Alene Candles LLC, the Milford-based contract manufacturer of high-end candles and home fragrance products, has announced plans to expand and create several hundred new jobs -- in Ohio, not New Hampshire. The company -- which now employs about 125 full-time…
GT Advanced Technologies has hired Dan Squiller, CEO of PowerGenix Corp., a California company that develops batteries for hybrid vehicles, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. But circumstances have prompted speculation that there may be…
Freudenberg North America, which operates three companies and seven industrial facilities in New Hampshire, has announced plans to expand its Granite State workforce in the next two years. The company, which already employs 1,300 people in the state, said it…
The bankruptcy trustee filed a motion Tuesday in Bankruptcy Court to convert USA Springs' Chapter 11 reorganization bankruptcy to Chapter 7 liquidation after the cancelation of a scheduled July 20 auction and the company's bankruptcy attorneys filed motions to quit…
The 2012 second-quarter earnings of Lake Sunapee Bank's parent company didn't improve much from last year's second quarter. New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares Inc. reported earnings of $2 million, or 30 cents a diluted share, virtually the same as it did…
You can find out what the legalization of equity crowdfunding means for New Hampshire startups -- and whether it's the fundraising cure-all that some have proclaimed -- at a half-day conference coming up next week in Durham. Crowdfunding first gained…
After seeking postponement of Friday's auction of the controversial USA Springs bottling business until September, the firm's bankruptcy attorney asked to withdraw from the case because of what he called "irreconcilable differences" with his client -- a move that would…
For more than 40 years, Hypertherm has served as a kind of role model for the Upper Valley tech economy and beyond. Besides being voted best company to work for by local and national publications, the Hanover firm has earned…
Standex International Corp. has acquired Meder Electronic Group, a German company that designs switches, relays and sensors, for more than $40 million in cash.The acquisition would broaden the Salem-based company's product line and markets - both geographically and industrial -…
Updated July 13, 2012 at 3:45 p.m.The Portsmouth Brewery has confirmed that Tod Mott, its head brewer, will leave his post on July 19, that he will take his famous imperial stout with him and that he has plans to…
