Contract service provider Integrated Textile Solutions (ITS) is expanding its market reach to connect with a growing number of textile-related companies seeking to re-shore their manufacturing and related processes. The company has recruited industry veteran Dan Swift to a newly created business development role, where he will focus on sales of the company’s product development, […]

LEWISTON, Maine — Roughly a year ago, Carbonite Inc. opened its customer support call center here, bringing jobs to Maine that had once been in New Delhi, India — an example of the “onshoring” of jobs trend that’s still relatively rare. On Tuesday, the company unveiled new space it had developed in the Mollison Way […]

 WAKEFIELD, R.I., Jul 24, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Westinghouse Electric Company received the “Distinguished DFMA Supporter of the Year Award” at the 2012 International Forum on Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA(R)) held in Providence, RI. Global Director of Supplier Manufacturing and Value Engineering (SM&VE) Steven King accepted the award on behalf of the global […]

Jobs are everything these days. Specifically, the lack of jobs is everything. This issue drives the economy and the markets. It’s driving the 2012 election. And it’s driving the moves Americans are making about whether to go to (or back to) college, buy a home or make other major decisions. Lately I’ve been thinking … […]