With the help of a $50,000 grant from the PPL Foundation, the Allentown Economic Development Corp. will be renovating its STEAM education makerspace at the Bridgeworks Enterprise Center business incubator.

Air Products of Trexlertown has gone on-steam with its first cryogenic nitrogen plant in the Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone in Penang Malaysia.

Phil Kochsmeier, owner of Maple Street Woodworking, said his new shop, which has a showroom of custom pieces and lumber for sale, is an offshoot of his custom woodworking business that aims to give a home to woodworking fans.

Clemens Food Group, a family-owned business, will be building a new $228 million facility at its Hatfield location to support increased production of smoked meats and cooked sausage.

Lehigh Carbon Community College in Schnecksville said it is working with Amazon on a training program aimed at preparing apprentices for careers in advanced manufacturing.

Similar to the annual Peeps diorama contest held for New Year’s Peepfest each year, the authority has organized its first-ever Peeps Meet Diorama Contest in partnership with Joanne Dennison of The MeetGuide.

Georgia-Pacific has announced that it is closing its Lehigh Valley Dixie Cup manufacturing facility in Forks Township by the end of the year. Around 190 jobs at the facility will be lost by the closure starting in late March.

As of 2019, Pennsylvania’s manufacturing industry accounted for 11.9% of the commonwealth’s total output, according to statistics from the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM). Following the global financial crisis of 2008, the sector has been on a trajectory of consistent growth, producing $93.75 billion at the end of 2018 - up from less than $74 billion in 2009. 

D.G. Yuengling & Sons said it is now ready to begin the westward expansion that it announced last year – first stop Texas.

The counties have begun their fifth year of the video competition organized by the Manufacturer’s Resource Center that pairs students with manufacturers in the region to learn about manufacturing careers.