MRC News
New Main Street Lending Program to Augment Paycheck Protection Program
Fed to offer liquidity to Lehigh Valley lenders, small businesses LVB.com By: Justin Henry April 15, 2020 8:08 am An additional $2.3 trillion Federal Reserve Main Street Lending Program (MSLP) is on the way as funds for the Paycheck Protection Program diminish. Read...
COVID-19 PA Tax Payment Waivers
Governor Wolf announces tax payment waivers due to COVID-19 As part of the effort to help businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Tom Wolf today announced businesses that collect Pennsylvania sales tax will not have to make Accelerated Sales Tax (AST)...
Pennsylvania Launches New Job Portal Amid COVID-19
Pennsylvania launches job hiring portal for life-sustaining businesses amid COVID-19 WJACTV.com by Sierra DarvilleMonday, April 13th 2020 If you are looking for a job or if you are a life-sustaining business that has job openings, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor...
B. Braun Stepping Up to Protect Employees
Medical supplies manufacturer stepping up efforts to protect employees from virus WFMZ Channel 69 News Will Lewis |Mar 31, 2020 Updated Apr 1, 2020P ALLENTOWN, Pa. - While B. Braun in Lehigh County, PA continues to make medical supplies for healthcare providers around...
LCTI Donates Protective Equipment to Combat COVID-19
LCTI donates PPEs to Lehigh Valley health care providers LVB.com By: Dawn Ouellette Nixon March 31, 2020 11:49 am Lehigh Career & Technical Institute, the Schnecksville-based technical school, is donating personal protective equipment to Lehigh Valley health care...
Applied Separations Discovers How to Sanitize Used Gowns for Reuse
Quite a resourceful achievement! Applied Separations discovered a method to sanitize used gowns. These scarce and much-needed products can be used by medical staff and first responders, protecting both themselves and those they serve. View Video. Visit...
Unique Pretzels “Nation’s Largest Social Distancing Ride”
LVB.com article posted March 30, 2020
Filament Innovations and ProtoCAM help fight Coronovirus
3D-printed masks aimed at cutting coronavirus spread coming to St. Luke’s Updated Mar 24, 2020; Posted Mar 24, 2020 | LehighValleyLive.com Lehigh Valley local manufacturers step up to fight the Corona Virus. Very proud of our manufacturers Filament Innovations...
Manufacturers Helping Fight Virus | Trade Impact Goes Global
Read March 20, 2020 articles on the Industry Week Daily Headlines Afternoon Addition courtesy of arrangements with NIST MEP for MEP National Centers and their manufacturing contacts. Read articles HERE
Press Release: “What’s So Cool?” Lehigh Valley Video 2020 Awards Announced
“What’s So Cool About Manufacturing?” Announces 2020 Lehigh Valley Awards WHAT'S SO COOL ABOUT MANUFACTURING LEHIGH VALLEY WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2020 Online Votes Tally 225,477 and over 1,000 People Attended the Event, Broadcast Live on WFMZ The Manufacturers...
WDIY discusses latest quarterly economic survey of Lehigh Valley businesses.
Aired on February 13, 2020 WDIY public ratio host Kamran Afshar spoke with Jeffrey Drobins, Lehigh Valley Market President, Chris A. DeFrain, CPA Chief Financial Officer of the Lehigh Valley Restaurant Group, and Rich Hobbs, President & CEO of the Manufacturing...
Pa. manufacturers cautious as coronavirus spread
Lehigh Valley Business By Stacey Wescoe Posted February 13, 2020 Rich Hobbs, MRC CEO, and manufacturers in the Greater Lehigh Valley and Central Pennsylvania with connections to China were recently interviewed by Lehigh Valley Business to learn the impact and...