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Finland firm sets up North American HQ at SU’s CASE Center
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A company founded in Helsinki, Finland has established its North American headquarters at the Center for Advanced Systems and Engineering (CASE) at Syracuse University. Launched in 2017, NSION Technologies Inc. has established operations at the CASE business incubator. NSION Technologies provides situational awareness and secure communications channels with live-data transmission through encrypted-management […]
NY MEP generated nearly $1B in economic impact in 2020
ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NY MEP) says it helped create or retain 6,637 jobs and generate $994 million in financial impacts such as company cost savings, new investments, and increased or retained sales. NY MEP is a statewide network of 11 organizations that provide growth and innovation services to small-
Genius NY program to select five finalists for this year’s competition
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Genius NY program is working to select five finalists from a group of 13 semifinalists that it announced June 29. Genius NY is a business-accelerator program at CenterState CEO’s Tech Garden. Genius NY stands for Growing ENtrepreneurs & Innovators in UpState New York. The program selected the companies from a pool
After acquisition, Rochester firm to expand fiber network across Southern Tier
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — With its recent acquisition of Plexicomm, LLC, Rochester–based Greenlight Networks believes it now has the platform to expand its fiber network across the Southern Tier. The firm plans to provide high-speed fiber internet to 30,000 homes in the region by the end of 2022. Greenlight Networks on June 30 held a news
Onondaga County announces film-incentive fund
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon on Wednesday announced a $5 million initiative that the county is calling PRIMED, short for production incentives
Tug Hill snowmobile economic-impact study finds industry generates jobs, nearly $82M in sales
LOWVILLE, N.Y. — More than 850 jobs, nearly $29 million in wages, and almost $82 million in sales are attributed to snowmobiling activity in the
People news: Stewart joins MACNY as workforce-development specialist
DeWITT, N.Y. — MACNY, The Manufacturers Association, announced it has hired Amy Stewart as a workforce-development specialist. Stewart will represent MACNY and Partners for Education
Rochester firm completes acquisition of Binghamton internet provider Plexicomm
Founded in 2003, Plexicomm was the first company to bring residential fiber to the area and grew to become a regional leader with service available
Sunnking seeks to help Mohawk Valley businesses with their electronics recycling
WHITESBORO, N.Y. — An executive with recycler Sunnking says the firm’s “big focus” is helping local businesses in the Mohawk Valley region. “We want to make it easy for them to responsibly handle and dispose of all of their electronics,” Adam Shine, VP of Sunnking, says. Sunnking, Inc. has operations in a space located at
Cathedral Corp. of Rome acquires Connecticut firm that also serves Catholic churches
ROME, N.Y. — Cathedral Corporation of Rome — which for more than 100 years has provided Catholic churches and dioceses with printing, communications, and support services — recently announced it has acquired Letter Concepts Inc. (LCI) of Connecticut to strengthen its presence in the church market. LCI is a Kensington, Connecticut–based firm that specializes in
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