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Recruiting Companies for New PA Mining Exports Initiative
Client recruitment has officially begun for the Pennsylvania Mining Exports (PAMEX) Initiative. This federally funded program calls for the assignment of a full-time marketing representative to promote the products and services for 10 PA firms in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, Swaziland, Lesotho through face-to-face marketing calls. Buyers of mining equipment and services in [...]
Governor Tom Corbett Highlights Potential For Jobs
Governor Tom Corbett Highlights Potential For Jobs, Economic Growth From Building Petrochemical Industry In PA In the news release, Governor Tom Corbett Highlights Potential for Jobs, Economic Growth from Building Petrochemical Industry in PA, issued 20-Jun-2012 by Pennsylvania Office of the Governor over PR Newswire, we are advised by the Pennsylvania government that the fifth [...]
2011 Best Places to Work winners announced
Two companies who have sat atop the “Best Places to Work in PA” list previously make return appearances to the top spot this year in their respective divisions. Glatfelter Insurance Group of York and Nxtbook Media of Lancaster are the 2011 winners in the large- and small/medium-sized categories, respectively. Team Pennsylvania Foundation joined the Department [...]
Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate fell for a third straight month in October
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate fell for a third straight month in October, as employers added nearly 16,000 jobs to their payrolls. The state Department of Labor and Industry said Thursday that unemployment dropped by two-tenths of a percentage point last month to 8.8 percent. That’s below the national rate of 9.6 percent. During the [...]
New PA Investments in Alternative, Clean Energy Saving Businesses, Consumers in 10 Counties $2.7 Million
Harrisburg – New investments in alternative and clean energy, as well as energy efficiency, are helping Pennsylvania’s consumers, businesses and municipalities lower their energy bills by millions of dollars, Department of Community and Economic Development Secretary Austin Burke said today. Burke said the Commonwealth Financing Authority today approved nearly $7.9 million in grants and loans [...]
Thar Technologies creating incubator for energy startups, expanding and hiring
Thar Technologies, creators of sustainable, natural solutions for everyday living, is expanding to a larger space in O’Hara Township and adding 20 employees in the coming year, bringing the total count to 50. To top it off, the company has plans to create an incubator for energy-related startups, a place to mentor up-and-coming companies much [...]
GlaxoSmithKline building large solar array in York County
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare will put what it says is the largest rooftop solar array in North America on top of its East Manchester Township, York County, distribution facility. The nearly 11,000 solar panels will cover an area on the roof about the size of seven football fields, according to the U.K.-based company. GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare [...]
Pennsylvania: Number 2 on solar job creation list
On this cloudy, chilly Pittsburgh afternoon, it’s pretty cozy to learn that Pennsylvania has more solar firms and, by extension, more solar jobs than any other state except California. That’s right. Our solar employment prospects are 80 percent brighter than Arizona’s. Take that Copper state. To be sure, the vast majority of solar firms have [...]
Pennsylvania Reaches New Export Record
PA Reaches New Export Record as Companies Use State’s Help to Find More Overseas Business; Foreign Companies Investing More Landmark Private-Sector Services Study Helping to Fuel Administration Efforts; State’s Trade Reps Visiting Pennsylvania Sept. 13-30 Harrisburg – The Department of Community and Economic Development announced today that Pennsylvania helped more companies find new markets and [...]