EXHIBITOR GUIDE

At the Advanced Institute for Manufacturing, or AIM, we help small and medium sized manufacturers throughout the Mohawk Valley. We do this by providing them with the training, consulting, and technology services they need that will lead to new product development, cost reductions, increased efficiency, and profits.

AIM has the credentials you can count on, and the experts you can trust. We are designated by NYSTAR and NIST as a Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) center. MEP has 588 field locations throughout the United States and more than 1,200 technical field staff. We provide comprehensive programs and services to manufacturers in a variety of industries.

Vance Metal is ISO 9001: 2015-certified and have a wide range of capabilities and skill sets at our shop including metal fabrication, laser cutting, forming, rolling, blasting, painting, assembly, testing and machining. We have our ASME U and R stamps for high pressure vessels. We fabricate industrial weldments, frames, enclosures, process pipping, piece parts as well as stainless steel tanks for fermentation, carbonation, blending and storage. We have over 50 welding procedures in place that are certified for various customer and industry specifications. We are a build to print shop and have an engineering staff of roughly eight people. They are equipped and work in, AutoCAD, Solid Works and Inventor. We are also a lean manufacture.

Located in central New York State, just off the NYS Thruway exit 30, Herkimer County Community College is one of 30 community colleges in the State University of New York (SUNY) system. Herkimer offers a quality and affordable educational experience and is ranked among the top two-year colleges in the nation based on transfer and graduation rates. Herkimer College offers a variety of associate degree and certificate programs in art, business, communication arts, criminal justice and law, education, healthcare and service, liberal arts and sciences, and STEM, and is a leading provider of fully-online degree programs.

According to the book ‘I Grew Up with Basketball’ written by Frank J. Basloe, ‘The Herkimer 9’ was the name of the first basketball team from the Herkimer YMCA. Lambert Will was the first coach/player and was recognized in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame for his contribution of early innovations to the game . The first rim and net have also been traced back to Herkimer. Our goal is to revitalize this block back to 1891 and restore the buildings surrounding the historic four corners. The Court House will be converted into a museum to display all the evidence and artifacts regarding the early stages and evolution of basketball. We will also be building a basketball/sports field house to host tournaments and events.

Kwik-Kut Manufacturing produces quality, American-made kitchen goods. We have made our most popular product, the Tooth Edge Chopper, for over 80 years! We manufacture variations of this product as well as some custom made items. Our products can be found in hardware stores, kitchen shops, restaurant suppliers, and are also sold for fund-raising purposes.

Neff specializes in providing automation products and solutions to enhance manufacturing and assembly processes and improve productivity in a wide variety of industries. We focus our activities on manufacturing process improvement, productivity enhancement, total cost management and downtime reduction. Our mission is to provide automation solutions designed to “enhance our customers’ competitiveness.”

CCMR advances, explores, and exploits the science and engineering of advanced materials through the
study of materials at the nanoscale. CCMR’s facilities enable materials synthesis and preparation, analysis, testing and characterization. Access to Cornell materials science experts is available through the grant-based Industrial Partnerships Program. Industrial projects receive matching funds to support projects, instruments’ usage and student internships.

The mission of the Herkimer County Industrial Development Agency is to deliver economic incentives to businesses and industries to diversify and strengthen Herkimer County’s tax base and enhance community vitality by supporting job creation, business and industrial development, and community revitalization. We strive to develop the local economy in an organized, sustainable and environmentally beneficial manner.

Montgomery County Chapter of NYSARC, Inc., dba-Liberty Enterprises, is a not-for-profit agency that began as a parent-run, advocacy organization for persons with disabilities over 50 years ago.

Liberty provides a lifetime range of comprehensive, professional services. One of Liberty’s missions is to empower these individuals through vocational employment in a manufacturing setting. Liberty’s manufacturing program produces over 200 products such as janitorial cleaning products, personal care soaps, office products, spill absorbent products, including food processing.

ARC Herkimer is a not-for-profit organization that assist people with developmental disabilities. One of the ways that we are able to assist them is through our vocational operation, Herkimer Industries, where we bring jobs in for the people we assist to work on. The main services that we offer is that of kitting, packaging, sewing, minor assembly, pallet displays, warehousing and fulfillment. We are SQF certified for the handling of packaged food as well as FDA registered for the kitting of medical devices.