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Raymond Corp. too busy growing to celebrate 90th anniversary
GREENE — Most companies celebrate major anniversaries with champagne and balloons. Raymond Corp. doesn’t have time to celebrate its 90th birthday. The business has doubled its production since 2009 and has added 500 employees in its U.S. operations since 2010 just to keep up with demand. With headquarters in Greene, Raymond says it’s the North […]
Conditions continue crumbling for New York manufacturers
New York’s manufacturers couldn’t put together much positive news about September, according to a monthly survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The New York Fed’s Empire State Manufacturing Survey released Sept. 17 showed business conditions deteriorating, as its general business conditions index languished below zero for a second consecutive month. A
Tryon Boys and Girls Center starts transition to business park
The shuttered Tryon Boys and Girls Center in Fulton County is a step closer to becoming an industrial and commercial business park. Empire State Development’s
Lockheed wins $36M radar contract
SALINA — Lockheed Martin’s Salina plant will work on a new $36 million radar contract the defense contractor won. The U.S. Air Force awarded the
Welch Allyn restructuring to cost 45 jobs in CNY
SKANEATELES FALLS — Welch Allyn will eliminate 45 jobs over three years at its Skaneateles Falls headquarters as it carries out a companywide restructuring, but the location will not bear the brunt of the corporation’s planned employment cuts. The medical-device manufacturer announced on Sept. 10 that it will reduce its work force by 10 percent
PAR pushes cloud-based hospitality product
NEW HARTFORD — Earlier this year, PAR Technology Corp. (NYSE:PAR) subsidiary PAR Springer-Miller Systems, Inc. launched a new property-management system for hotels that company officials say puts PAR ahead of its competition and stamps the firm as an innovator. The Stowe, Vt.–based PAR subsidiary began work in 2009 to create a new property-management system for
Manlius firm launches technology used in biogas production
MANLIUS — A local business with new technology for use in production of biogas from animal waste has closed its first two commercial sales. American Biogas Conditioning’s process removes a corrosive substance from the biogas produced by anaerobic digestion. The company installed its equipment at Twin Birch farm in the town of Skaneateles in June
Kionix inks agreement with major distributor
ITHACA — Kionix, Inc. of Ithaca, which manufacturers inertial sensors used in a variety of applications, added a major new distributor to its network in
Welch Allyn to cut 275 jobs globally over three years
SKANEATELES FALLS — Welch Allyn plans to cut its global workforce by 10 percent over three years as part of a companywide restructuring. The medical
Potsdam company building biomass plants with German firm
POTSDAM — ZeroPoint Clean Tech, Inc. is working with a German engineering firm to build turn-key biomass power plants. The partnership between Potsdam–based ZeroPoint and
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