It’s two stories of blue and gold steel, a 1,500-ton behemoth of chutes that spans 6 acres. Squint and it might look like the latest attraction at Carowinds. But it was built for car-crushing carnage.

Here's an export success story you don't hear very often in Philadelphia: A local business has a hot product that Chinese customers can't get enough of. The company wants to build a new plant, bring ...