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Airbus awards Anaren $7M contract for advanced beamforming technology
DeWITT, N.Y. — Airbus Defence & Space has awarded Anaren, Inc. a $7 million contract for an advanced beamforming assembly for deployment in the Eutelsat
NEW HARTFORD — Cathy Mary Newell, president and CEO of Mohawk Ltd., says there is a solution for everything. In 1959, Newell’s father, Gordon J. Newell, Jr., founded Mohawk Communications, Inc., a repair, calibration, and supply company that primarily served two U.S. Air Force bases: one in Rome and the other in Dayton, Ohio. This
ConMed completes acquisition of Connecticut firm
UTICA, N.Y. — ConMed Corp. (NASDAQ: CNMD) has completed its acquisition of SurgiQuest, Inc., a Connecticut–based surgical-device maker. SurgiQuest will become part of the ConMed
Some N.Y. manufacturers are optimistic conditions will improve in 2016
New York manufacturers have indicated business conditions in their sector were difficult during the second half of 2015. However, some respondents in a monthly survey believe those conditions will improve in 2016. The most recent Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business-conditions index improved to -4.6 in December from -10.7 in November. But the
Volney Sunoco ethanol plant to use state grant in construction of barley-malting facility
VOLNEY, N.Y. — Sunoco’s ethanol-manufacturing plant in Volney will use a state grant of $700,000 to help pay for a new $9.1 million barley-malting facility.
Report: Growth of New York agricultural sales outpaces national average
New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced that growth of agricultural product sales in the state outpaced the national average, with cash receipts up
C&S Companies opens new Albany office
SALINA, N.Y. — C&S Companies, a Salina–based design and construction firm, has opened an office in Albany as it grows its client base in the
Raymond generates explosive sales growth
GREENE — In the last half decade, the Raymond Corp. — a global provider of lift trucks, forklifts, and material-handling solutions based in Chenango County — has seen its sales explode. “Since late 2010, our sales are up 300 percent,” says Timothy Combs, the company’s president for sales and marketing. “Just in the last
Feldmeier Equipment plans to move HQ to larger facility in Clay
CLAY — Feldmeier Equipment, Inc. — a manufacturer of heat exchangers, vessels, and other products — is planning to move its headquarters from 6800 Townline Road in DeWitt to a larger facility at 7643 Edgecomb Drive in the town of Clay. Feldmeier Equipment is expected to close on the 130,000-square-foot building in mid-December, according
ConMed acquisition targets general-surgery strategy
UTICA — The “revitalization” of ConMed’s advanced-surgical business is a “key priority” in its general-surgery strategy. Curt Hartman, president and CEO of ConMed Corp. (NASDAQ: CNMD), made the comment in the firm’s Nov. 16 conference call about his company’s acquisition of privately held SurgiQuest, Inc. Utica–based ConMed on Nov. 16 announced it would
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