Our 10 Most-Clicked Stories of 2021
Every week, HappyValley Industry publishes an eLetter featuring innovation, customer success — and some crazy-cool houses. Out of the 150-plus stories that we published this year, here are 10 of the most-clicked articles from 2021, along with a few reasons why they’re worth another read. “Something very, very impactful happening” in Happy Valley Videon’s Todd […]
From Boring to Breakthrough: How a Penn State Student Broke a Bottleneck & Invented the Future of Ag Research
What makes Lasers for Innovative Solutions, LLC (L4IS), developer of LATScan, so interesting is perhaps what it’s not. While most startups inside Innovation Park’s Tech Center Incubator have been started by PhD-holding researchers, Ben Hall joined the U.S. Navy and served in Operation Iraqi Freedom before enrolling at Penn State. As a student, he spent […]
Ben Franklin Giving Happy Valley Innovators a Boost with $50k Grand Prize
Ben Franklin Technology Partners is looking for innovators with big ideas in Happy Valley, Clarion, Clearfield, and Jefferson Counties — and the winner takes home $50,000. “If you are developing or crafting a product, process or innovation related to the maker economy, outdoors and recreation, forest products, manufacturing or technology, you need to apply for […]
CIMP-3D at Penn State Is Expanding Capabilities in Additive Manufacturing
The move benefits DoD, manufacturing and R&D around the U.S. Penn State’s Innovation Park-based Center for Innovative Materials Processing through Direct Digital Deposition (CIMP-3D) is expanding its already-world-class capabilities in metal-based additive manufacturing. It’s a move that will benefit the Department of Defense, American manufacturing companies and researchers around the globe. “The university performs […]
“It’s Not About Being Right, It’s About Getting it Right”
“We’ve all seen other local companies where successful entrepreneurs sell to a large company and eventually lose their identity and their employees — and their culture is gone,” says Restek’s Head Coach Bryan Wolcott. “But we were determined to sustain for the long term.” Holding onto the principles that founder Paul Silvis had infused into […]
Why City Transplants ❤ Happy Valley
A few weeks ago, our publisher ran across an article about the downsides of living in New York City (read it at your own risk — it starts out with a poop story and doesn’t get much better). It hit my inbox late on a Friday night. “Read this,” the email said, “and show that […]
Videon Gives Back, on Two Wheels, with Cranksgiving
Cranksgiving State College, a food drive on two wheels, is one way that Videon gives back. This year’s event was held on Saturday, Nov. 6, and boasted the largest-ever Cranksgiving State College turnout. This year, Videon riders joined a grand total of 91 riders on a ride through Happy Valley to buy food for the […]
Here’s How Penn State Helps Get Businesses Launched
In the years since it began as a land-grant institution aimed at providing an agricultural education, Penn State has been inspiring entrepreneurs, innovators and small-business owners, helping them move their ideas from research to the marketplace. It’s a mix of infrastructure, expertise and research … with a big helping of Penn State grit and innovation […]
Insider Insight on How SilcoTek Drives Employee Satisfaction AND Revenue
By Cara Aungst Company culture matters. Businesses with strong core values have united leaders, happier, more engaged talent, and, ultimately, a better bottom line. CultureIQ reports that companies with strong cultures have seen a 4x increase in revenue growth. And companies that have appeared on Fortune’s annual 100 Best Companies to Work For list also […]
