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Design Concepts and Enterprises is sewing up plans for new addition
HASTINGS — Design Concepts and Enterprises, LLC wants to stitch an addition onto its headquarters building for the second time in less than three years. The manufacturer, which produces suture-attaching equipment and specialty prototypes while also designing and building custom equipment, plans to nearly triple the size of its building at 9 Kline Road in […]
Galson Laboratories expands in Hawaii with acquisition
DeWITT — Galson Laboratories today announced a second acquisition in Hawaii since June of last year. The firm announced its acquisition of INALAB, Inc., an
Homer Soy Products, LLC aims to crush soybeans in Cortland County
HOMER — A group of Western New York entrepreneurs is pressing to restart production at a long-closed soybean-crushing facility in the village of Homer. “We’re
New CEO continues family tradition at New Hope Mills
AUBURN — Douglas Weed is the third generation of his family to own and run Auburn–based New Hope Mills, Inc., succeeding his father as president and CEO and sole owner of the company Jan. 1. The Weed family acquired the business, which got its start in 1823, in 1947. New Hope Mills produces a variety
MAPI index declines, still indicates expansion in manufacturing
The national manufacturing sector continues to grow, but only at a slow pace in the face of ongoing challenges, according to a new survey from an industry trade group. The Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI) released its quarterly Survey on the Business Outlook on Jan. 10. The survey’s composite index fell to 55
New partner named at Binghamton law firm
BINGHAMTON — Coughlin & Gerhart, L.L.P. said this week that Meiying Austin became a partner at the law firm effective Jan. 1. Austin joined Coughlin
SYRACUSE — Onondaga Community College (OCC) announced four new agreements this week, including some that will allow students to more easily continue their studies elsewhere.
Upstate to offer new advanced nursing degree
SYRACUSE — The State University of New York Upstate Medical University plans to begin offering a doctor of nursing practice degree in the fall. The
New York AG starts $400K grant program for restoring acid-rain damaged Adirondack waterways
New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the creation of a $400,000 grant program to fund projects aimed at restoring hundreds of lakes
NY manufacturing conditions continue sputtering in January
New York’s manufacturing firms said the difficult business conditions they have faced in recent months continued in January. But the picture looks brighter here in Central New York and going forward. The general business conditions index in the Empire State Manufacturing Survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York dropped half a point to
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