[WNPR, 6/20/2017] Fourteen small Connecticut aerospace companies are exhibiting their wares at the Paris Air Show this week. They join thousands of other businesses at the world’s biggest industry showcase. All the major players — the big airlines, aircraft companies, and engine makers — strut their stuff at the European…
(WLAD FM, 6/19/2017) Danbury State Representative David Arconti is touting passage of a bill he co-sponsored this session to boost the fuel cell industry. The measure allows electric distribution companies to add power from fuel cells to their sources of renewable energy. Arconti says this will continue Connecticut’s effort to achieve energy…
(KLTV, 6/8/17) Pulsar360, Inc. announced today that they have opened their fourth regional data center at ChimeNet in Wallingford, Connecticut. In addition to expanding its geographic diversity, Pulsar360 is enhancing its capabilities and relationship with its strategic partners in the State of Connecticut. Last year Pulsar360 announced its partnership with…
(Hartford Business Journal, 6/9/17) Charles Daniels left the corporate world a few years ago and joined the small, family-owned Wepco Plastics Inc. where he has served as CFO since 2013. Known for moving around in his career, Daniels says he’s there to stay, knowing he’s played a big role in…
(Hartford Business Journal-Other Voices, 6/12/17) Recently, Hartford Business Journal featured an opinion piece (“State, local leaders have chance to reinvent CT government,”) from Bruce Carlson, head of the Connecticut Technology Council, calling for a regional effort to increase technological efficiencies in the state and introduce municipal and state officials to…
(AmericanTowns.com, 6/09/17) EAST HARTFORD, Conn.— Workforce Solutions Collaborative of Metro Hartford announced today that TRUMPF Inc., of Farmington and Wepco Plastics Inc., of Middlefield are two of nine U.S. employers to be named “2016 Young Adult Employer Champions – Pathways to Apprenticeship” by the National Fund for Workforce Solutions. Now…
(Town Times, 6/8/17) EAST HARTFORD — The Connecticut Office of Energy Efficient Businesses (OEEB) is expanding its services to businesses in the town of Watertown beginning May 16. OEEB’s energy outreach specialists will meet with businesses to identify ways to reduce energy consumption and increase savings from energy efficiency work,…
(The Hour, 5/24/17) Mason Mitchell likes having a Chromebook he can check out from the library at Middlebrook School. The compact laptop is convenient to access and to complete class assignments, with a built-in suite of free Google Education Apps like Gmail, Google Docs and Google Classroom. While the seventh-grader…
(Cutting Tool Engineering, 5/26/17) It’s safe to say that most people would call a 20′-long (6.1m), 65-ton milling machine “big.” Such a machine was recently installed at the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT), East Hartford, Conn. But those working for machine tool builder Zimmermann may not describe it that…
(Connecticut Business and Industry Association, Inc.) CBIA partnered with the NSF Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing, Connecticut State Colleges and Universities, to survey the state’s manufacturers about their hiring expectations and workforce challenges for the next three years. We hope our findings will encourage the development of legislation and…
