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Raymond Corp. to produce more than 2,000 face shields for local health-care professionals
GREENE — The Raymond Corporation says engineers and staff at its plant in the Chenango County town of Greene recently began to 3D print face shields to provide local doctors, nurses, and first responders with needed personal protective equipment (PPE). The manufacturing firm expects to produce more than 2,000 face shields to be distributed to […]
Broome County cancels Small Community Grant Program to use funds for PPE supplies
BINGHAMTON — Broome County Executive Jason Garnar on April 10 announced the cancellation of the Small Community Grant Program for 2020, in order to use the money to aid the county’s health-care response to the coronavirus crisis. Cancelling the grant program will free up to $150,000 to be used to purchase personal protective equipment (PPE)
New York manufacturing index plummets to lowest level in history
New York manufacturers are feeling the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic with a “sharp decline” in both orders and shipments. That’s according to the April Empire State Manufacturing Survey released April 15. The general business-conditions index “plunged” 57 points to -78.2, “its lowest level in the history of the survey.” The index fell 34
Ithaca company designs medical face shield for hospital in COVID-19 fight
ITHACA — Incodema Inc., an Ithaca–based sheet-metal provider, announced it has designed a new face shield that can be sanitized and reused in health-care facilities during the coronavirus pandemic. The company says it responded to “the call to action” of the Cayuga Medical Center (CMC) in Ithaca to find a solution to the face-shield shortage.
CenterState CEO survey: 55 percent of CNY firms reduce workforce amid coronavirus crisis
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A new CenterState CEO survey found that 55 percent of responding businesses reported a decrease in product demand during the coronavirus shutdown
New York manufacturing index crashes to its lowest level ever in April
The Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business-conditions index “plunged” 57 points to -78.2 in April, “its lowest level in the history of the survey,” the
Oswego County educators, manufacturers partner to make protective face shields
OSWEGO — A group of Oswego County educators and local companies say they have teamed up to produce protective face shields for health-care workers and first responders during the COVID-19 pandemic. In late March, a team from SUNY Oswego and CiTi BOCES began using 3D printers to manufacture the shields, which are being distributed to
FuzeHub says startups, manufacturers can pursue money in Build4Scale NY fund
ALBANY — FuzeHub’s Build4Scale NY initiative has a new grant fund that will help inventors and manufacturers take new products to market and “more rapidly expand” their operations in New York. The Build4Scale NY fund will provide startups and product “innovators” with grants of up to $10,000 to launch or accelerate manufacturing projects. FuzeHub describes
Marquardt Switches to supply switches for Ford Motor ventilators
CAZENOVIA, N.Y. — Madison County manufacturer Marquardt Switches, Inc. recently announced it will supply Ford Motor Company with switches, as the automaker ramps up to
SUNY Poly manufacturing personal protective equipment to help area health-care workers
SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) recently announced it’s using 3D printing technology to manufacture parts for face shields to be used by area health-care workers.
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