EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a guest editorial by Cory Albrecht. Albrecht is the director of the Advanced Institute for Manufacturing (AIM) at Mohawk Valley Community College. Originally published in the Central New York Business Journal | August 3, 2023 I recently asked a roomful of eighth graders, “Close your eyes and picture yourself walking down a […]
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Technicians look over a chip processing machine at the Micron Technology automotive chip manufacturing plant Tuesday Jan. 1, 2019, in Manassas, Virginia. Steve Helber | AP Photo Building a facility for a global corporation that will be employing 9,000 people isn’t something that happens overnight. An initiative of this scale and magnitude requires a deliberate
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About McCullagh Coffee is over 150 years old, locally owned, and family managed. This Buffalo, New York, roaster, grinder and distributor of specialty coffee and peripheral hot beverage products marketed to institutional, restaurant, commercial, and retail customers. The second generation of the family continues to lead the business and continually attains new levels of success,
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ABOUT For over thirty years, XTO, Inc. has been a reliable partner for many manufacturers providing quality fabricating and die cutting of gaskets and gasket materials. They are a recognized leader in gasket production, delivering over fifty million parts per year! Their high-quality products ship to 40 states and seventeen countries from their 67,000 square
About Raymond Hadley Corp., located in Spencer, New York, and established in 1892, provides custom blending and private label packaging to the food industry under their own brands and customer brands. Service offerings include product development, co-manufacturing/co-packaging, and ingredient sales. The company specializes in manufacturing, packaging, and labeling baking and dry ingredient mixes. The Challenge
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With the help of: New York Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NY MEP) About Located in the town of Newburgh, New York, Graphic Technology, Inc., (GTI) is a leading designer and manufacturer of color viewing and lighting products for the graphic arts and photography industries. Satisfying worldwide markets, the system is used to mimic the lighting in
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Technology transfer from research to real-world applications, particularly in the manufacturing sector, presents a number of challenges. Small manufacturers present unique environments to test experimental or early stage technology. However, identifying these companies and understanding their unique situations are a challenge for the inventor. Brian Weiss, a mechanical engineer at the National Institute of Standards
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With the help of New York Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NY MEP) About Sotek, Inc. is a 35-year-old family-owned manufacturer of precision metal stampings, stator, and rotor assemblies for electric motors and generators based in Buffalo, New York. The company utilizes metal stamping, laser cutting, core stacking, and robotic welding to produce assemblies for the transportation,
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Success Story Powered By New York MEP Regional Center Member “Center For Economic Growth” Prixel Press is a Hudson, NY-based toy manufacturing start-up that makes customizable printmaking kits. The kits are made up of 2 press grids that hold rubber shapes arranged as the user sees fit. Then dabbing on some ink to the shapes,
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