Bethlehem’s OraSure Technologies Inc. has posted a second profitable year, with 2016’s revenue even higher than 2015.

Though The Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of the Lehigh Valley plans to end soda production at its Bethlehem manufacturing facility in May, the operation will keep running on the distribution end. Job losses would be minimal, a spokeswoman said.

Manufacturers can boost production, eliminate waste and save money by following a scientific problem-solving technique created by Motorola.

A Womelsdorf potato chip maker recently launched a new product called Uglies that uses imperfect spuds that normally would be rejected.

Reading Truck Group, a Reading-based manufacturer of specialty truck bodies, has acquired a Midwestern firm that will expand its product line and its footprint.

Wells Fargo Lehigh Valley volunteered at the annual Easter Seals holiday party and presented the organization with a $17,000 donation. The event featured hands-on craft tables, holiday themed activities and more. Pictured are people from Wells Fargo and Easter Seals. Easter Seals provides services to people with disabilities.

Wells Fargo team members in the Lehigh Valley presented a $16,000 check and donated more than 2,100 pounds of food to the Second Harvest Food Bank of the Lehigh Valley and Northeast Pennsylvania. Pictured are Wells Fargo employees presenting the check to Paul Lynch, director of Second Harvest Food Bank.

Quaker Steak & Lube restaurants in Pohatcong, Brick and Edison, N.J., donated a portion of proceeds from sales of ‘pink drinks’ sold during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. Representatives from the restaurant group presented a $1,000 check to the Tinton Falls, N.J.-based Beauty Foundation for Cancer Care. Pictured from left: Victor Russomanno, area director, Quaker Steak & Lube; Reggie DeBendetto, volunteer coordinator, The Beauty Foundation for Cancer Care; and Bryan...

The bank donated $10,000 to Cetronia Ambulance Corps to advance the organization’s lifesaving mission. Pictured from left: Matthew Diffenderfer, paramedic; Gabriella Noga, emergency medical technician; John Hayes, executive vice president and chief lending officer, New Tripoli Bank; Larry Wiersch, CEO, Cetronia Ambulance Corps; Hunsicker; David Roehrig, chairman of the board of trustees, Cetronia Ambulance Corps; Ricardo Menendez, paramedic; and Eric Hunter, paramedic.

New Tripoli Bank donated $10,000 to Northern Valley Emergency Medical Services Inc., a volunteer-based nonprofit emergency medical service department serving Walnutport, Slatington and the townships of North Whitehall, Washington, Heidelberg and parts of Lowhill Township in Lehigh County. Pictured from left: David Hunsicker, chairman and president, New Tripoli Bank; Jason Breininger of Northern Valley; and Michele Hunsicker, executive vice president, New Tripoli Bank.