CBRE kicked off a major leasing campaign for a 13-building industrial park in Upper Mount Bethel Township that is being billed as the largest planned industrial park along the Eastern Seaboard.

Now as the Yuengling, America's oldest brewery, prepares to expand from its current 22-state East Coast footprint and become a national brand, the company is ready to become a national favorite and residents of Pottsville are excited to share their hometown beer.

The Lehigh Center for Supply Chain Research has just released its Fourth Quarter Supply Chain Risk Index, which is down 2.5 points from the third quarter.

“Let there be no doubt, this EQB vote represents a major milestone in Pennsylvania’s efforts to combat climate change,” Joseph Otis Minott, executive director and chief counsel of Clean Air Council, said in a statement.

Mack Truck has announced that it will commercialize the Mack LR Electric refuse truck it has been testing, and the trucks will be manufactured in the Lehigh Valley.

Pottsville-based D.G. Yuengling & Sons Inc. is heading west. The family-owned craft brewer, which is the nation’s oldest continually operating brewery, has inked a deal with Molson Coors Beverage Co. to launch a long-term brewing partnership, that expand Yuengling’s 22-state distribution footprint the farthest west it’s been available.

Four Berks County farms were among five farms to receive more than $1.8 million in support from the Pennsylvania First Industries Fund, two of which were to help with the recently announced expansion of Bell & Evans.

The Forks Township-based manufacturer of crayons and other art supplies said it is now using 100% renewable energy for its operations.

Because of production delays caused by the company’s manufacturing shutdown during the COVID-19 crisis earlier this year it has decided it won’t be putting out any specialty peeps or other candies this year so it can concentrate on its biggest holiday – Easter.

To mark the 25 anniversary of the last steel beam made at Bethlehem Steel, a number of community organizations are organizing “Last Cast 25,” a series of events that will include the Steel Weekend at the National Museum of Industrial History, Sept. 26-27.