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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
Growing Galson Laboratories expands in Hawaii, Canada
DeWITT — Galson Laboratories has been growing since the start of 2012 with new locations in new geographies and acquisitions to start off 2013. The company announced two acquisitions in January that will add to operations it established in 2012 in Hawaii and Canada. Based in DeWitt, Galson provides laboratory testing services to the industrial
Endicott IT firm expects more growth in 2013
ICS is putting ‘big emphasis’ on growing its Syracuse business ENDICOTT — An Endicott–based information-technology firm that broke into the Syracuse market three years ago expanded its workforce in 2012 and expects more growth ahead in 2013. ICS Solutions Group added nine people to its staff last year and already hired three more
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
PAR Technology unit secures data-synchronization patent license
NEW HARTFORD — ParTech, Inc., a subsidiary of PAR Technology Corp. (NYSE: PAR), has inked a deal to license a patented web and wireless-data synchronization
SBA starts website, blog about health reform law
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) rolled out new online initiatives today in an attempt to help business owners learn about the 2010 federal health-care
Lockheed makes $500K gift to vets institute
SYRACUSE — The Institute For Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (SU) will use a $500,000 gift from Lockheed Martin to help its efforts
CXtec plans to open sales office in Rochester
Company also expects to boost hiring in Syracuse area SALINA — CXtec is set to open a sales office in Rochester later this year to tap into the talent base in that market. CXtec, which sells new and used data networking and voice equipment and its own line of cabling, expects the Rochester office
Mohawk Valley fiber-optics firm goes solar
KIRKLAND — Legacy Fiberoptics, Inc., a small business that manufactures and repairs fiber-optic test equipment, is banking on solar power to reduce its energy costs. Legacy Fiberoptics, headquartered in a 7,500-square-foot building at 7930 Limberblost Road in the town of Kirkland, recently had a solar-panel system installed that it expects to provide all its electricity.
DeWITT — Profit rose to $3.5 million, or 27 cents a share, in the fiscal second quarter at Anaren, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANEN) from $1.2 million, or 8 cents a share, a year earlier. The DeWitt–based company released its second quarter results Jan. 22. Net sales increased 6.3 percent to $38 million for the period. Anaren
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