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Avalon Document Services opens Tampa office
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Avalon Document Services, which is based in Syracuse, has opened an office in Tampa, Florida. The office will provide litigation-support services to

Feldmeier Equipment delivers brewhouse to Empire Farmstead Brewery
The company’s Empire Farmstead Brewery is a new manufacturing and agri-tourism facility at 33 Rippleton Road in Cazenovia. Empire Brewing is building the 28,000-square-foot facility

JADAK acquires Colorado technology supplier
CICERO — JADAK, LLC, a Cicero–based technology supplier, has acquired the assets of Denver, Colorado–based SkyeTek for $2.6 million. SkyeTek is a provider of “embedded
Upstate, statewide consumer sentiment climb to close out 2015
Even though upstate New York consumers may not know what the future holds, they’re comfortable with buying big-ticket items now. And that confidence helped elevate
Anaren focusing on advanced beamforming technology in $7M Airbus contract
DeWITT — Anaren, Inc. of DeWitt will use a $7 million contract to work on advanced beamforming assembly for use in the Eutelsat Quantum satellite
Cayuga Community College’s advanced-manufacturing institute prepares for student training
The new advanced-manufacturing Institute (AMI) at Cayuga Community College (CCC) will provide training for any student interested in entering a high-tech, plastics technology or advanced-manufacturing

SU will no longer provide health, IT services to ESF students under new agreement
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University (SU) and the SUNY College of Environment Science and Forestry (ESF) have agreed that ESF will make health and wellness

New York manufacturing index plunges in January
The Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business-conditions index fell 13 points to -19.4, declining for a sixth consecutive month. Business activity for New

Economist: CNY economy improved in 2015 but has room to grow
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The CenterState New York regional economy “continued to evolve and slowly expand” in 2015, but activity “remained behind the U.S. norm.” That’s
CNY arts organizations to receive National Endowment for the Arts funding
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has awarded funding to arts organizations in Onondaga, Oneida, and St. Lawrence counties. The NEA awarded a total