In 2001, when Necco finally decided to move out of Cambridge, “it was the last large, traditional manufacturer to go,” says Charles M. Sullivan, director of the Cambridge Historical Commission. “It’s ...

It’s the industrial version of gentrification: GE takes over a former Necco candy factory for its new Boston headquarters, and Novartis occupies the old Necco plant in Cambridge. Necco moved to ...

A couple of years ago, Necco brought natural flavors into its product line, but, with sales falling, the company has decided to return to its bad old ways of tinny, Day-Glo colors Today's Boston Globe ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA-In a deal that further establishes the city as a biotech center, Novartis AG, the Basil, Switzerland-based pharmaceutical giant, leases the 500,000-sf New England Confectionary Co.

After more than a century, the iconic Massachusetts candy maker NECCO went out of business earlier this year. In the months since shutting operations, the company has quietly been split apart — its ...

Forget worries about steel tariffs. What really has people panic buying these days is the potential closure of the New England Confectionery Co. — which could mean the loss of the iconic Necco Wafer.

If the world isn’t already in enough flux, consider this sad fact: For the first time ever, Halloween trick-or-treaters may have a hard time getting their hands on Clark Bars or Mary Janes this year.