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Oberdorfer plant in DeWitt to close
DeWITT — An aluminum-castings manufacturer in DeWitt plans to shut down at the beginning of May, eliminating positions for all 86 of its employees. Oberdorfer
Gillibrand visits CNY to push manufacturing bill
DeWITT — U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D–N.Y.) promoted a new manufacturing-assistance bill in DeWitt this afternoon. The bill, which Gillibrand is touting as the first
Currier Plastics receives grant for lean manufacturing training
AUBURN — Currier Plastics, Inc. will use a $100,000 state grant to fund lean manufacturing training as it adds to its headquarters. The New York
Colleges work to increase minorities in engineering
Several area colleges will partner with a national group to offer scholarships aimed at boosting enrollment among minorities in engineering fields. The schools include the
Eaton earnings fall in Q4 as Cooper acquisition wraps up
Eaton Corp. plc (NYSE: ETN) saw a drop in net income in the fourth quarter of 2012 as it closed on the parent company of
Barton and Loguidice expands in North Country
SALINA — Engineering firm Barton and Loguidice has a new office in Watertown. The firm, based in Salina, has additional locations in Albany, Rochester, Ellenville,
Nasiff pumping up its EKG business in Hastings
HASTINGS — A small firm to the north of Syracuse is keeping its lifeblood flowing in the high-pressure medical-device industry. That company is Nasiff Associates, Inc. It specializes in cardiology equipment — electrocardiograms, also known as EKGs or ECGs — in its headquarters at 841-1 County Route 37 in Hastings. “In 1989 I decided to
Patents issued increase, applications fall in Syracuse
SYRACUSE — The patent picture during the fourth quarter was mixed in the Syracuse area, according to new data from an Albany–based intellectual property law
Holt associate elected chairman of Green Building Council chapter
ITHACA — Andrew Gil, an associate at Ithaca–based Holt Architects, is the new chairman of the U.S. Green Building Council’s upstate New York chapter. The
Welch Allyn agrees to distribute patient monitoring system
SKANEATELES FALLS — Welch Allyn will distribute a hospital patient monitoring system from a Massachusetts company under a new distribution agreement. Welch Allyn, a medical-device
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