2026 BOB Awards Party Photos
Check out photos from the 2026 BOB Awards celebration, which was held on Thursday, March 12, 2026 at the Grappone Conference Center in Concord.
Fisher Scientific closes Pennsylvania plant
Hampton-based Fisher Scientific shut down a facility outside Pittsburgh, Pennsaylvania, last week, causing 55 workers to end the year with their last paycheck.
The 46-year-old plant, which once employed 500 people making laboratory equipment and furniture, was one of the largest employers in Indiana, Pa., a small industrial town in the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains.
The company, according to local newspaper accounts, announced the shutdown of the 180,000-square-foot facility last February as part of a consolidation move. Most of the operations were shifted to Fisher’s operations in Dubuque, Iowa — acquired in merger with Aopgent Inc. in 2004 and Malaysia.
“It allows us to maintain a cost-competitive position in today’s global marketplace,” Fisher spokeswoman Gia L. Oei told a local Pennsylvania newspaper last week. — BOB SANDERS
