2020 Innovation Summit coming to Verona “The annual summit brings together technology companies, particularly startups, using a series of speakers, breakout sessions and pitch/proposal sessions to encourage them to collaborate and advance new technologies in the state…” Read more Anchor Glass unveils $50 million expansion through ReCharge New York Initiative “Local manufacturer, Anchor Glass, revealed an over $50 million expansion …

If your business depends on remanufacturing or reusing products or if you are exploring the feasibility of prolonging product life through repair and remanufacturing, you won’t want to miss this half-day workshop on Tuesday, March 10, 2020. The special event is organized by the nation’s leading reman experts at RIT and the REMADE Institute in collaboration with Empire State Development. They will discuss the ground-breaking …

Cree aims to start operations in Marcy in 14 months “It will likely be 2029 before the Cree nanofabrication facility will reach its peak projected employment number of 614, but there will be plenty of hiring well before then, company representatives told a full-house audience at the town hall Monday evening.” Read more Cheddar Production Starts in Johnstown Amid $ …

Your business operates in the real world, but that does not mean you have to be limited to real world solutions to some of your biggest operating challenges. Employee training, product development, quality assurance, system maintenance and more can become easier, faster, more efficient, safer and less expensive with augmented reality (AR).  AR is the process of integrating digital elements …

On January 29, FuzeHub held its first Product Manufacturing 101 Workshop of the year in the Hudson Valley region. The workshop content, based on the training modules from the Department of Energy’s Build4Scale curriculum, instructs start-up and early stage hardware companies on manufacturing principles crucial to optimizing product design for manufacturability and preparing for scale-up. Over 40 attendees participated in …

Empire State Development announces 2020 New York State Innovation Summit in the Mohawk Valley “The annual event brings New York’s technology companies, particularly startups, together and uses a series of speakers, breakout sessions and pitch sessions to encourage them to collaborate and advance new technologies in the state.” Read more Meet TIDAL New York, The Flip Flop Brand Redefining “Made …

How much are you planning to spend on marketing in 2020? If you’re like most manufacturers, your marketing budget is 6.25% of annual revenue. No matter how much or how little you spend, however, you’ll want to get the most bang for your buck. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard about social media marketing (SMM). It …

The Industrial Revolution–parts one and two.  The Digital Revolution. Throughout history there have been periods of growth and innovation that made it a favorable time to be a creative person who wanted to advance technology and bring new products to the market.  But as they say, there is no time like the present, and this is especially true when it …

California company shifting work to Buffalo “A high-tech, California-based firm will be relocating its R&D and some offices into a portion of the Northland Workforce Training Center complex on the city’s East Side.” Read more Hudson Valley Community College Welcomes Gene F. Haas Center “Hudson Valley Community College recently held a grand opening ceremony for the $14.5 million Gene F. …

FuzeHub is helping NYS manufacturers strengthen their cybersecurity and increase their competitiveness. In 2019, FuzeHub supported cybersecurity initiatives from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the New York Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NY MEP) network. In 2020, FuzeHub will continue to support programs that assist companies with the new cybersecurity requirements..  For manufacturers in the defense industry, cybersecurity isn’t just …