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Quality, tradition part of recipe
Paul Skoczylas grew up around kielbasa. By age 8, he was lending a hand at Central Falls Provision, his family’s Polish sausage shop, and through high school and college he was working there full time during the summers. Photos from the period show him in front of the oven, holding a rack of sausages, wearing a T-shirt with “kielbasa kid” stenciled across the chest. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 12/31/12

Conditioned to meet customer needs
In an old, industrial neighborhood in Providence, Cooper-Lewis Inc. has withstood the tests of time and change. A distributor of products for the automotive, marine and industrial repair and refinishing trades, Cooper-Lewis has been at the same location for 49 years and has been in business since 1947. Owner Mark H. Freedman believes the expertise that comes with that longevity sets his company above the rest. more

By Michael Souza
PBN Staff Writer | 10/1/12

Providence firm braves the elements
At Corp Brothers Inc. in Providence, innovation doesn’t happen until management first reviews volumes of government regulations and trains employees to understand them. No one at the company would have it any other way. more
By John Larrabee
Contributing Writer | 12/3/12
Firm’s reputation is built to last
For a large chunk of the 1980s and 1990s, the firms that would become Parker Construction Company Inc. did a little bit of everything in the building world: public works, commercial projects, restaurants, hospitals and houses. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 1/21/13

Device stimulating treatment option
Perfuzia Medical Inc. CEO Sagi Brink-Danan was looking for the kind of idea you could build a company around and fellow Israeli ex-pat Shai Schubert had a big one: technology that could potentially ease the suffering of thousands of people with chronic tissue wounds such as burns and bedsores. more
Maintenance-management made easy
Business leaders often wear several hats and Paul Oberg, president and CEO of EPAC Software Technologies, is no exception. more
A 19th-century trade route restored
The Olde China Trader antique shop in Bristol takes its name and inspiration from the Rhode Island merchants who sailed to the Far East and brought silk, tea and pottery back to 19th-century America. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 11/19/12

Getting clients noticed their forte
When work is this much fun, can it really be called work at all? The trio leading Nail, a Providence communications agency, have spent, collectively, the last 14 years making sure the laughs keep coming while the work keeps them busy. more

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer | 11/26/12

Tying technology to customer needs
In 2007, Martin King started project-management-services firm Gurnet Consulting from his kitchen table. more

By Lindsay Lorenz
PBN Researcher | 4/1/13

Partners laid framework for success
Everyone said they’d never make it. When Matt Slobogan and Rob Dziubek, two local guys with vast practical and artistic experience, but no business expertise, wanted to open up their own framing shop in a largely suburban community filled with “super stores” and shopping malls, friends, relatives and colleagues said they were crazy. more
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