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Tessy Plastics finishes work on expansion project in Van Buren
VAN BUREN, N.Y. — Tessy Plastics has finished work on its $31.6 million, 260,000-square-foot expansion at 7474 State Fair Boulevard in the town of Van
Lockheed Martin in Owego wins $158.5 million contract modification
OWEGO, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin’s Owego operation has been awarded a $158.5 million modification to a previously awarded contract for work on aircraft for the

NUAIR selects Bousquet Holstein as its corporate general counsel
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse–based NUAIR Alliance has chosen Syracuse law firm Bousquet Holstein PLLC to serve as its corporate general counsel. NUAIR, which has
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
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