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ROCKINGHAM — Business is strong at Chroma Technology, as the demand for its high-tech optical filters has never been stronger, company president Pa

89 North, Inc. is pleased to announce that Julie Martin has been named General Manager, paving the way for structured and rapid growth in the company’s cutting-edge product engineering and development.

In a dramatic restructuring that will allow employee-owned Chroma Technology Corp. to take advantage of rapidly expanding international markets, the company announced today that former IBM/GlobalFoundries leader Janette Bombardier has accepted the newly created position of Chief Technology Officer.

With the unemployment rate (4.1 percent) at its lowest since 2000, employers are struggling to retain their best workers and attract qualified new ones. Although their efforts are often directed at Millennials, in places where people in their 20s and 30s are increasingly hard to find, employers are equally focused on people in their 50s and 60s.

The state has granted an Act 250 land-use permit for a 36,800-square-foot expansion at Chroma Technology Corp. in Rockingham.

A commentary by Angela Earle-Gray, the human resources director at Chroma Technology in Bellows Falls.