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Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt (KHH) has appointed KELLY M. COVERT, and JAMES A. PALUMBO as principals in the company. Covert, a structural engineer, has more than 18 years’ experience in the construction industry as both a project engineer and a manager on a wide variety of projects. He has been with KHH for 17 years […]

KEVIN NICKELS has joined Nickels Energy Solutions as company VP. He joins Steven J. Nickels, his brother, business partner, and company president in the business. Kevin Nickels will focus on sales and marketing for the company, which operates throughout upstate New York. He is a graduate of Le Moyne College and was previously employed by

Giovanni Food Co., Inc. has promoted JOHN DUNN to plant manager. He has 13 years of experience in food and beverage manufacturing. Before joining Giovanni’s in 2008, Dunn was production team leader at Birdseye Foods. Contact The Business Journal News Network at news@cnybj.com

Kost Tire to pay nearly $300,000 to settle state AG accusations over customer oil-change fees
Kost Tire Distributors, Inc. will pay the state of New York almost $300,000 to settle accusations that it collected a fee from consumers that state

New York manufacturing index plummets back to negative territory in May
Manufacturing activity in New York state contracted in May after two months of expansion, according to results of the latest Empire State Manufacturing Survey issued

Carrols Restaurant Group earns more than $2 million in Q1
SYRACUSE — Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TAST), the world’s largest Burger King franchisee, earned $2.1 million, or 5 cents a share, during the first quarter of 2016. That’s a big improvement from a net loss of $9.3 million, or 27 cents a share, in the prior-year period, Syracuse–based Carrols reported on May 10. The company’s
Snow Dragon to develop and market finger-vein security at Tech Garden II
SYRACUSE — The U.S. operations of a Chinese company is beginning work in the Syracuse Technology Garden II in AXA Tower II in downtown Syracuse. SUNY Oswego is sponsoring Snow Dragon as part of its tax-free, START-UP NY space in the Tech Garden II. The START-UP NY program provides new and expanding businesses the opportunity

BCA Architects & Engineers has named MICHAEL D. ALTIERI an associate of the firm. He spent two summers as an intern at BCA Architects & Engineers and joined the firm full time in 2009. Altieri graduated from SUNY ESF with a degree in environmental resource and forestry engineering. Contact The Business Journal News Network at news@cnybj.com
CHRISTOPHER CHAMBERS has joined Prudent Engineering as a survey technician in the East Syracuse office. He earned his associate degree in construction technology from Monroe Community College and an associate degree in land surveying technology from SUNY ESF. Chambers’ experience includes conducting construction, topographic, boundary, and cell-tower surveys. Prior to joining Prudent, he worked as

MACNY, The Manufacturers Association, has promoted PATTY CLARK to human resources services manager. She joined MACNY in 2007 as an administrative assistant. She was promoted to HR coordinator in 2011, and to HR generalist in 2014. Prior to Clark’s work at MACNY, she held positions in marketing and the private label divisions at both Corcoran
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