Industry News

The Finger Lakes Regional Economic Council (FLREDC) today announced that Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) will purchase a metal organic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE) system for growth of novel materials, thin film crystals and nanostructures. The MOVPE system, which represents a major upgrade to the RIT cleanroom user facility, allowing this facility to become competitive on a regional and national scale, will be available to research teams across multiple disciplines, including optics and photonics industries. RIT will be the only university in New York State with this system, and will provide essential resources and new capabilities in multiple nanotechnology applications for regional academic and industrial partners.

CNYBJ SALINA — The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a $31.7 million contract for additional sonar-detection systems.  That’s according to a list of contracts

RBJ Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the first round of awards from the New Energy Xcelerator in UpState NY, allowing nine teams of scientists to work

RBJ Rochester Institute of Technology is purchasing a system that will upgrade its cleanroom facility and help drive growth in the optics and photonics industries.

17th Annual New York State Cyber Security Conference and 9th Annual Symposium on Information Assurance  June 3 ‐ 4, 2014 Please join us at the Empire

Albany Business Review Crystal IS, an ultraviolet light technology developer in Green Island, New York, has named John Gartner as its first vice president of operations. More

WNY companies are invited to host one or more students from the University at Buffalo (either seniors or graduate students) who are tasked with completing

Alfred University Barry Watkins, deputy director of the Center for Advanced Ceramic Technology at Alfred University (AU), has joined the FuzeHub team as an industry

Buffalo Business First This summer, Dresser-Rand Co. will test a 10-megawatt compressor for undersea oil and gas production at a new test facility in Olean.  More