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Long-time Novelis employee to take helm at Oswego plant
OSWEGO — The Novelis plant in Oswego has a new manager. Chris Smith, a 28-year veteran of Novelis, was most recently global director for automotive
Scotsman ends Pennysavers after “severe” downturn
SYRACUSE — A “severe” and “abrupt” downturn in Scotsman Media Group’s Pennysaver business prompted the company stop publishing the weekly newspapers March 10 and cut about one-third of its workforce as a result. The downturn began in December and continued through February, Scotsman President William Veit says. The company considered a major overhaul of the
Global fruit-prep firm to build $50M Lysander plant, create 120 jobs
LYSANDER — Agrana Fruit US, Inc., which produces fruit preparations for the dairy industry, plans to invest more than $50 million to build a fruit-processing plant in Lysander that will create about 120 jobs, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office announced today.Agrana expects to break ground on the new 100,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution plant in
Upstate Shredding to grow 29 percent in 2013
OWEGO — Upstate Shredding, LLC., the largest, privately owned scrap dealer on the East Coast, is projecting it will continue its fast-growing ways this year with nearly 30 percent revenue growth. One of the drivers of that growth will be the company’s recent move in Albany. Upstate Shredding, headquartered at 299 Corporate Drive in Owego,
Miami Beach firm to acquire Synapse car charging network
SYRACUSE — Car Charging Group, Inc., a nationwide provider of electric vehicle charging services, plans to acquire EV Pass, LLC and its local network of charging stations from Synapse Sustainability Trust, Inc. of Syracuse. Synapse is a nonprofit focused on sustainable environmental initiatives. EV Pass specializes in building destination and location networks for electric vehicle
Scotsman ends Pennysavers, eliminates 60 jobs
SYRACUSE — Scotsman Media Group of Syracuse is ending publication of its Pennysaver newspapers and as a result is cutting 60 jobs, or about one-third
Vicks: A printing company adapting in the digital age
What if I should fall right through the center of the earth … oh, and come out the other side, where people walk upside down? — Alice in Wonderland YORKVILLE — Anyone operating a printing company today understands how Alice felt. In the past 13 years, over 10,000 establishments have vanished as the industry
National Water Main Cleaning Co. starts Utica office
UTICA — Sewer overflows enticed a New Jersey company to open a new location in Utica. National Water Main Cleaning Co., of Newark, N.J., will hold a grand opening for its new Utica location on March 13. Its new office is at 928 Broad St. The firm provides sewer-system cleaning, studies, inspections, and repairs. It
Empire Recycling: From rags to riches
UTICA — It was 1916. Woodrow Wilson was in the White House, the Rose Bowl held its first football game, Gen. “Blackjack” Pershing was chasing Pancho Villa in Mexico with 15,000 American troops, and Albert Einstein presented his Theory of Relativity. This was also the year that Robert, Morton, and Louis Kowalsky opened a small
New York lobbies USDA for pilot program on Greek yogurt
New York is angling to be chosen as the site for a federal pilot program to test the cost effectiveness of including Greek yogurt in
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