SLU professor looks for ways to keep small to mid-sized companies thriving. Manufacturing maintains an important part of a community’s landscape and fabric, says Sarah Coffin, Ph.D., program director ...

BATESVILLE, Ind. — Hillenbrand, Inc. announced Thursday it has agreed to sell its Batesville Casket business to a private equity firm for $761.5 million. The casket manufacturing operation will remain ...

Casket and coffin manufacturers’ revenue has risen 5.1% this year as more than 150,000 Americans have died from COVID-19. This story is part of Houston Public Media’s ongoing coronavirus coverage.

MOSCOW (AFP) ― Under the Soviets, they were plain wooden boxes upholstered in red satin. Today they come in different shapes and sizes and cater to a variety of tastes. Many are made of pine or ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This German silver instrument is a ...

In a dilapidated building in Mozambique's Indian Ocean city of Beira, a dozen young men work away at handcrafting humble coffins from wooden pallets discarded by cargo ships that dock at its huge port ...