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Area companies help secure needed supplies in coronavirus emergency
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — CenterState CEO, the region’s primary economic-development organization, says area business have been stepping up with vital donations of needed personal protection equipment

Governor asks manufacturers for help producing protective equipment for health-care workers
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a message for New York manufacturers: help produce critically needed personal protective equipment — like gowns, masks, and

Clean All offers kits for businesses, consumers to make their own hand sanitizer
SYRACUSE — Businesses and consumers are scrambling to obtain hand sanitizer anywhere they can amid the coronavirus pandemic. Supply chains aren’t able to meet the overwhelming demand. Clean All, a 95-year-old Syracuse company that produces swimming pool sanitizing chemicals and janitorial cleaning products like bleach, says it can help by offering make-your-own liquid sanitizer kits.

SRC opens office in Alabama, serving the U.S. Army’s Redstone Arsenal
CICERO, N.Y. — SRC, Inc., has just opened an office in Huntsville, Alabama to expand its presence at the U.S. Army’s Redstone Arsenal, a post near that city. The office opened March 16, Lisa Mondello, who handles corporate communications at SRC, tells CNYBJ. The office has advanced teleconferencing capabilities, customer meeting space, employee workspace, and a

New York manufacturing index posts largest drop ever in March to lowest level since 2009
The findings of a new monthly survey appear to indicate the first signs that New York manufacturing activity is getting hit hard by the impact of the global concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. The Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business-conditions index fell 34 points to -21.5 in March, “its largest point drop on record” and “its

Cuomo mandates that non-essential businesses keep 100 percent of their workforce home
(Updated on 3/20 at 5:00 p.m.) ALBANY, N.Y. — After the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in New York state again soared overnight, Gov. Andrew

Lockheed Martin CEO Hewson to step down; successor named
Marillyn Hewson, who also served as chairman, president, and CEO since 2014, will become executive chairman of the board, effective June 15. That is subject

Local manufacturer offers make-your-own kits to help alleviate hand-sanitizer shortage
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — It’s obviously difficult to find hand sanitizer anywhere amid the coronavirus pandemic. Clean All, a 95-year-old Syracuse company that produces swimming pool

SRC’s Brown selected as MACNY’s 2020 Innovator of the Year
Daniel Brown was nominated by his co-worker, Chris Capraro, for his “innovative developments in machine learning and neuromorphic computing,” per a MACNY news release. SRC is a nonprofit corporation headquartered in Cicero that focuses on areas that include defense, environment, and intelligence. “From all of us at MACNY, I would like to congratulate Dan and

ADK Barrel plans to expand, relocate from Remsen to Utica’s Bagg’s Square
UTICA, N.Y. — Adirondack Barrel Cooperage, LLC (ADK Barrel) is planning to expand and move from its current home to a site in downtown Utica’s
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