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People news: Kong joins SRC as VP of quality
CICERO, N.Y. — SRC Inc. announced it has hired Yuan Kong as vice president of quality. “In this position, Kong and his team will maintain
Microdrones adds United Kingdom firm as distributor
Microdrones announced it has added Drone Pilot Academy of the United Kingdom as a distributor of drone-surveying equipment throughout the UK and Ireland. Microdrones is
New York manufacturing index slips 4 points in November
Reading still indicates slight sector expansion The Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business-conditions index fell 4.2 points to 6.3 in November, “pointing to a slower pace of growth than in October.” This followed a 6.5-point decline in the index in October, which came after a more than 13-point jump in September. The November reading —
NFIB survey finds small manufacturers recovering from COVID-19 impact
Small manufacturers are gradually getting more optimistic as they recover from COVID-19-related business disruptions. That’s just one of the findings in the NFIB Research Center’s latest quarterly Small Business Economic Trends industry-specific survey. The report highlights the construction, manufacturing, retail, and services industries. NFIB released previous reports in August and May 2020. “This year has been
FuzeHub awards Ithaca firm and five others funding in commercialization competition
ITHACA, N.Y. — Del Tocororo LLC of Ithaca, which brews sustainable alcoholic beverages called Norwhey, won $50,000 in the fourth annual FuzeHub commercialization competition. The Ithaca firm is among six New York companies awarded a total of $300,000 in the contest. Besides Del Tocororo, two companies from Rochester, along with businesses from Amherst, New York
New York offering courses on manufacturing, other topics in online platform
Courses in “Generative Design for Additive Manufacturing” and “Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Design and Manufacturing Machine Learning” are among the options in a new online-training venue that New York State is offering. Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Nov. 17 announced the launch of the free online-training platform. It seeks to help unemployed and underemployed New Yorkers
Lockheed’s Salina plant awarded nearly $23M contract modification
SALINA — Lockheed Martin Corp.’s Salina plant has been awarded a $22.8 million modification to a previously awarded ordering agreement from the U.S. Navy. The award exercises an option to procure 12 retrofit advanced-radar processor systems for the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft, according to a Nov. 16 U.S. Defense Department contract announcement. The work to
Greater Binghamton Chamber to host job fair Dec. 4
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The Greater Binghamton Chamber of Commerce will host an in-person, indoor job fair on Dec. 4 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
ConMed to pay 4th quarter dividend of 20 cents a share in early January
UTICA — ConMed Corp. (NYSE: CNMD), a Utica–based surgical-device maker, recently announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 20 cents a share for the fourth quarter. The dividend is payable on Jan. 5 to all shareholders of record as of Dec. 15. ConMed provides surgical devices and equipment for
Syracuse completes $16M project to install “energy-saving” streetlights
“As we move further into the 21st century, it’s critical we make the investments necessary for building smarter, more sustainable communities and that’s exactly what
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