Manufacturing

Fulfillment Lab relocates its headquarters to Pasco County with a $2M investment in technology and operations.

WM of Florida is planning an $88 million redevelopment of its Tampa material recovery facility site in East Ybor. The project would replace the function of the existing plant with a larger, more automated recycling operation designed to expand processing capacity. The project is planned for an 11-acre site at 1400 N 35th St. Plans

Yo Mama’s Foods was named one of Instacart’s fastest-growing brands as national demand continues to rise.

Part of TBBW’s ongoing Tampa Bay Top Companies series, spotlighting major employers across the region without ranking or order.

After a bootstrapped exit, Tampa founder Balaji Ramadoss is building human-first AI for how teams actually work.

Part of TBBW’s ongoing Tampa Bay Top Companies series, spotlighting major employers across the region without ranking or order.

A Largo precision manufacturer and its custom industrial facility were sold as demand grows for advanced manufacturing in Tampa Bay.

A national consumer goods firm has opened a new South Tampa innovation and experience center with a full test kitchen for real world product testing.

Defense contractor Orion Edge is moving its headquarters to Tampa, investing $20M and adding 20 high-wage jobs.

From his family kitchen in Clearwater, David Habib built Yo Mama’s Foods into a national clean-label brand sold in 24,000 stores.

► The Polk County Board of Commissioners approved Hezedean A. Smith as the new Polk County Fire Rescue chief. (Pictured above)  ► Watson welcomed two additions to its team of medical providers—a registered nurse practitioner, D’Aishia Burgess, who works alongside board-certified pulmonology specialist physician Naem Shahrour from Watson Clinic Main, at 1600 Lakeland Hills Blvd.,

Dugout Mugs, the Winter Haven-based maker of mugs made from baseball bats, and now stainless-steel mugs, is kicking off 2022 with a number of large-scale retail deals, including Fanatics, Pro Image Sports and Dick’s Sporting Goods. “One of my main goals this year was to go hard into retail because we’re getting to a point