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Calif.-Based Biopharm Company to Set Up Shop at Hatfield Plant
Alladapt of Menlo Park, Calif., is investing $30 million to expand its operations to a manufacturing plant in Hatfield. The biopharmaceutical company specializes in developing food-allergy treatments. Its Montgomery County presence is expected to be a small jobs creator (up to 10 positions), but those career moves will clearly benefit the professionals who fill them.…
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Hatfield Company May Have Cracked the Nut on a Test to Diagnose Peanut Allergies
Allergensis, a Hatfield-based manufacturer, is marketing tests that it states are predictively accurate in diagnosing peanut allergies, providing more reliable results of traditional skin or blood testing. Jennifer Goodwin cracked open this breakthrough in Food Allergy. The firm’s tests enable patients to determine allergy thresholds more accurately by measuring epitopes, the sequences of amino…
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Lever-Pullers with Longevity: 55 Montco Voters Tick Enough Boxes to Make Pa. Voter Hall of Fame
As the 2022 election cycle trundles on, all the rhetoric, differences of opinion, and “I-approve-of-this-message” messaging may try the patience of some Montgomery County voters. But a select few have dedicated themselves so solidly to the electoral process that they enthusiastically participate anyway, keeping alive a decades-long streak of ballot casting. Those citizens have earned…
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Montgomery Township Police Officer Joins His Former K-9 Partner in Retirement
After 35 years of protecting the residents of Montgomery Township, Sgt. Robert Hart, copying the career move of a close partner, has brought his law-enforcement career to an end. Jon Campisi, of the Montgomeryville-Lansdale Patch, covered Hart’s professional decision to retire. The career-exiting footsteps Sgt. Hart is following are, in more accurately, paw prints. Hart’s…
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Hatfield Medical Imaging Tech Developer Merges with Australian Medical Software Company
CurveBeam AI, a Hatfield medical imaging technology developer, has signed a merger deal with StraxCorp, Melbourne, Australia. John George covered the intercontinental collaboration for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The financial specifics are being kept under wraps at the present; however, the newly united entities are targeting an IPO for next year. This was no union…
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Top of the Food Chain: Inquirer Lists Nine Montco Big Firms That Are Crushing It in the Success Dept.
The Philadelphia Inquirer Top Workplaces 2022 list recognized nine Montgomery County companies as the Philadelphia/Delaware Valley top workplaces in the category of big firms (those with more than 500 employees). The list is based on a 24-question survey administered by Energage and completed by the company’s employees. It measures 15 cultural drivers that are crucial…
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National Roller Coaster Day Has Blurred By, But Hatfield’s Link to the Thrill Ride Is Always Present
Aug. 16, National Roller Coaster Day, was cause for Brandon Goldner of CBS3 to strap into the story of how a Hatfield company — Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters (PTC) — played a critical role in developing this theme park classic. PTC was founded in 1904 in Germantown but eventually migrated to Montgomery County. It supplied its…
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30 Montgomery County Businesses Land on Inc. Mag’s 5,000 Fastest Growers List
A total of 30 Montgomery County companies made the 2022 Inc. 5000, a list of the fastest-growing businesses in the country. Ryan Mulligan compiled the list in the Philadelphia Business Journal. The list ranks companies based on their three-year percent revenue growth. Companies must be privately held, independently owned, and have generated revenue of at…
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2022 Pa. Ag Power 100 List Recognizes Two Outdoor-Based Commercial Entities in Montco
Montgomery County has two representatives on the inaugural Pa. Agriculture Power 100 list recently released by City & State Pennsylvania. The list recognizes people who shape the Keystone State’s agricultural landscape. Douglas Clemens, CEO of Hatfield-based Clemens Family Corporation, ranked highest in 12th place. Clemens is also chair of the board of his family business.…
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Football Player from Hatfield Earns High Praise as Anchor of Villanova’s Defense
Garrett Zobel of Hatfield — a defensive lineman for the Villanova football team — has been picked by the sports press and head coaches for inclusion on the preseason All-Colonial Athletic Association team. It is his second consecutive year earning his way on the roster, as reported by Villanova Football. Zobel, a LaSalle High School…
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Montco Is Home to 23 Least Budget-Friendly Communities in the State, Including Number One
A Seattle software company’s national and statewide analyses of household expenses reveals Montgomery County communities in which monthly bill paying takes the least — and largest — bites. The study by fintech firm doxo shows that nationwide, the monthly outlay for bills is $2,003, which goes to the following: Mortgage Rent Auto loans Utilities Auto…
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Montco’s Current Real Estate Development Teeter-Totter: Commercial Up, Residential Down
Montgomery County real estate had a 2021 boom, with more than two million square feet of development added to the books. The stats for the residential side were not as healthy; however, the general response to the data, especially in a still-COVID-affected market, is optimistic. Natalie Kostelni plotted the details in the Philadelphia Business Journal.…
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Hatfield Journalist — Whose Career Spanned Newsprint to Blogs — Files a Byline No More
Fred Donaldson, after a 60-year journalism journey, reached his final chapter back in May. Gary Miles, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, filed a remembrance of this Hatfield reporter who chronicled stories regionally, nationally, and globally. Donaldson’s term with the Fourth Estate began in 1959 as an Evening Bulletin copy boy — a deliverer of typed stories…
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Hatfield Food Processing Plant Opens New Facility with Which It Hopes to Smoke the Competition
Clemens Food Group is now leveraging more than 300,000 square feet of processing space in Hatfield for processing its smoked pork line of business. Reporter Wayne Labs covered the savory news for Food Engineering. The Hatfield facility — newly constructed from the ground up — is state of the art. It consists of several processing…
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Hatfield-based Code Biotherapeutics Enters Collaboration Deal with Takeda Potentially Worth $2B
Hatfield-based Code Biotherapeutics has entered into a collaboration and option deal with Takeda with a potential value of $2 billion, writes John George for The Business Journals. Under the terms of the agreement, Takeda will leverage the biotechnology company’s proprietary targeted 3DNA non-viral genetic medicine delivery platform in order to design and develop gene therapies…
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Hatfield Man Invented ‘Bread Drop’ To Make Sure Those in Need Receive Food During Pandemic
When many of the pantries and soup kitchens in the area shut down due to the pandemic, Lou Farrell, of Hatfield, devised a plan on how to ensure those in need received much-needed food, according to a staff report from WHYY. “People didn’t know how to keep their staff safe, how to distribute food,” said…
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Montgomeryville-based Industrial Real Estate Developer Nappen & Associates Announces Expansion of Tenant, VegTrug
Montgomeryville-based industrial real estate developer and property manager, Nappen & Associates, is pleased to announce the relocation and expansion of its tenant, VegTrug. The tenant will be moving from its 25,000 square foot facility in Montgomeryville to a 53,491 square foot space in Nappen & Associate’s newest construction venture at 1900 Bethlehem Pike in Hatfield.…
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Hatfield’s Rodon Group, Manufacturers of K’nex Toys, Encouraging Local Companies to Bring Manufacturing Back Home
After shifting assembly of its K’nex brand of toys from China to its plant in Montgomery County several years ago, Hatfield- based Rodon Group is encouraging other companies to follow its example and bring manufacturing back home, writes Andrew Maykuth for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The need for reshoring manufacturing has become especially apparent during the…
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