It took about two weeks to assemble the application, recalls Tahjay Greene, a senior at Platt Technical High School in Milford.

First he had to gather his high school transcripts, three teacher recommendations, attendance and community service records and various signatures from school administrators. Then there was the essay portion, which asked, among other questions: “Where do you see yourself in five years?”

When all was said and done, Greene was among the less than 13% of applicants who were accepted this year. But it wasn’t admission to college.

Greene landed an internship building military helicopters at Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky Aircraft, in Stratford, where he and 44 fellow high school-aged students became the newest members of the Teamsters Local 1150 this summer. They work full-time for eight weeks during the summers after their junior and senior years, and upon graduation, many receive full-time job offers at the helicopter manufacturer, making $27 to $29 an hour to start. Read More

 Bio-Techne, a global biotech company, has opened a new 52,000-square-foot production and manufacturing facility in Wallingford, officials announced Tuesday.

The expansion more than doubles Bio-Techne's Wallingford facility and “provides a five-fold increase” in the company’s Ella immunoassay cartridge production capacity, according to a news release. Read More

Whether you call him the state’s “convener in chief” or “schmoozer in chief,” Jeffrey Sonnenfeld is known nationwide for his access to some of the business world’s top executives.

Senior associate dean and the Lester Crown Professor of Management Practice at the Yale School of Management, Sonnenfeld put those skills on display in September. He personally brought together an unprecedented collection of Connecticut CEOs, nonprofit leaders and economic experts to discuss the state’s business climate at the second Connecticut Economic Development Forum. Read More

A multinational beverage company has invested $50 million in nonalcoholic craft beer maker Athletic Brewing Co., based in Stratford.

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc., which is publicly traded on the NASDAQ, announced it has purchased a minority stake in the growing brewery.

KDP has been moving into emerging beverage categories, recently acquiring nonalcoholic, ready-to-drink cocktail brand Atypique. 

KDP’s equity stake in Athletic Brewing is comparable to other lead investors, including TRB Advisors and Alliance Consumer Growth, the company said. KDP will have a seat on Athletic Brewing’s board of directors. 

Athletic Brewing was recently ranked 26th on Inc. magazine's list of the top 5,000 fastest-growing companies in the United States for 2022. It was also named to Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential Companies" list. Read More