Manufacturing & Engineering

SYRACUSE — How important is the perception of environmental responsibility to U.S. companies both large and small?  And, how much are businesses publicly promoting their sustainability initiatives? Those are questions the Energy + Sustainability group at Eric Mower + Associates (EMA) posed in a survey of more than 300 decision makers at U.S. companies during 2013. Syracuse–based EMA is the largest advertising agency

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York on March 17 reported that its Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business-conditions index rose to 5.6 in March from 4.5 in February. Even though the index was “little changed” this month, the survey indicates business conditions “continued to improve” in March, according to a news release from the

NEW HARTFORD — PAR Technology Corp. (NYSE: PAR) on March 14 reported a profit for the fourth quarter and the full 2013 year, compared to losses during the same periods in 2012. But PAR’s top official indicated the firm is “not satisfied” with the results in 2013, according to its earnings news release. PAR’s stock

New York state has awarded two Central New York companies and a university $250,000 each for their work on new technologies in battery and energy storage. A total of six organizations statewide will share in the $1.4 million in funding, the office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a news release. The recipients include Custom

UTICA — To cavemen, an open fire was high tech. The Greeks brought added comfort when they invented central heating, and the Romans perfected it by hollowing out channels inside floors and walls to circulate the warm air from the fires in a lower level. In the 13th century, Cistercian monks in Aragon, Spain crafted