Revere sweet on robotics manufacturing

ITEM PHOTO BY OWEN O’ROURKE The Necco Candy Factory on American Legion Highway in Revere. By THOMAS GRILLO REVERE — The factory that made candy for those with a sweet tooth could soon be a manufacturing hub for robotics. Framingham-based Atlantic Management Corp. and VMD Cos. of North Andover has purchased Necco, the  170-year-old candy company,…