Monroe County manufacturer Vigon International will benefit from state funding will help it extend natural gas service for a multi-million dollar project that will create an additional 75 jobs.

After serving as president and CEO of a major business incubator network at Bethlehem’s Lehigh University for 18 years, R. Chadwick Paul Jr. said he plans to retire this year.

Brewers can breathe a little easier. And so can beer drinkers. Congress enacted legislation that will avoid a massive tax hike on beer in 2020.

Pottstown keg maker American Keg LLC said Blefa Kegs Inc. of Tennessee made a multimillion investment in the Pottstown manufacturer that would allow it to accelerate its growth and employment.

Mack Trucks has informed employees that it will lay off 305 people at its Lehigh Valley operations in Lower Macungie Township because of lower demand.

Air Products & Chemicals of Trexlertown will invest $500 million to build a project with Gulf Coast Ammonia in Texas City, Texas, to produce hydrogen.

CarbonLITE Holdings LLC, a California-based manufacturer, plans to open an $80 million, 270,000-square-foot recycling plant in Berks County early this year that should bring more than 130 jobs to the region.

The closure for Corsicana Bedding in Barnesville would affect 59 employees, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, or WARN notice sent by the company.

Easton’s Crayola Inc. tapped a former Yankee Candle executive as its new CEO. Rich Wuerthele, who has been in the consumer goods industry for more than 30 years, will take the helm of the crayon and art products company Jan. 16.

A federal agency’s recent report shows the Lehigh Valley’s economic output for private industry pushing past $41 billion, a 4.4 percent increase over the previous year.