Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Association’s 91st annual meeting and trade show returns to the Bayfront Convention Center in Erie, PA, from September 1-3, 2009. This year’s event will feature an expanded trade show with more than 200 indoor and outdoor exhibit spaces highlighting the latest products and services available to the industry. The trade show will be open to walk-in attendees for a small admission fee. Click here for more information.

David Bestwick, chairman of Tray-Pak Corporation, in Reading, PA, has been named Thermoformer of the Year by the Society of Plastic Engineers. Continue Reading ...

Ben Franklin Technology Partners statewide is a proven engine of job creation and retention. According to an independent Pennsylvania Economy League impact study on our results from 2002 through 2006, as a result of Ben Franklin’s work, our client companies: Generated $517 million in new state tax revenue—a 3.5-to-1 payback on the state’s investment in BFTP Generated an additional 10,165 job years in industries that pay 33% more than the average PA salary Boosted PA’s Gross State Product by $9.3 billion Continue Reading ...

The 2009 i xchange networking and Innovation Awards event drew more than 600 technology entrepreneurs, business people, venture capitalists, economic developers, political leaders, and regional influencers from Ben Franklin’s 21-county service area. The i xchange combined the presentation of Ben Franklin’s fifteenth annual Innovation Awards and executive networking sessions with a keynote address Continue Reading ...