


Vermont Distilleries Make Hand Sanitizer to Fight COVID-19
Vermont’s distilleries are well known for their award-winning spirits, but as the state fights the COVID-19 pandemic, they’re switching gears and producing hand sanitizer instead. Smugglers’ Notch Distillery is one of those distilleries, saying they appreciate the chance to help. Jeremy Elliott, owner…

Vermont Companies Retool to Fight COVID-19
Vermont businesses know it takes a community to get through a challenge like the COVID-19 pandemic, and they’re stepping up and retooling operations to help as Vermont stems the coronavirus outbreak. Stowe software company Inntopia usually designs and builds…

Vermonters Step Up to Bolster Face Mask Supply

Omega Optical Receives Vermont Training Program Grant
Omega Optical, a southern Vermont-based manufacturer, has received a $9,000 Vermont Training Program (VTP) grant from the Vermont Department of Economic Development. For decades, Omega Optical has made a variety of optical filters products used by both…

Super Thin Saws trains next generation of salespeople
Super Thin Saws (STS), a tool manufacturer, recently received a grant totaling $39,839.75 from the Vermont Training Program (VTP). The funding from VTP will be used to help prepare the company for the retirement of two key…

Revision Ballistics awarded Vermont Training Program Grant
Revision Ballistics, LTD., a manufacturer of protective helmets, armor, and other equipment for military, law enforcement, and special operations, has been awarded a workforce development grant totaling $160,967 from the Vermont Training Program (VTP). The funding will…

Cable Corporation invests in workforce development
Champlain Cable Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of high-performance wire and cable for use in extreme environments, has been granted $90,400 from the Vermont Training Program (VTP) to enhance employee skill sets and support business growth. The…

Vermont Precision Tools accepts VTP grant
Vermont Precision Tools, an advanced manufacturing company based in Swanton, recently received a grant totaling $12,167.10 from the Vermont Training Program (VTP). With this grant, Vermont Precision Tools is expanding its Blueprint Reading training. The Blueprint Reading…

BioTek awarded Vermont Training Grant
BioTek, a Winooski-based life science instrumentation firm has been granted $96,887 from the State‘s Vermont Training Program. BioTek will work with the Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center (VMEC) to develop and deliver the Lean Fundamentals (Lean 101) and…