicothe, Ohio, where about 800 people work. The move follows Pixelle’s sale earlier this month of a Wisconsin plant that employs about 260 people.“Each decision regarding Pixelle operations has been made after careful evaluation of what is best for the […]
The federal government has canceled contracts with organizations that assist small and midsized manufacturers in 10 states, cutting off a major source of funding.Pennsylvania is not one of the 10. Nonetheless, the cancellations raise questions about the fate of similar organizations in the Keystone State, including York-based Mantec. The nonprofit receives federal funding via a statewide entity […]
Lancaster manufacturer Burnham Holdings Inc. is planning to wind down a subsidiary operating out of a plant in Philadelphia. Burnham’s move to shutter its subsidiary Crown Boiler is designed to streamline company operations and enhance efficiency. But it also reflects rising demand for more efficient boilers made by other Burnham subsidiaries, including U.S. Boiler, New Yorker Boiler and Velocity Boiler Works.Crown Boiler did not […]
A York County contractor has sold its mulch and soil division to a conglomerate that has been scooping up similar operations around the U.S.The deal includes mulch production facilities in West York Borough and Jackson Township, where the contractor, H&H General Excavating Co. is based.The buyer is Atlanta-based Oldcastle APG, a unit of Ireland-based building materials giant CRH. Terms […]
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