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  • Woman and others working in bio pharma lab.
    Pharma & Biotech

    Radnor-Based Avantor Shares Climb After Activist Investor Calls to Streamline or Sell Company 

    August 14, 2025

    Avantor shares rose almost ten percent on Monday after activist investor Engine Capital Management pushed to either streamline operations or sell the Radnor-based chemical and…

  • The construction site of Brandywine Realty Trust's planned 121-room hotel in Radnor at 165 King of Prussia Road.
    Restaurants & Lodging

    New $60M Radnor Hotel Being Built by Brandywine Realty Trust

    August 2, 2025

    Construction has started on a new 121-room Radnor hotel at 165 King of Prussia Road, writes Paul Schwedelson for Philadelphia Business Journal. The $59.5 million…

  • The new Lincoln Financial logo on a sign outside its Radnor headquarters.
    Insurance

    Lincoln Financial in Radnor Makes Big Gains on Fortune 500 List

    June 5, 2025

    Radnor-based Lincoln National, also known as Lincoln Financial Group, rose 126 spots on the Fortune 500 rankings in 2025 to 228th, the third largest jump…

  • Avantor scientists at the company's Innovation Lab in Bridgewater, New Jersey.
    Pharma & Biotech

    Avantor in Radnor Is Losing Longtime CEO Michael Stubblefield

    May 1, 2025

    Radnor life sciences products company Avantor is losing its CEO Michael Stubblefield, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. It was announced Friday that…

  • A scientist at work at Avantor's new Innovation Lab in Bridgewater, New Jersey.
    Pharma & Biotech

    Avantor in Radnor Opens Innovation Center, Looks at Acquisitions

    November 19, 2024

    Avantor, a life sciences products and services company in Radnor, is normally involved in merger and acquisitions activity, but it’s been keeping a low profile…

  • Avantor employees celebrate Pride as part of a parade.
    Pharma & Biotech

    Radnor’s Avantor Has a Pride Network for Employee Inclusivity

    June 26, 2024

    Avantor, a Radnor Fortune 500 company, was eager to increase its inclusivity practices and create a safe workplace for its employees. So in 2020, the…

  • Two technicians or scientists work in a lab.
    Pharma & Biotech

    Radnor Life Science Product Firm Avantor Narrowly Misses Fortune 500

    June 7, 2024

    The Radnor life science product company Avantor, which appeared last year among the Fortune 500, narrowly missed the list this year, dropping down from 485…

  • Two pharmaceutical researchers with avantor in a "lab of the future".
    Pharma & Biotech

    Radnor’s Avantor Advances Sustainability Program for Suppliers

    July 5, 2023

    Laboratory product and services provider Avantor, located in Radnor, has started a global “responsible supplier’ program to help reduce the environmental impact and accelerate sustainable…

  • Cash with different denominations falling through the air.
    Banking & Finance

    See Which Delaware County Companies Made It to the Fortune 500

    June 8, 2023

    There are 13 companies in the Philadelphia area appearing on the Fortune 500 for the third straight year, though some saw their positions change significantly,…

  • Scientists working in a lab.
    Awards & Recognition

    2 Radnor Firms Make Fortune 500 List Again for 2022 But Drop in Rank

    May 24, 2022

    Thirteen publicly traded companies from the Philadelphia region, including two from Radnor, once again made the Fortune 500 list in 2022, writes Ryan Sharrow for…

  • Annovis executives at the New York Stock Exchange.
    Investments

    These Delaware County Stocks Are Among Best Performing in Region for 2021

    January 8, 2022

    Last year was good for publicly traded companies in the Philadelphia region, with 60 percent of them recording stock price gains in 2021. Here are…

  • A scientist looking into a microscope.
    Pharma & Biotech

    Radnor’s Avantor Acquires Lab Product Maker in Multi-Billion Dollar Deal

    September 9, 2021

    Laboratory equipment supplier Avantor is completing a $2.9 billion dollar deal to buy the product line of an Illinois-based pump manufacturer, writes John George for the…

  • Lincoln National Corporation Timeline
    Banking & Finance

    Two Radnor Companies Jump in Rank on Fortune 500 List for 2021

    June 4, 2021

    Two Radnor companies ranked higher in 2021 on the Fortune 500, writes Ryan Sharrow for Philadelphia Business Journal. The Fortune 500, compiled annually by Fortune…

  • Commerce

    Radnor Company Avantor Suspends Chemical in Mexico Used by Illegal Heroin Labs

    September 24, 2020

    Radnor chemical maker Avantor has stopped Mexican sales of acetic anhydride, a chemical used there by illegal heroin labs, writes Joseph N. DiStefano for The…

  • Healthcare

    Radnor-Based Avantor IPO Most Valuable Seen in Years

    May 23, 2019

    Avantor, a drug-laboratory equipment and chemical supplier, began trading on the New York Stock Exchange Friday, raising about $3 billion for investors with an initial…

  • VWR CEO Manuel Brocke-Benz
    Commerce

    Time Frame for Sale of Radnor’s VWR Extended

    November 9, 2017

    The time frame for the $6.4 billion sale of VWR, a Radnor-based laboratory products supplier, to Avantor, a product manufacturer in the Lehigh Valley, has…

  • VWR Lab
    Commerce

    Behind the Scenes of the $6.4 Billion Proposed Sale of Radnor’s VWR

    June 16, 2017

    A big new experiment at VWR in Radnor would bring in a new owner for the supplier of lab products. The company is mulling a…

  • Manuel Brocke-Benz
    Commerce

    Chemical Products Manufacturer from Lehigh Valley Acquires Radnor’s VWR for $6.4 Billion

    May 12, 2017

    Avantor, a chemical products manufacturer in Center Valley, has agreed to purchase Radnor’s VWR for $6.4 billion, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal.…

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