DIGITAL JOBS TOOL LAUNCHED: America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, has launched a new education and workforce development digital tool, AMJobs.org, in collaboration with CAST, Inc., a nonprofit education research and development organization focused on ...

HUBBARD TOWNSHIP — SolaBlock is a Massachusetts-based solar and construction technology firm led by a son of the Mahoning Valley who was looking for a company to manufacture its product. SunWize Power & Battery is a manufacturer of solar modules and power systems. Based in Oregon, the ...

AUSTINTOWN — Hynes Industries, the Austintown-based custom fabrication and roll form metal solutions manufacturer that will mark its 100th year in business next year, is this year’s recipient of the Excellence in Manufacturing Award. Presented annually by the Youngstown / Warren Regional ...

WARREN — Insteel Industries Inc., a North Carolina-based manufacturer of steel wire reinforcing products for concrete construction, has acquired an Upper Sandusky welded wire maker that has a factory in Warren. The deal between an Insteel subsidiary, Insteel Wire Products Co., and ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Rebooting the future of the downtown is the intent of a $100,000 plan jointly funded by the state’s private economic development corporation and the Youngstown Warren Regional Chamber Foundation. The money — $50,000 a piece from the foundation, the Youngstown / Warren ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Ursa Major, a rocket propulsion company that has a significant presence in Mahoning County, has secured a second contract with America Makes to qualify its copper additive manufacturing process for hypersonic flight. The contract with Youngstown-based America Makes, the ...