Pets are people too. At least that’s a concept many consumers lean toward as pet-owners pay more and more attention to how they care for their animals, including what goes into their bellies.

Nestlé Purina celebrates 60 years of manufacturing operations at its South Whitehall Township location this year. ALPO, the company’s predecessor, broke ground in 1958 at the current Pope Road location.

For 70 years a family-owned business in Berks County has filled Easter baskets, Christmas stockings, Halloween bags and Valentine’s Day hearts with hollow bunnies, gold coins, Santas and many other types of character or theme candy.

With more tariffs imposed by the U.S. on a growing number of products and materials, manufacturers find themselves grappling with the uncertainties of how an emerging trade conflict could affect their business

A major Schuylkill County manufacturer is expanding its plant and could create 60 new jobs in the process.

Manufacturers in the Greater Lehigh Valley demonstrate strong growth, annually adding billions to the region’s gross domestic product and helping to create jobs well beyond the industry.

Industrial battery maker EnerSys, headquartered in Bern Township, has invested $6.4 million to expand and upgrade two of its plants in response to growth in sales to the aerospace and defense industries.