A global manufacturer of plastic packaging products is making its entry into the Greater Lehigh Valley with its first facility in the region.

In February 2012, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board began to allow limited distillery licenses, and by year’s end there were seven small-batch craft distillers.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf was in Bethlehem on Friday to introduce new job-creating investments in manufacturing and workforce development at a press conference at the National Museum of Industrial History.

Additive technology will transform manufacturing and it will happen faster than people thought, one of the leading experts in the field told a rapt audience of more than 150 business leaders Wednesday at a manufacturing summit at Reading Area Community College.

The need for skilled workers continues to be a challenge that manufacturers throughout the state grapple with, and one that can clearly be felt in the Greater Lehigh Valley.

Allentown's economic resurgence has netted strong growth in the downtown core with office, retail and residential developments sprouting up the past few years.

With a tour of its highly automated plant and a presentation on its multi-product line, Bosch Rexroth Corp. showcased its evolving capabilities as it marks its 50th anniversary in the U.S.

Though there is a lot of energy, investment and activity among manufacturing companies in the Greater Lehigh Valley, many are still struggling with the skilled labor shortage.

A small-business consultant for nearly 30 years, Denton Conner never sought to buy another company until he learned about an old-fashioned soda business for sale in Reading.

In many ways, Stofanak Custom Cabinetry of Lower Nazareth Township is the epitome of everything that supposedly no longer exists today in business.