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Sovena USA donates to STEM programs at Griffiss Institute
ROME, N.Y. — Olive oil company Sovena USA recently partnered with the Griffiss Institute on the creation and support of the institute’s STEM camps and

Oneida County’s UAS Test Site receives new FAA flight authority for larger drones
ROME, N.Y. — Drones flying between Syracuse and Rome are getting bigger and heavier with authorization from the FAA for Oneida County’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Schumer says guidance released on investment tax credit for semiconductor manufacturers
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D–N.Y.) on Thursday announced the initial guidance for the investment tax credit (ITC) for semiconductor manufacturing is now available.
Lockheed Martin’s Salina plant awarded $8.4 million Navy contract modification
SALINA — Lockheed Martin Corp.’s (NYSE: LMT) facility in suburban Syracuse has won a more than $8.4 million adjustment to a previously awarded contract from the U.S. Navy to exercise options for Navy equipment and engineering services. Work on the fixed-price-incentive-fee modification will be performed in the town of Salina (66 percent); Millersville, Maryland (33

New York snap-bean production rose 5 percent in 2022
New York farmers produced an estimated 1.86 million cwt (hundredweight) of snap beans (also called green beans or string beans) last year, up 5 percent from the 2021 estimate, according to a recent government report. The average yield per acre was estimated at 75 cwt in 2022, unchanged from the prior year’s average yield, per

Taitem Engineering founder transitions to teaching, research role at Syracuse University
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Taitem Engineering of Ithaca recently announced that its founder, Ian M. Shapiro, has accepted a faculty position at Syracuse University, where he will teach in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. He will also be conducting research at the Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems (SyracuseCoE). Shapiro will

Electronics recycler Sunnking switches to four-day workweek
WHITESBORO, N.Y. — Electronics recycler Sunnking is testing out a four-day workweek at its Whitesboro and Brockport recycling facilities. “It was sort of born out of the pandemic,” Sunnking President Adam Shine says. While many white-color jobs switched to home offices and have continued in some sort of hybrid format, that wasn’t an option for

NYPA awards ReCharge NY power allocations to three CNY firms
Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) and Lotte Biologics USA, LLC are among the firms securing low-cost power allocations from the New York Power Authority (NYPA).

Wayne County manufacturer, Dynalec, wins nearly $24 million Navy contract
SODUS, N.Y. — Dynalec Corporation, a communications-equipment manufacturer in Wayne County, was recently awarded a $23.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy for the delivery

MACNY announces 2023 Innovator of the Year
DeWITT, N.Y. — MACNY, the Manufacturers Association, on Wednesday announced the selection of Brent Zerkle, director of prototyping and VP of Cryomech, Inc., as the
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