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Hooters adds additional PAR Technology products to its lineup
NEW HARTFORD — PAR Technology Corp. (NYSE: PAR) announced Hooters of America, LLC, the franchisor behind the Hooters and Hoots Wings brands, has selected the company’s PAR Bring POS and PAR Data Central systems for 367 Hooters restaurants. The PAR products will enhance operational efficiency and order accuracy at the restaurants, PAR announced in a […]
ConMed to pay Q1 cash dividend in early April
ConMed Corp. (NYSE: CNMD), a surgical-device maker with roots in the Utica region, says its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 20 cents per share for the first quarter of this year. The dividend is payable on April 5, to all shareholders of record as of March 15. At the company’s
Hofmann Sausage Company is now operating under the ownership of a Florida firm
CICERO — A Florida company is the new owner of a famous Syracuse–area business and brand that has been in operation for more than 140 years. The Miami Beef Company, Inc. of Miami, Florida announced the acquisition of the Hofmann Sausage Company in a Feb. 13 Business Wire news release. The company didn’t disclose any
Oneida County receives nearly $24M state grant for semiconductor supply-chain campus site prep
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County has been awarded $23.6 million in state funding to help develop a 332-acre parcel at Griffiss International Airport in Rome,
State funds help Centro revamp public transit in Rome
ROME, N.Y. — The City of Rome in Oneida County will have new and improved public-transit services, thanks to $1 million in state funding as
MACNY names manager of workforce operations and advancement
DeWITT — MACNY, The Manufacturers Association of Central New York, says it has promoted Amanda Rice to manager of workforce operations and advancement. She first joined MACNY in February 2022 as the association’s finance and contract administration specialist. In this role, Rice has managed MACNY’s state and federal grants in addition to sourcing and administering
New York manufacturing index rebounds in February
Benchmark stays negative, pointing to continued contraction The Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business-conditions index jumped 41 points in February — bouncing back from nearly a four-year low the prior month — but remained in negative territory at -2.4. The
Upcoming symposium highlights STEM opportunities for women
ROME, N.Y. — The Project Fibonacci Foundation’s Women & STEAM Symposium will take place for a full house March 7 at the Beeches Manor in
People news: Wheeler joins SWBR as project designer
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — SWBR announced that it recently hired Andrew Wheeler as a project designer in its Syracuse office. Wheeler is responsible for building–information modeling,
BAE selected to work on computer system for U.S. Navy’s unmanned aerial-refueling system
ENDICOTT, N.Y. — Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) has chosen BAE Systems to upgrade and modernize the vehicle–management system computer (VMSC) for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25
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