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Articles mentioning both Smith & Wesson Corp. and Springfield
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Smith & Wesson grows in Springfield hiring veterans, Putnam Vocational students
Explore masslive.com (13 hours ago) Manufacturing
...updated version of a story posted at 1:14 this afternoon. Mark M. Murray/ The Republican02/06/12 Springfield- - Smith & Wesson president P.James Debney, left speaks at the podium during as press conference Monday at which t...
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Comment Mentions: Domenic J. Sarno Smith & Wesson Corp. Springfield
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Editorial: Smith & Wesson hones historic brand
Explore masslive.com (Dec 21 2011) Manufacturing
.... Murray / The RepublicanRyan McIntosh, works on a Venture Rifle at the Thompson Center area of the Smith and Wesson factory earlier this month. Sales of Springfield-made Smith & Wesson firearms are going great guns. And that’s great news for the iconic company, its employees – and t... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Smith & Wesson Corp. Springfield The Republican
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Tax incentive for F.W. Webb relocation and expansion plans gets Springfield City Council final approval
Explore masslive.com (Dec 19 2011)
...ote, which assists F.W. Webb with plans to move from Plainfield Street to a new, larger site at the Smith & Wesson industrial park on Roosevelt Ave., in East Springfield. F.W. Webb has an agreement to purchase 14.5 acres of land at the industrial park for $1 million fr... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Brian M. Connors Smith & Wesson Corp. Springfield City Council
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Springfield's Smith & Wesson completes move, takes aim at future
Explore masslive.com (Dec 19 2011) Manufacturing
... Share close Digg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print Mark M. Murray/ The Republican12/15/11 Springfield - Ryan McIntosh, works on a Venture Rifle at the Thompson/Center area of the Smith and Wesson factory. SPRINGFIELD – Smith & Wesson, the iconic gunmaker tied to Springfield’s history as tightly as it is tied to Hollywood’s Dirty Harry and his “most powerful handgun in the...
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Comment Mentions: Associated Industries of Massachusetts Smith & Wesson Corp. Coca-Cola
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Smith & Wesson reports positive quarter
Explore masslive.com (Dec 13 2011) Manufacturing
...blican The Republican Follow 36 Tweet Share close Digg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print Smith & Wesson: Inside the Springfield manufacturing facility Enlarge Dave Roback, The Republican 11/09/10-Springfield-Staff Photo by Dave Roback--File photos to go with stories on Smith and Wesson gunmakers in Springfield. Here parts get loaded for polishing. Smith & Wesson: Inside the Springfield manufacturing facility gallery (20 photos) SPRINGFIELD — Gunmaker Smith & Wesson Holding ...
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Comment Mentions: Smith & Wesson Corp. Springfield The Republican
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Springfield City Council approves special tax incentive for Custom Carbide; incentive for F.W. Webb undecided
Explore masslive.com (Dec 5 2011)
... of both tax incentive proposals, said he believes they benefit both the city and the local firms. Springfield City Council approves special tax incentive for Custom Carbide; incentive for F.W. Webb undecided P......w jobs. F.W. Webb’s planned move from its current site on Plainfield Street, in Luna’s ward, to the Smith & Wesson industrial park off Roosevelt Avenue, would create approximately $82,032 in new property ...
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Comment Mentions: Smith & Wesson Corp. Springfield City Council Springfield
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MassEcon salutes companies for contributions, commitment
Explore masslive.com (Dec 4 2011)
...h American general manager, Coca-Cola, Pittsfield; and gold winner James Debney, president and CEO, Smith & Wesson, Springfield. BOSTON – MassEcon (the Massachusetts Alliance for Economic Development) held its eighth annual Tea...
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Comment Mentions: Massachusetts Office of Business Development Smith & Wesson Corp. Coca-Cola
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Springfield companies seek tax incentives for expansion projects
Explore masslive.com (Dec 4 2011)
...val of tax incentives in a planned move from its Plainfield Street building to a larger site in the Springfield Smith & Wesson Industrial Park on Roosevelt Avenue. The company sought the incentive earlier this year, but the co...
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Comment Mentions: Smith & Wesson Corp. Springfield The Republican
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Vocational high schools in Western Massachusetts could offer associate degree programs in the future
Explore masslive.com (Nov 30 2011) Education
... studying associate’s degree programs, especially since there are few community colleges outside of Springfield Technical Community College that offer associate’s degrees in applied science. Many community co...
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Comment Mentions: Springfield Technical Community College Regional Employment Board of Hampden County Inc. Palmer
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Going Great Guns
Explore BusinessWest (Nov 22 2011) Manufacturing
...m,” that has enabled the U.S. military to take thousands of mothballed M14 carbines produced at the Springfield Armory in the years just prior to its closure in 1968 and put them back into productive use as a mo...
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Comment Mentions: Smith & Wesson Corp. Springfield Armory Springfield
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Editorial: New UMass president Robert Caret setting right tone
Explore masslive.com (Oct 12 2011) Education
... will particularly 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 Engineerin...
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Comment Mentions: Domenic J. Sarno University of Massachusetts Baystate Health
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MassEcon Announces GT Advanced Technologies as a Winner for the 8th A...
...y in economic recovery," said Greg Bialecki, Massachusetts Secretary of Housing and Development ... Smith & Wesson -- Springfield Silver: Coca-Cola -- Northampton Bronze: General Dynamics AIS -- Pittsfield SALEM, Mass., Oct 05, ... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Governor Deval L. Patrick Massachusetts Office of Business Development Smith & Wesson Corp.
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Big Y Employment Specialist Lindsay Pratola
Explore BusinessWest (Sep 13 2011) Retail
..., and companies are starting to hire.” Kevin Lynn, manager of business services for Future Works in Springfield, said there was a 15% increase in the number of employers listing jobs in FY 2011. But although mor...... there was a 3% drop in the number of jobs posted last year. Bill Lachenmeyer Bill Lachenmeyer says Smith & Wesson filled more than 225 positions over the past year, and expects further growth. “We ...
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Comment Mentions: Big Y Foods MassMutual Regional Employment Board of Hampden County Inc.
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Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2012 Financial Results
Explore newsblaze.com (Sep 7 2011) Manufacturing
...ity, protection, and sport, today announced financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2012. Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2012 Financial Results SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Sept. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation (Nasdaq Global Select: SWHC), a leader in the business of safety, security, pro......igns and constructs facility perimeter security solutions for military and commercial applications. Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation companies include Smith & Wesson Corp., the globally recognized manufacturer of quality firearms; Smith & Wesson Security Solutions, Inc., a full-service perimeter security integrator, barrier manufacturer, and i... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Smith & Wesson Corp. Springfield Michael Golden
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Printing experts urge Springfield's Putnam High School to get larger printing press for student graphics instruction
Explore masslive.com (Aug 27 2011) Education
...me equipment students can expect to see once the take jobs in local industry. Printing experts urge Springfield's Putnam High School to get larger printing press for student graphics instruction Published: Monda......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 ...
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Comment Mentions: Domenic J. Sarno MassMutual West Springfield
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What's in Store for the Westinghouse Site?
Explore BusinessWest (Jul 19 2011) Retail
...of Uses for Sprawling Complex WestinghouseDPart The former Westinghouse Electronics complex in East Springfield was slated for redevelopment into a large retail Mall, with perhaps two dozen stores, but then the ......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...
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Comment Mentions: Smith & Wesson Corp. Springfield Holyoke
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Profiles in Business
Explore BusinessWest (Jun 7 2011)
...Security, now known as the Division of Employment & Training, and subsequent work administering the Springfield chamber’s jobs program. The common denominator, he said, is putting people to work, an assignment h...... an environment. “Most all of the big companies we have today — and that list includes MassMutual, Smith & Wesson, Big Y, the hospitals, and the colleges — and the plethora of smaller companies all started when so...
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Comment Mentions: University of Massachusetts Big Y Foods MassMutual
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Massachusetts' unemployment rate falls below 8% for first time in 2 years
Explore masslive.com (May 19 2011)
...oto by Michael S. Gordon / The RepublicanKathy A. Salvador, left, director of employee relations at Smith and Wesson talks with Rose M. Behnk of Springfield, an attendee at the Urban League Job and Career Forum at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of F...
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Comment Mentions: Smith & Wesson Corp. Springfield Basketball Hall of Fame
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Michael Vedovelli
Explore BusinessWest (May 5 2011)
... several press outlets, including BusinessWest, for his work helping companies such as Titeflex and Smith & Wesson, both in Springfield, gain the state and local support needed to expand. Michael Vedovelli: 37 Posted on 26 April 2011....
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Comment Mentions: Smith & Wesson Corp. Springfield Titeflex
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John Judge resigns as Springfield's chief development officer
Explore masslive.com (Apr 20 2011)
...key role in several city initiatives, including retention of Titeflex Corporation, the expansion of Smith & Wesson, and creation of the UMass Design Center, according to Sarno, who praised Judge’s contributions to ......n Center, according to Sarno, who praised Judge’s contributions to the city. John Judge resigns as Springfield's chief development officer Published: Wednesday, April 20, 2011, 10:03 PM Updated: Wednesday, ...
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Comment Mentions: Domenic J. Sarno University of Massachusetts Smith & Wesson Corp.
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Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray announces vocational program in WMass swing
Explore masslive.com (Apr 14 2011) Education
...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 to make a dedication at ...
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Comment Mentions: Smith & Wesson Corp. Springfield Chicopee
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Baystate Health, Smith & Wesson, pledge to hire veterans
Explore masslive.com (Mar 11 2011) Aerospace/Defense , Health Care , Manufacturing
... armed forces employer partnership meeting Friday at Baystate Medical Centers' conference center in Springfield. SPRINGFIELD – Two of the city’s largest employers gunmaker Smith & Wesson and Baystate Health – reaffirmed their commitments to hiring veterans with separate events Friday a...
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Comment Mentions: Baystate Health Smith & Wesson Corp. Springfield
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FutureWorks of Springfield celebrates 15th anniversary and improving job picture
Explore masslive.com (Mar 5 2011)
...JPG Staff photo by Michael S. GordonJob seekers look over paperwork at FutureWorks Career Center in Springfield. Smith & Wesson has moved 225 jobs here from its factory in Rochester, N.H., as it consolidates production of its T...
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Comment Mentions: Big Y Foods Smith & Wesson Corp. Springfield
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Buyers influenced by incentives
Explore masslive.com (Feb 12 2011)
...ction in the Pioneer Valley, in addition to the promising news of more than 200 new job openings at Smith & Wesson in Springfield, should bolster confidence. Massachusetts continues to be an attractive place to live as it draws i...
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Comment Mentions: Smith & Wesson Corp. Springfield The Republican
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