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ABR Wholesalers expands operations in Syracuse area
SALINA , N.Y.— ABR Wholesalers, Inc. announced that it recently expanded operations at a new location at the Salina Industrial Powerpark. This new location — at 1 General Motors Drive, Unit 11 — provides easier contractor access, a larger warehouse, and new offices, the company said in a Jan. 25 news release. ABR noted that […]
Lockheed Martin in Owego wins more than $9.7 million contract for Air Force equipment
OWEGO, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Corp.’s Owego plant has been awarded a contract worth up to $9.7 million for the manufacture of B-2 countermeasure receivers for the U.S. Air Force. It’s a firm-fixed-price, one-year contract from the Defense Logistics Agency, with no option periods. The work will be done in New York and Florida, with

ConMed tops $1 billion in sales in 2021
ConMed Corp. (NYSE: CNMD) closed out 2021 — the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic which saw the arrival of two new variants and led to large-scale pauses on elective surgeries numerous times — with solid fourth-quarter sales and full-year sales topping $1 billion for the first time in the company’s history. The surgical-device maker reported

ONONDAGA, N.Y. — Onondaga Community College (OCC) will use a $1 million donation from Eric Allyn for the creation of the Meg O’Connell Center for

Arc Herkimer receives nearly $82K grant for training
HERKIMER, N.Y. — Arc Herkimer recently received an $81,848 grant from M&T Bank/Partners Trust Bank Charitable Fund for a new Distribution Center Candidate Training Program
New York milk production falls nearly 2 percent
New York dairy farms produced more than 1.27 billion pounds of milk in December, down 1.7 percent from nearly 1.3 billion pounds in the year-prior month, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. Milk production per cow in the state averaged 2,055 pounds in December, off 0.7 percent from 2,070 pounds in the

Schumer, deputy commerce secretary visit JMA Wireless; discuss region’s technology push
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The new 5G (fifth generation) manufacturing facility that JMA Wireless built at 140 Cortland Ave. in Syracuse (just south of downtown) will

NUAIR, PABLO AIR partner to develop drone solutions
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — NUAIR and PABLO AIR, a South Korea–based drone service provider, signed a memorandum of understanding to help develop regulatory compliant commercial-drone solutions

Syracuse CoE seeks proposals for up to $10K grants for sustainability projects
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems (SyracuseCoE) says it’s accepting proposals for up to $10,000 from current and
Corn production in New York jumped 24 percent in 2021, USDA reports
New York farms produced 97.7 million bushels of corn for grain last year, up more than 24 percent from 78.5 million bushels in 2020. That’s according to a Jan. 12 report from USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) New York Field Office, based on surveys conducted in the first two weeks of December. The total
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