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MedTech selects Thurlow as new executive director
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — MedTech Association has appointed Winthrop (Win) Thurlow as the organization’s new executive director. MedTech is nonprofit trade association representing New York’s bioscience

Area high-school girls participate in summer camp focused on STEM fields
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Le Moyne College this week hosted about 30 high-school girls from 11 districts for a week-long summer camp focusing on science and

HMI Metal Powders scrambles to meet demand
CLAYVILLE — Before the Revolutionary War, the village connecting Fort Schuyler (present-day Utica) and the Cherry Valley was known as Paris Furnace — named after

Gryphon Sensors unveils drone-tracking system
CICERO, N.Y. — Gryphon Sensors, a company of SRC Inc. in Cicero, has developed a mobile unmanned traffic-management (UTM) system called mobile skylight. The development
After big jump in June, New York manufacturing index slides in July
After rising to a nearly three-year high in June, the Empire State Manufacturing survey general-business index fell 10 points in July to 9.8. The survey results indicate that new orders and shipments grew “at a somewhat slower pace than in June,” the New York Fed said. The manufacturing index had risen 21 points in June
MVCC’s Advanced Institute for Manufacturing to host free TAAC grant workshop
UTICA, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley Community College’s (MVCC) Advanced Institute for Manufacturing (AIM) on Thursday will host a free Trade Adjustment Assistance Center (TAAC) grant
New York manufacturing index retreats in July, following a big gain in June
The Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business-conditions index slipped 10 points in July to 9.8, erasing almost half of the previous month’s gain when the

Business at Associated Industrial Riggers is booming
DeWITT — “Thank goodness for gravity,” quips Jerry Sanders, chairman and CEO of Associated Industrial Riggers Corp (AIR). AIR is best known for defying gravity by employing an expansive inventory of equipment to transport, rig, and move machinery. One example is the recent installation of a 50,000-pound, stainless-steel atomizer at HMI Metal Powders located in
ConMed buys ExoShape ACL product line from MedShape
UTICA — MedShape, Inc., an Atlanta–based orthopaedic devices maker, announced on July 5 that it has sold its ExoShape ACL Fixation System to Utica–based surgical-device maker ConMed Corp. (NASDAQ: CNMD). The acquisition, which closed on July 3, includes both the ExoShape Femoral and Tibial Soft Tissue Fasteners, used to fixate soft-tissue grafts in anterior cruciate

JMA Wireless completes $34 million Clay expansion, adding nearly 300 jobs
CLAY, N.Y. — JMA Wireless has finished a $34 million expansion at its headquarters in the town of Clay and added almost 300 jobs. The
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