Albany Business Review General Electric has created a new fuel cell startup business and is building a fuel cell pilot development and manufacturing plant in Malta,
The City of Buffalo and the Buffalo Niagara Partnership have announced a paid-internship program that will connect area manufacturers with local high school and college students who are interested in engineering and advanced manufacturing careers. The six-week program is part of larger, regional and national efforts to train the manufacturing workforce of tomorrow.
Today, many Buffalo-area employers are unable to find qualified candidates for advanced manufacturing positions. By 2020, regional employers will need to fill an estimated 17,000 advanced manufacturing jobs. In addition to engineers and supervisors, local companies will need to hire welders, CNC machine operators, and industrial mechanics.
SSTI Over the next three years, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) plans to hold open competitions for
During a recent visit to Pittsburgh, President Obama promised to provide small-to-medium manufacturers with the tooling they need to help themselves. “I can’t rent the Space Shuttle to you,” he joked, “but there are areas where we can enhance what is already being done by companies like TechShop,” a Steel City business that is lending production tools and equipment to local manufacturers.
On that same day, the White House announced that the Administration would offer entrepreneurs easier access to high-tech resources at more than 700 federal R&D facilities, including NASA’s National Center for Advanced Manufacturing in New Orleans. To speed the development of innovative materials, five federal agencies will also spend more than $150-million to support the Material Genome Initiative.
Rochester Business Journal At least 500 jobs that focus on the semiconductor industry will be created over the next five years in the Rochester area
Daily Gazette Last fall, when Etsy, the online marketplace for handcrafted and vintage goods, announced new rules that would allow its registered sellers to partner
Albany Business Review Elizabeth Miller says investing in a second water jet could potentially double her company’s production. Miller is the president of Miller Mechanical Services
Albany Business Review Scott Stevens has invested more than $500,000 to bring jobs and its powder coating process in-house. Stevens, president and founder ofDimension Fabricators in Glenville,
Federal Reserve Bank of New York The June 2014 Empire State Manufacturing Survey indicates that business conditions improved significantly for a second consecutive month for New York
"*" indicates required fields
