DuPont Nutrition & Health has added 33 staffers and increased its overall production capacity in Rochester by 70 percent since completing its expansion in March. “The facility and the process itself was a two and a half-year process from the ...
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A Rochester vision correction startup has acquired Florida-based Hydrogel Vision Corp. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Clerio Vision Inc., a developer of laser-based vision correction solutions co-founded by former iCardiac Technologies Inc. leader Alex Zapesochny, is readying ...
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A Webster parts distributor has broken ground on an $850,000 expansion to accommodate business growth. Classic Automation, founded in 2003 by Fritz Ruebeck, will expand its Salt Road warehouse through the addition of 12,000 square feet. The non-industry specific supplier ...
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Four local agencies have teamed to offer a unique internship program for students and adults on the autism spectrum. The first class of interns will begin Sept. 5. The Arc of Monroe, the Strong Museum of Play, AutismUp and Monroe ...
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Rotolite-Elliott Corp. is bucking a trend: The small, family-owned commercial printer is continuing a legacy begun nearly half a century ago, refusing to be gobbled up by the big guys. The company grows on its own terms. “We’re a third ...
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Irish Ambassador to the U.S. Daniel Mulhall was in Rochester this week to help mark the 35th anniversary of International Sister Cities Rochester, N.Y., and Waterford, Ireland, and to be part of the presentation of the ISC Corporate Citizen Award ...
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Linden Overhiser spent two years driving for Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. His experience with the industry’s two major players was the catalyst for starting his own rideshare company, Roc’n Ride. Overhiser claims both Uber and Lyft take 50 ...
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Four airports in the Rochester metro area are slated to receive a total of $2 million in federal infrastructure grants as part of the $3.18 billion Federal Aviation Administration Airport Improvement Program. It is the third allotment of the FAA ...
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Volunteers of America Upstate New York has selected former Holy Sepulchre Cemetery CEO Lynn Sullivan as its new president and CEO. Sullivan will begin her tenure with the nonprofit Aug. 12. “Lynn is an amazingly talented person. We feel very ...
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A $16.3 million project will begin Tuesday to rehabilitate two historic Erie Canal lift bridges. The state Department of Transportation and Canal Corp. announced the closure of the Route 259 bridge in Spencerport on July 9. A detour will be ...
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On the second floor of Sydor Optics Inc.’s Jetview Drive office is an American flag. The flag stands out because it does not stand alone; it is surrounded by an army of other flags, each one signifying the more than ...
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Harris Corp. and L3 Technologies Inc. have completed an all-stock merger, making the combined company, L3Harris Technologies Inc., the sixth largest defense company in the U.S. and a top 10 defense company worldwide. Prior to the merger, Harris had roughly ...
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ROC the Future has selected East Educational Partnership Organization (EPO) Superintendent Shaun Nelms as chairman of its convener board. Nelms replaces ESL Vice President and Director of Community Impact Ajamu Kitwana, whose term ended in June. East EPO joined ROC ...
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Imagine Monroe, the county’s economic development engine, has approved incentives for four projects that will create or retain nearly 650 jobs. Unither Manufacturing LLC plans to expand over five years, which will include the renovation of 100,000 square feet of ...
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Gas prices in Rochester and across the state have risen, just in time for the July 4 holiday and expected record-breaking travel, GasBuddy.com reports. Rochester drivers will pay an average of $2.83 per gallon at the pump this week, up ...
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