My beloved alma mater, Penn State, disappoints me.

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeast Pennsylvania has announced the winners of its Innovation Awards, which will be given at its annual iXchange event May 22.

Carpenter Technology Corp., headquartered in Philadelphia with manufacturing operations in Berks County, has acquired MB CalRAM LLC.

Carpenter Technology Corp., a Philadelphia-based manufacturer and distributor with a plant in Reading and another in Orwigsburg, said it promoted two chief executives to senior operating leadership positions, effective July 1.

An interesting bit of history has found its way into the hands of the National Museum of Industrial History in Bethlehem.

Berks County-based Cambridge-Lee Industries, one of the world's largest copper tubing manufacturers, announced the appointment of a new CEO.

Nestle Purina PetCare in Orefield and NestleUSA and Nestlé Waters North America in Upper Macungie and Mechanicsburg will be going greener thanks to a partnership that Nestle in the U.S. announced Monday between it and EDP Renewables, a leading wind energy producer.

Expressing gratitude to the school that exposed him to a well-rounded, liberal arts education more than 50 years ago and set him on a path of lifelong curiosity, Seifi Ghasemi, chairman, president and CEO of Air Products & Chemicals Inc., has endowed a professorship at Lafayette College.

Four Berks County businesses ranging from a toothbrush manufacturer to a poultry farm were awarded more than $2.4 million in low-interest state loans, the Greater Berks Development Fund announced.

An East Stroudsburg startup should have its first product on the market by June.