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New owner of Atlas Fence plans expansion and growth
DeWITT –– Atlas Fence, Inc., a local fence construction company founded in 1979, has been acquired, and the new owner plans to make capital improvements and expand the business. The company’s new owner, 46-year-old Chris Polimino, says he had his eye on Atlas Fence for a while, and was fortunate enough to make a deal […]
BrandYourself plans next steps
SYRACUSE — BrandYourself.com has been using $1.2 million in new funding to refine its product, which publicly launched March 8. The company, based in the Tech Garden in downtown Syracuse, closed the financing round last May and spent the next several months working on its Web-based platform. The product allows users to manage their own
O’Brien & Gere relocates growing manufacturing unit
CLAY — O’Brien & Gere may be best known locally as an engineering firm, but the company’s manufacturing operations account for 10 percent of its revenue and sales in that business are growing. O’Brien & Gere produces industrial furnaces and other heat-treating systems used in industries like aerospace, defense, automotive, energy, and health care. The
Mohawk Global adds to Buffalo presence
SYRACUSE — Mohawk Global Logistics is expanding its Buffalo sales office into a full-service branch. The shipping-logistics firm has added four new employees to the location with the expansion. Previously, Mohawk Global had two salespeople in that office. The site will now offer local import and export businesses a complete set of logistics services, including
‘Check your gut’ before starting a business, speaker tells veterans
SYRACUSE — Brian Bluff told a room full of military veterans that they’d better be ready for challenges if they want to start their own business. “Check your gut,” said Bluff, who was the keynote speaker at the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 2012 Veterans Business Conference at Onondaga Community College (OCC) on March 13.
Roberts Office Furniture Concepts opens showroom
CICERO — Roberts Office Furniture Concepts, Inc. is opening its first design showroom in the Syracuse area, moving into the site of a former Hechinger home-improvement store. The showroom, which Roberts is leasing at 7387 Frontage Road in Cicero, is 40,000 square feet. The company scheduled a grand opening for March 13. Roberts designs, fabricates,
Armory Square hotel project gets off the ground at last
SYRACUSE — Construction began March 1 on a new seven-story hotel in downtown Syracuse’s Armory Square after nearly four years. RHS Holdings, LLC announced the project in 2008, but it was delayed by financing issues in the wake of the economic downturn and financial crisis of recent years. Financing for the $30 million project closed
D&W Diesel moves into former Fleet-source location
KIRKWOOD — By mid-month, Auburn–based D&W Diesel, Inc. will open its new facility at 27 Link Drive in Kirkwood, ready to tap into the area’s busy trucking, industrial, and natural-gas markets. The company, which distributes new and remanufactured engine components, tank-truck equipment, industrial products, and hoses, is in the process of finishing renovations on the
BAE chooses Huron Campus for permanent local site
ENDICOTT — BAE Systems, displaced last fall by severe flooding at its Johnson City location, won’t have far to go to move into its new permanent home. That’s because the company recently signed a five-year lease to stay at the Huron Campus in Endicott, where BAE has been operating since the days after the September
Commerce Chenango annual report highlights 2011 projects, growth
NORWICH — In its 2011 annual report, Commerce Chenango looked back on a year filled with business growth and the successful launch and implementation of several new programs. Highlights from the year include: Agro-Farma, Inc., maker of Chobani yogurt, was one of the region’s top business success stories, announcing $134 million in investments that will
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