Solving Happy Valley’s sales problem

Photo: EnergyCAP Our interview is scheduled for 7 a.m., and the day is already well underway for Steve Heinz. He’s the CEO of EnergyCAP, a utility bill accounting and energy management software company that he founded in 1980, in the infancy of PC software. His first company, OmniComp, launched EnergyCAP’s predecessor, FASER Energy Accounting, which […]

Photo: Pexels - Alejandro Barrón Happy Valley’s Phospholutions, Inc., a sustainable fertilizer start-up based in the Technology Center Incubator at Innovation Park at Penn State, has announced $10.3 million in Series A funding led by Continental Grain Company. Other investors include: Tekfen Ventures; Maumee Ventures, LLC, the venture capital subsidiary of The Andersons, Inc.; Ag […]

While Happy Valley is known to be a visitor destination, especially for Penn State alumni who love coming back to enjoy their favorite college town, its growing tech sector also makes it an ideal place for top talent looking for career opportunities and quality of life. “It’s not hard to recruit here,” says Phil Armstrong, […]

Photo: Ben Franklin Technology Partners Since the early ‘90s, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern Pennsylvania (BFCNP) has invested heavily in supporting revolutionary technological developments that come out of Happy Valley—the kind of innovations that improve the human condition and address critical challenges both now and in the future.  With help in the […]

Photo: Drucker Diagnostics Any one of us could be using Drucker Diagnostics products as part of our healthcare and not even know that we’re satisfied beneficiaries of a leading Happy Valley business. Drucker Diagnostics is a leading American manufacturing company and the world’s largest provider of clinical centrifuges. Through strong customer service, Drucker Diagnostics serves […]

Photo: Penn State A research team at Penn State aims to develop ultrahigh temperature materials for gas turbine use in the aviation and power generation industries, through computational design, advanced manufacturing techniques and systematic characterization. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) recently awarded a team of Penn State materials scientists a […]