IQ Fibers expects to lease a 45,000-square-foot-building at 1550 Lehigh Drive in West Easton, the company's first manufacturing site, where it will invest at least $5.4 million in the project.

The Manufacturers Resource Center, based in Upper Macungie Township, said Richard Hobbs will take over as the new president and CEO on July 15.

Gov. Tom Wolf signed a Republican-backed bill to essentially bar any local municipality from enacting bag bans for at least one year to allow time for studying the impact of such bans.

Allentown native Lee Iacocca has passed away at the age of 94 according to news reports.

Secaucus, New Jersey-based Freshpet Inc. is expanding its Lehigh Valley operations with the groundbreaking of a second manufacturing plant, which it refers to as a Freshpet Kitchen.

Last week Air Products of Trexlertown and Saudi Aramco opened the first hydrogen fueling station in Saudi Arabia.

Some manufacturers say job poaching – the practice of actively recruiting an employee from a direct competitor – has become more common.

The company plans to move its employees and operations out of those two other sites, which are a warehouse on Race Street in Hanover Township, Lehigh County, and a distribution center on Conroy Place in Forks Township.

Cannabidiol Oil – or CBD oil as it is commonly called – is hot right now. People are buying it, selling it and investing in it.

Right now, Polytek has about 45 employees in Williams Township and more than 120 total across all its locations, which include California, Michigan, and Indiana.