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New York manufacturing index slips in September
The Empire State Manufacturing survey general business-conditions index fell nearly three points to 2.0 in September, still indicating moderate expansion in the sector’s activity. This followed increases in the index in both August and July as it rebounded from a record decline in June. The September reading, based on firms responding to the survey, indicates […]

Cryomech breaks ground on construction of new $17M facility in DeWitt
DeWITT, N.Y. — Cryomech, a manufacturer of cryogenic equipment, has broken ground on construction of its new $17 million plant at 6682 Moore Road in

ALBANY, N.Y. — Manufacturing employees from companies in Potsdam and Victor captured the $2,500 grand prizes in FuzeHub’s inaugural Millennials in Manufacturing Awards. Dylan Broomfield,

WATERTOWN, N.Y. — New York Air Brake (NYAB) in Watertown is now exempt from tariffs on steel and aluminum. That’s according to U.S. Senate Minority

Lockheed Martin Owego wins $8.4M contract for radar equipment for Australian Navy
OWEGO, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Corp.’s (NYSE: LMT) plant in Owego has been awarded an $8.4 million firm-fixed contract for radar data processors and antenna

Briggs & Stratton begins operations in new Sherrill manufacturing facility
SHERRILL — Briggs & Stratton Corporation (NYSE: BGG) has a new facility in the Sherrill Industrial Park. Milwaukee, Wisconsin–based Briggs & Stratton on Sept. 18 formally opened its $10 million, 552,000-square-foot commercial-products manufacturing facility in Sherrill. The firm is the “world’s largest” producer of gasoline engines for outdoor power equipment, and a designer, manufacturer and

SALINA — Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems in Salina, a unit of Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT), is being awarded a $17.2 million radar contract from the U.S. military. The cost-plus-fixed-fee contract will support the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft program to provide depot-level repair capability for the AN/APY-9 radar line replaceable modules (LRMs), according

Lockheed Martin’s Syracuse-area plant wins radar contract worth up to $3 billion
SALINA, N.Y. — The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin Corp.’s (NYSE: LMT) manufacturing plant in the town of Salina a radar contract that could

Pennsylvania firm captures grand prize in 76West clean-energy competition
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — A Pennsylvania company that makes emission-reducing biodiesel fuel systems for trucks is grand-prize in this year’s 76West clean-energy competition in the Southern

SUNY Poly, partner to use $6 million NSF grant for electronics-industry workforce development
UTICA, N.Y. — SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) and a California–based trade association will use a $6 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF)
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