Vocational high schools in Western Massachusetts could offer associate degree programs in the future

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...based Collaborative for Educational Services that now helps run William J. Dean Technical High in Holyoke and also offers vocational programs for the Department of Youth Services and for youth with learnin... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Springfield Technical Community College   Regional Employment Board of Hampden County Inc.   Palmer

Editorial: New UMass president Robert Caret setting right tone

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...ly look for ways to expand the university's presence and outreach in cities such as Springfield and Holyoke. Caret also made stops at the Smith & Wesson plant in Springfield and the $168 million Holyoke High Performance Computer Center site as well as one at the Engineering Research Center for Collabo... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   University of Massachusetts   Baystate Health

Printing experts urge Springfield's Putnam High School to get larger printing press for student graphics instruction

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...ocal industry. The fund has had success working with the school’s machine-tool program and gunmaker Smith & Wesson. “That’s just a home run for us,” Upson said. “That’s what it takes to motivate a student, knowing......f Putnam sticks with smaller presses, said Todd A. Collier one of the owners of Mansir Printing, in Holyoke. “Basically, we want the best for the kids,” he said. “With everyone dragging ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   MassMutual   West Springfield

What's in Store for the Westinghouse Site?

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...redeveloping it, Andrew Crystal drew a number of comparisons to another project orchestrated by the Holyoke-based O’Connell Development Group, which he serves as vice president. That would be the transformat......ducts. The plant was part of a large industrial corridor where Rolls-Royces were once assembled and Smith & Wesson later became a huge part of the landscape. The Westinghouse operation eventually wound down in 1970... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Smith & Wesson Corp.   Springfield   Holyoke

Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray announces vocational program in WMass swing

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...t lt.gov.JPG Republican staff photo by Don Treeger- New Superintendent Paul Barabani , left, of the Holyoke Soldier's has a laugh with Lt. Governor Timothy P. Murphy at start of ceremony in which Murray admi......he got the position Feb. 23. Murray also toured Noble Hospital in Westfield, observed a program at Smith & Wesson Corp., in Springfield, that gives military veterans job training as machinists and was scheduled ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Smith & Wesson Corp.   Springfield   Chicopee

The State We’re In

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...hnology Park at Springfield Technical Community College to the high-performance computing center in Holyoke; from the tax incentives recently awarded to Smith & Wesson in exchange for its pledge to create 225 new jobs at its Springfield plant and make significant inv... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   MassMutual   Springfield Technical Community College

Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield deals with defections

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...ts own chamber.” But it’s a regional economy, Ciuffreda said. He used the example of encouraging Smith & Wesson to relocate 225 jobs to its plant on Roosevelt Avenue in Springfield. “It’s obviously a boon to Spr...... spot, however, is the Springfield-based Massachusetts Latino Chamber of Commerce. With offices in Holyoke, Worcester, Lawrence and Boston, as well as Springfield, the Latino chamber currently has 582 membe... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   Russell Denver   Smith & Wesson Corp.

Facilitating Job Growth

Explore BusinessWest (Jan 18 2011)

... significant tax incentives. Recently, the agency has played a lead role in helping companies like Smith & Wesson and Titeflex continue or expand their presence in Springfield. Mike Golden likes talking about ...... across the Commonwealth, most of them older former manufacturing centers, such as Springfield, Holyoke, Chicopee, and Pittsfield, that are in many ways trying to reinvent themselves. In early 2010, the ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   Liberty Mutual   Smith & Wesson Corp.

Some bright spots for local business in a year dominated by unemployment, a struggling housing market and ...

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...few upbeat moments in an overall downer of a year. Here Felix Santiago works on gun assembly at the Smith and Wesson Plant in Springfield. By JIM KINNEY Business writer SPRINGFIELD - High Speed computers, green energ......ve a competition for entrepreneurs with ideas for new businesses and a convocation for educators. 3.Smith & Wesson will move 225 jobs here from its factory in Rochester, N.H., as it consolidates production ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Big Y Foods   MassMutual Center

Defense, Homeland Security contracts key for many Western Massachusetts businesses, colleges

Explore masslive.com (Dec 6 2010) Aerospace/Defense , Manufacturing

Springfield’s Smith & Wesson has had a number of military contracts in recent years, including providing handguns to Air Force p......rsity of Massachusetts had $949,000 in research contracts. Western New England College and Mount Holyoke College also received defense-related research funding, according to the report, but amounts were ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Mount Holyoke College   Associated Industries of Massachusetts

Marox Corp. Brings Surgical Precision to Medical Manufacturing

Explore BusinessWest (Mar 2 2010) Health Care , Manufacturing , Medical Devices

...urers. Brad Rosenkranz keeps a model of the human spine in a corner of his office at Marox Corp. in Holyoke. If nothing else, it’s the best way to demonstrate exactly what the manufacturer’s products do. At ...... Marox in 1988, it manufactured a variety of items, ranging from small-arms components for Colt and Smith & Wesson to commercial hardware products. Soon thereafter, Marox started becoming heavily involved in the ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Smith & Wesson Corp.   Holyoke   Marox Corporation

Conservative Nature

Explore BusinessWest (Feb 4 2010) Manufacturing

...imarily through temp services.” Bud Delphin, director of programs and services at Career Point, the Holyoke-based one-stop career center, is seeing the same trend. “Things remain quite slow,” he said. “Emplo......oyed people who may be interested in learning what different jobs require in terms of education. At Smith & Wesson, a surge in demand that helped the entire gun industry enabled the company to maintain existing sta... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Big Y Foods   MassMutual   Baystate Health

Innovative Force

Explore BusinessWest (Jan 11 2010) Education , Manufacturing

... UMass, the Economic Development Council of Western Mass., Springfield Technical Community College, Holyoke Community College, and six area vocational technical high schools are all involved. There are sever......its of Rolls Royces made in Springfield, Indian Motocycles that were invented in the City of Homes, Smith & Wesson guns, and some products made by current precision manufacturers spawned by what many consider the a... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College

Recession grinding on machine shops

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Comment Mentions:   Smith & Wesson Corp.   Springfield   Chicopee

Mass. unemployment rate rises from 8.6% to 8.8% in July

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... July, down from 9.5 percent in June but up from 5.8 percent in July 2008. Job fairs CareerPoint in Holyoke is hosting the following job fairs at their offices at 850 High St. For Westover Job Corps in Chico......el in Springfield and Easthampton, said manufacturers such as Yankee Candle Co. in South Deerfield, Smith & Wesson in Springfield and Berry Plastics, the former Tubed Products, in Easthampton, are ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   West Springfield   Smith & Wesson Corp.   Springfield