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Port of Oswego awarded $11 million federal grant for climate-controlled warehouse
OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Port of Oswego will use more than $11 million in federal funding to build a new, climate-controlled warehouse for the region’s
New York manufacturing index soars to highest reading in three years in November
The Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business conditions index climbed 43 points to 31.2 in November, representing its highest reading in nearly three years. The index had dropped 23 points to -11.9 in October after rising 16 points to 11.5 in September (activity expanding for the first time since November 2023.) The general business conditions
ROME — Assured Information Security (AIS) now has 24 issued patents, with the issuing of two new patents in October by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the company announced. “Expanding our patent portfolio is central to our mission of advancing cybersecurity solutions that can adapt to evolving threats,” AIS Chief Engineer Michael Seiffert said
NUAIR CEO says HQ at Syracuse airport just makes sense
SYRACUSE — Ken Stewart, president and CEO of NUAIR, believes opening the organization’s new headquarters at Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR) “just makes sense.” “Our team works with the next generation of uncrewed and electric aircraft and is developing the platform to safely integrate them into the national airspace… what better place to work than
Schumer announces nearly $4 million for railway work between Cortland and Syracuse
CORTLAND, N.Y.— The New York, Susquehanna & Western Railway (NYSW) will use a federal award of nearly $4 million as it continues work on a
SUNY Poly professor receives nearly $91K in funding for transportation study
MARCY, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) and the U.S. Department of Transportation Region 2 University Transportation Research Center (UTC) have
Usherwood Office Technology names chief human resources officer
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Usherwood Office Technology — a Syracuse–based, family-owned provider of IT and business-technology services — has promoted Lauren Usherwood-Tartaglia to chief human resources officer (CHRO). In this new role, she will oversee all aspects of the company’s human-resources strategy. Usherwood-Tartaglia will help facilitate talent acquisition, employee development, culture initiatives, and workforce planning to
Corning Inc. awarded $32M in CHIPS funding for Canton plant, creating up to 130 manufacturing jobs
CANTON, N.Y. — Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) has reached an up to $32 million preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) funding agreement with the U.S. Department
Saab awarded nearly $42 million U.S. Navy contract modification
DeWITT, N.Y. — Saab Inc. in DeWitt recently won a $41.7 million modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the U.S. Navy. This contract adjustment procures three AN/SPN-50(V)1 shipboard traffic radars and three onboard repair-parts kits in support of new air-traffic control surveillance radars, according to an Oct. 23 contract announcement from the
SUNY Poly announces creation of 10 new research centers
MARCY, N.Y. — SUNY Polytechnic Institute recently unveiled its creation of 10 new research centers, which will serve the campus as hubs of innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration, made possible by $2.7 million in state funding. The centers will help support the sponsored programs at the college, which have grown 119 percent over the past three
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