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.

A recent report from the Food Marketing Institute and Neilsen projects that groceries ordered online will account for 13 percent of total grocery sales by 2022, up from 3 percent in 2018. That would translate into an additional $100 billion per year.

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania said it has invested $488,400 in a number of early-stage firms and established manufacturers.

The total project investment is $8.5 million, which includes installing automated manufacturing equipment, the majority of which relies on computer-navigated controls.

Stefanie Angstadt of Oley started making cheese as a hobby soon after graduating from college in 2008. After a few years she knew it was something she wanted to do full time.

Kaplan’s Enterprises moved several times in its first 60 years, but for the last 35 years it has been located in a downtown storefront on the 100 block of Northampton Street.

The strong economy has been making it difficult for businesses that need qualified and skilled technical workers. And while some established workforce initiatives with a long-range focus are paying off, other efforts are underway to match workers’ skills with specific jobs in the shorter term, several observers said in recent interviews.

Crestmont Heritage, a residential home builder in Reading, has completed the first of a new 10-unit residential housing project in the 300 block of Crestmont Street in Reading’s Millmont/18th Ward neighborhood.

Manufacturers Resource Center will move to new office space further west next month as it sees continued growth in training, services.

Pennsylvania's top attorney is defending his efforts to make drug-maker Purdue Pharma pay for the way it marketed the painkiller OxyContin to doctors in Pennsylvania.