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Smart grid lab comes online at Syracuse University
SYRACUSE — A lab focused on smart-grid technologies that has been planned since 2010 is up and running at Syracuse University (SU). A $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy helped establish the facility, located at SU’s College of Engineering and Computer Science. The lab will help the school train the future engineers […]
Electronics recycler plans Earth Day event to kick off 2nd year in business
DeWITT — Not quite one year after forming their electronics recycling company, Patrick Duffy and Scott Seymour are enjoying their 2012 successes, carving out their 2013 goals, and looking forward to Earth Day as they work to continue to spread the word about electronics recycling. Their business, Coast 2 Coast Electronic Recyclers, Inc., will celebrate
CenterState CEO selects finalists for Business of the Year award
SYRACUSE — CenterState CEO on Thursday announced the 12 member businesses selected as finalists for the Business of the Year award. In the category of
Bonadio grows private equity practice
Accounting firm The Bonadio Group is launching a new partnership that will expand its investment banking practice nationwide. Bonadio will become a registered representative of
Johnstone Supply prepares for move to larger space
SYRACUSE — The Syracuse Johnstone Supply location plans to relocate in the next few weeks to a larger space that will give it more room
New markets spark growth at International Fire-Shield
AUBURN — International Fire-Shield, Inc. began targeting some niche markets in 2012 and is planning for growth as a result. The company, based in Auburn, doubled its staff to 10 people last year and expects to double its workforce again in 2013, says Pat Bumpus, CEO and founder. He also expects the company to increase
Scotsman ends Pennysavers after “severe” downturn
SYRACUSE — A “severe” and “abrupt” downturn in Scotsman Media Group’s Pennysaver business prompted the company stop publishing the weekly newspapers March 10 and cut about one-third of its workforce as a result. The downturn began in December and continued through February, Scotsman President William Veit says. The company considered a major overhaul of the
Global fruit-prep firm to build $50M Lysander plant, create 120 jobs
LYSANDER — Agrana Fruit US, Inc., which produces fruit preparations for the dairy industry, plans to invest more than $50 million to build a fruit-processing plant in Lysander that will create about 120 jobs, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office announced today.Agrana expects to break ground on the new 100,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution plant in
Cornell names latest JumpStart companies
ITHACA — Two companies will participate in the spring semester JumpStart program from the Cornell Center for Materials Research. Empire State Development’s Division of Science,
Miami Beach firm to acquire Synapse car charging network
SYRACUSE — Car Charging Group, Inc., a nationwide provider of electric vehicle charging services, plans to acquire EV Pass, LLC and its local network of charging stations from Synapse Sustainability Trust, Inc. of Syracuse. Synapse is a nonprofit focused on sustainable environmental initiatives. EV Pass specializes in building destination and location networks for electric vehicle
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