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New York Air Brake, Bendix to launch mechatronics laboratory at RIT
WATERTOWN — A Watertown firm and its Ohio–based sister company are working with an Upstate school on a new engineering-laboratory initiative. New York Air Brake, LLC (NYAB) and Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, LLC have created the Knorr-Bremse North America Mechatronics Laboratory at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). The laboratory, which opens this fall and […]
Cuomo announces North Country Economic Development Fund
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — The North Country Economic Development Fund will provide low-cost loans for businesses expanding their facilities and creating or retaining jobs. A long-term
New York egg production rises 8 percent in July
New York farms produced 119 million eggs in July, up 8 percent from the year-ago period, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National
Binghamton University breaks ground on new smart-energy facility
VESTAL, N.Y. — Binghamton University today announced the start of construction on the school’s smart energy research and development (R&D) facility. Binghamton sees the new
DeWitt–based Galson Laboratories is sold to a Swiss company
DeWITT, N.Y. — Galson Laboratories, Inc., a DeWitt–based laboratory that focuses on industrial-hygiene analysis and monitoring, is now under new ownership. SGS S.A., a Geneva,
NYSERDA to launch NY Prize competition for microgrids
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) will administer a new competition this fall to support “innovative resiliency” and clean-energy projects across
ConMed announces quarterly cash dividend of 20 cents
UTICA, N.Y. — ConMed Corp. (NASDAQ: CNMD), a Utica–based surgical-device maker, announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 20
IPD: Engineering adds structural department, three new hires
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — IPD: Engineering, a Syracuse–based engineering firm, today announced the addition of a structural department and three new employees for the division. The
USDA: New York crop production mostly projected to increase this year
Farm crop-production prospects for New York state in 2014 are mostly higher compared with a year earlier, according to Blair Smith, state statistician of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) New York field office. Yield forecasts for output of corn, grain, soybeans, alfalfa, hay, and oats are higher than last year. However, production of dry
N.Y. manufacturing index falls in August
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Aug. 15 that its Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business-conditions index fell 11 points to 14.7 in
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