BUSINESS BRIEFS: Honor Scholars, Waters Announces, MassEcon Awards, Sponsors Needed.

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Honor Scholars

This year marks the Tri-County Regional Chamber 36th Annual Honor Scholars Program where we celebrate the academic achievements of graduating seniors ranked in the top 10% of their class from our 10 local high schools: Bellingham, Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School, Franklin, Hopedale, Hopkinton, Medway, Milford, Millis, Nipmuc Regional and Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical at our Honor Scholars Celebration. To honor their achievements, the Tri-County Regional Chamber will provide each of our Honor Scholars with two beautiful Keepsake Booklets listing their names and schools, congratulatory messages from friends, family, businesses, and faculty, along with other messages of support and inspiration. These will be presented to them with certificates from the Chamber, State House citations from their district’s State Senators and State Representatives, along with a small gift.2024 Honor Scholars Sponsors include:

• Sponsoring 30 Students: Benjamin Moore Paints, Rentschler Biopharma
• Sponsoring 20 Students: Mirick O'Connell
• Sponsoring 10 Students: Dean Bank, Middlesex Savings Bank, Rockland Trust, UniBank

Waters Announces Alliance iS Bio HPLC System

Milford’s Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) has announced the launch of the Alliance iS Bio HPLC System with new capabilities that address the operational and analytical challenges of biopharma quality control (QC) laboratories. The new HPLC system combines advanced bio-separation technology and built-in instrument intelligence features. It is designed to help biopharma QC analysts boost efficiency and eliminate up to 40% of common errors, saving time lost by investigating the source of failed runs and out-of-specification results. The bio-inert design of the instrument features Waters MaxPeak HPS Technology applied to key internal components including the system flow path to reduce unwanted interactions from metal-adsorbing analytes. The system pairs with Waters QuanRecovery™ Vials and Plates, as well as MaxPeak Premier HPLC Columns with eConnect™ Column Tag Technology, allowing for more confident platform methods that eliminate the need for lengthy column conditioning and method development.

MassEcon Honors 14

MassEcon, the state’s private sector partner in promoting business growth in Massachusetts, today honored 14 organizations for their outstanding contributions to the Massachusetts economy. The companies were selected on the basis of job growth, facility expansion and investment, community involvement, and commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity initiatives since January 1, 2023. The winners span from Greater Boston to Western Massachusetts, range in size and are drawn from industries that include technology, life sciences, transportation, fulfillment, behavioral health, manufacturing, beverage, and more. Citizens was Presenting Sponsor.

“Each of these awardees has met challenges and embraced opportunities,” said Pete Abair, MassEcon Executive Director. “We are proud to honor their investments in people, facilities and the future of Massachusetts.” The company expansion projects represent a financial investment of more than $1.1 billion, more than 1 million square feet, and more than 750 new jobs.

Sponsors Needed for Beautification and Strawberry Stroll

The Franklin Downtown Partnership is seeking Sponsors for Downtown Beautification Day and The Strawberry Stroll. Interested businesses should fill out a sponsorship form and email it downtown.franklin@yahoo.com

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Cold Chain and CellBox Solutions

Cold Chain Technologies, LLC (“CCT” or “Company”) of Franklin, a leading provider of thermal packaging solutions for the transportation of temperature-sensitive products for the life sciences industry, and Cellbox Solutions GmbH (“Cellbox"), a leading provider of live cell logistics solutions for research, development, and shipment of cell-based therapies and cellular diagnostics, have announced a collaboration to jointly expand the use of Cellbox solutions in the United States. The potential applications include transport of primary cells, organoids, natural killer cells, stem cells, neurons for use in cell and gene therapy, tissue engineering, 3D bioprinting, organ-on-a-chip applications targeting oncology, cardiology, diabetes, and other therapeutic areas. “Through this collaboration we will further expand our portfolio to support customers in need of end-to-end thermal packaging assurance solutions in the cell biology and cell therapy sector,” said Ranjeet Banerjee, CEO of CCT.