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Canadian manufacturing company plans to add jobs at Binghamton plant
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — A new deal for a Canadian company with a manufacturing facility in Binghamton will lead to new jobs in the Southern Tier.

White House Infrastructure Coordinator Landrieu hears details about I-81 project in Syracuse visit
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Area officials with a stake in the upcoming Interstate 81 viaduct-replacement project shared details with Mitch Landrieu, infrastructure coordinator at the White

New York manufacturing index slides further in October
The Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business-conditions index fell 8 points to -9.1 in October. The index had climbed 30 points to -1.5 in September.

Three Syracuse startups and one from Binghamton are among the 12 finalists in FuzeHub’s upcoming commercialization competition, set for the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center on

BAE Systems to provide electric-drive products for transit buses in Southern California
ENDICOTT, N.Y. — BAE Systems, which manufactures heavy-duty electric propulsion systems, will provide El Dorado National (California)(ENC) with its Gen3 product line for its next-generation,

Lockheed Martin’s suburban Syracuse plant wins $22 million Navy contract modification
SALINA, N.Y. — The Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems unit in the town of Salina was recently awarded a $22.1 million modification to a previously won contract from the U.S. Navy. The firm-fixed-price contract modification is to exercise options for Advanced Off-Board Electronic Warfare System Low Rate Initial Production units, according to a Sept.
NY egg production rises nearly 2 percent
New York farms produced 150.9 million eggs in August, up 1.6 percent from 148.5 million eggs in the year-prior month, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. The number of layers in the Empire State averaged nearly 5.77 million in August, up 1.4 percent from almost 5.69 million in the same month in
Lockheed Martin Owego plant awarded more than $30 million Navy contract modification
OWEGO, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Corp.’s Owego plant has won a more than $30.5 million cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract from the U.S. Navy. This adjustment “adds scope to provide for the design and development of the Advanced Digital Receiver/Processor (ADRP) upgrade to the existing E-2D AN/ALQ-217 Electronic Support Measures Receiver/Processor, as well

Chobani boosts wages to bolster recruitment, retention efforts
SOUTH EDMESTON, N.Y. — With unemployment still low and the competition for potential employees fierce, Chobani, Inc. has taken steps to boost its attractiveness to candidates. The company recently implemented a pay increase, the second raise this year, which boosts its total wage increase this year to between 20 percent and 30 percent. The increase

Oneida Indian Nation announces plans for maple farm
VERONA, N.Y. — The Oneida Indian Nation is going sweet for its newest business enterprise — Wahta Maple Farm. Located on Oneida Indian Nation lands,
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