New Castle County Chamber of Commerc President Bob Chadwick will retire at the end of the year.’ Chadwick, who has been working with the chamber since 2006, said he will be 64 this year and is expecting his first grandchild “I am eager to spend more time with family and more time pursuing my other passions which include music and …
Carvertise opens headquarters on Wilmington Riverfront
A home-grown company that puts advertising on cars celebrated its sleek new headquarters Thursday. Carvertise’s operations and dispatch crews moved under I-195 from its warehouse and production facility in Wilmington’s Browntown neighborhood to a $1.2 million, 15,000-square-foot home in the Shipyard Center on the Christina riverfront. The space, renovated in a modern industrial design with whites and grays and a …
She wanted to help. Now Wingmom serves 5,000 clients
After Kate Maxwell’s firefighter fiancé died in the 2016 Canby Park fire, she crawled into a tunnel of grief and substance abuse. Nine months later, when she got sober with the help of her parents, she was overwhelmed with the amount of love and support she had been shown during that time. Her best friend, Meg Hurst, and others came …
Bioscience leaders prime legislators on growth of sector
The First State’s growing biosciences industry has its roots in the 1992 creation of the Delaware Technology Park, state life sciences and technology advocates told a Senate committee today. Today, that sector of the economy is responsible for 11,000 jobs with $2 billion in gross domestic product, said Mike Fleming, president of DelawareBio, which advocates for and offers support to …
Right-to-repair bill would make original parts available
A right-to-repair bill filed in the Delaware General Assembly would require companies such as Apple and John Deere to provide manufacturer parts to fix their products outside of their own stores. House Bill 41, filed by Ruth Briggs King, R-Georgetown and Long Neck, would give individuals and small businesses access to technical parts needed to repair digital devices. That will …
DuPont trailblazer given state chamber’s highest award
Stacey J. Mobley was given the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce‘s most prestigious award, the Josiah Marvel Cup, Monday during its annual dinner Monday night. Mobley, who was senior vice president, chief administrative officer, and general counsel of the DuPont Corp., was a champion of using technology-based materials and solutions to transform industries and life as well as being a …
Vaccine company Uvax Bio sets $8M expansion in Delaware
A Newark vaccine company will spend $8 million to expand in Delaware, adding 63 jobs over the next three years. Uvax Bio, considered an early stage biopharmaceutical company with cutting-edge vaccine platform technology, has been headquartered in Newark since 2018. where it has five employees. Its platform has produced both COVID-19 and HIV-1 vaccine candidates. The new positions will …