University of Richmond starts $25 million library renovation
The renovation brings a new atrium and 8,000 more square feet of space to the Boatwright Memorial Library.
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The renovation brings a new atrium and 8,000 more square feet of space to the Boatwright Memorial Library.
In the run up to the Nov. 8 election, Gov. Ned Lamont and other business officials recently visited New England Airfoil Products in Farmington to tour the company’s growing facility and discuss potential future expansions. New England Airfoil Products, the Farmington-based aerospace and defense industry manufacturer owned by Italian firm Pietro Rosa TBM, hosted Lamont and others in October during CEO Mauro Fioretti’s visit to Connecticut. Fioretti and Lamont talked about global politics before discussing Pietro Rosa’s desire to expand in Connecticut.
Connecticut’s largest manufacturers, including Stanley Black & Decker and Pratt & Whitney, in recent years have opened multimillion-dollar training and product development centers that aim to recruit and/or upskill workers and help create a new line of advanced technology products that can compete in the global marketplace. Facing pressure to innovate and recruit their own workers, some smaller manufacturers are increasingly following suit.