DeWITT — Declining sales and profit forced job cuts at DeWitt–based Anaren, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANEN) in recent months.

New York manufacturers reported improving business conditions in January, including increasing orders and higher selling prices, according to a survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Profit at Anaren, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANEN) slumped nearly 75 percent in the company’s fiscal second quarter to $1.2 million, or 8 cents a share. Net sales for the period fell 17.7 percent from the same period last year to $35.7 million.

NEW HARTFORD — Speedy Awards & Engraving, Inc. has a new home and plans to add some new products as the company’s owners work to continue the growth they generated in 2011.

CARTHAGE - A Canadian company, called Metro Paper Industries Tissue Group, is investing $2 million in new equipment and an expanded work force at its Metro Paper Industries of N.Y. Inc. unit in Carthage.

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