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Lockheed Martin’s Salina plant wins more than $14M Navy contract modification
SALINA, N.Y. — Lockheed Martin Corp.’s (NYSE: LMT) Rotary & Mission Systems facility in suburban Syracuse has recently been awarded a more than $14.4 million adjustment to a previously awarded contract for U.S. Navy systems and associated equipment. Work on the fixed-price, incentive-fee contract modification will be performed at Lockheed sites in the town of […]
N.Y. manufacturing activity grew for the first time in 5 months
Improvements in orders and shipments were among the factors as the general business-conditions index of the monthly Empire State Manufacturing Survey jumped 35 points in April to 10.8. The general business-conditions index is the monthly gauge of New York’s manufacturing industry. The index had fallen 19 points in March to -24.6. The April reading —
HISTORY FROM OHA: A Brief History of Allen Tool Corp. and Allen Tool Phoenix
Charles Thomas Allen was born in Syracuse on Jan. 26, 1887. His British father died when Allen was just an infant. Allen’s mother, Minnie Newman Allen, raised in Pompey, brought up her young son in Syracuse. Mrs. Allen would later marry Henry Keene and become a stepmother to Keene’s son, Leon Henry Keene. Charles Allen
Downtown project developers share details during Downtown Committee’s spring progress breakfast
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Three speakers discussed their involvement in downtown Syracuse projects during Thursday morning’s spring progress breakfast held at the Marriott Syracuse Downtown. The
FuzeHub announces this year’s first round of manufacturing-grant recipients
ALBANY, N.Y. — Businesses in Auburn, Ithaca, and Rome are among the 10 recipients of $50,000 manufacturing grants that FuzeHub recently announced. FuzeHub, an Albany–based
Slocum-Dickson plans grand opening for new campus
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — Slocum-Dickson Medical Group will celebrate the grand opening of its new campus at 117 Business Park Drive in the LaPolla &
New York manufacturing index climbs back into positive territory in April
The Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business-conditions index soared 35 points in April to 10.8 as business activity in the sector expanded. The index had
Wolfspeed starts production expansion at Marcy chip-fab
MARCY, N.Y. — Setting its sights on a game-changer facility and promised state and federal investments in the semiconductor industry, Wolfspeed (NYSE: WOLF) is forging full-steam ahead at its Mohawk Valley Fab. The 500,000-square-foot facility, which opened just about a year ago as the world’s first 200 mm silicon-carbide fabrication facility, remains ahead of schedule
Daldrop SBB building new manufacturing plant in Schroeppel
SCHROEPPEL, N.Y. — Daldrop SBB announced it is building a new manufacturing facility at the L. Michael Treadwell Oswego County Industrial Park (OCIP) in Schroeppel. Daldrop SBB is a German company with operations in both Salina and DeWitt. The firm plans to consolidate the Salina and DeWitt locations into the new Oswego County site once
College consortium to train workers for Micron, semiconductor industry
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — An official with Micron Technology calls the Northeast University Semiconductor Network “an amazing opportunity to create generational change.” Manish Bhatia, executive VP of global operations at Micron Technology, called the group “…a transformational shift in how universities and industry partner together, not just over five years, but over 10 years, 20 years,
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