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Lockheed Martin Owego wins $22M Army contract for foreign-military sales
OWEGO, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems in Owego recently won a more than $22 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide military equipment to three foreign armed services. The firm-fixed-price contract is for the production and delivery of modernized-radar frequency interferometer hardware components in support of foreign-military sales partners India Army, […]
Auburn’s new public-safety building project was a long-term effort
AUBURN, N.Y. — Auburn Mayor Michael Quill said the city’s new $10 million shared public-safety building has been “many, many years in the making.” Auburn, a 2018 winner of the state’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI), used a portion of its $10 million prize to “make it happen” Quill said. “With this project, we have moved
Golden Artist Colors becomes 100-percent employee-owned
COLUMBUS, N.Y. — Golden Artist Colors, Inc., a global manufacturer of professional artist paints, recently announced that it has become a 100-percent employee-owned company. This transaction, which went into effect on Oct. 1, concludes a plan put in place in 2002, when the company implemented an employee stock-ownership plan (ESOP) for staff. By May 2010,
Griffiss Institute adds AIS CEO to board of directors
ROME, N.Y. — The Griffiss Institute (GI) recently announced the appointment of Charles Green to its board of directors. Green is the co-founder, president, and CEO of Assured Information Security (AIS), a cyber and information security company founded in 2001 and headquartered in Rome. Green has more than 20 years of experience in offensive and
Syracuse foundry to pay $276K for workplace-safety violations
Frazer & Jones Co. Inc. agrees to correct serious hazards, implement enhanced safeguards SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A Syracuse iron foundry cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for dozens of health and safety violations has agreed to correct 60 cited hazards, implement enhanced corrective measures, and pay $276,189 in
Quantum-science laboratory opens at Innovare Advancement Center
ROME, N.Y. — Innovare Advancement Center (IAC) at the Griffiss Institute has formally opened a new quantum-science laboratory. The Colonel Timothy J. Lawrence Quantum Laboratory
People news: MACNY hires Langan as a workforce-development specialist
DeWITT, N.Y. — MACNY, The Manufacturers Association, announced it has hired Emily Langan as a workforce-development specialist. In her role, she will represent MACNY and
New York milk production rises nearly 2 percent
New York dairy farms produced nearly 1.27 billion pounds of milk in September, up almost 1.8 percent from more than 1.24 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 2,015 pounds in September, up 1.5 percent from 1,985 pounds in
New York egg production dips more than 1 percent
New York farms produced 144.2 million eggs in September, down 1.1 percent from 145.8 million eggs in the year-prior period, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. The number of layers in the Empire State averaged 5.71 million in September, a decline of 1.2 percent from nearly 5.78 million in the same month
Regional firms to pitch for funding in FuzeHub contest
ALBANY, N.Y. — The finalists in FuzeHub’s 2021 commercialization competition include businesses from Syracuse, Cazenovia, Binghamton, Hamilton, and Potsdam. The event is set for Nov. 8-9 at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona. The competition — part of FuzeHub’s Jeff Lawrence Innovation Fund — is in its fifth year. A total of 12 entrepreneurs
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