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Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC parent EnPro Industries Inc. this week reported a fourth-quarter increase in sales and earnings, beating Street estimates. For the quarter ended Dec. 31, EnPro posted revenue of $381.4 million, up from $362.5 million in the year-ago ...

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Foodlink Inc. will add a number of additional food distributions to address food insecurity as a result of the government shutdown. Fourteen additional food distributions will be available the week of Feb. 18 through Feb. 23 for individuals who received ...

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The second and final phase of the $14 million Route 531 project in Ogden and Sweden has wrapped up, easing the flow of traffic along the redesigned highway. The project began in 2017 and was intended to create a more ...

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When Matt Hurlbutt was named president and CEO of Greater Rochester Enterprise Inc. a little more than a year ago, it likely surprised no one who had worked with him in the past. Touting a region is easy, after all, ...

The realignment of Dewey Avenue and Driving Park Avenue has been named Project of the Year by the Genesee Valley branch of the American Public Works Association. The project, designed by Bergmann, won in the category of transportation projects less ...

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Literacy Volunteers of Rochester Inc. Executive Director Robert Mahar will retire this summer following 17 years at the helm of the nonprofit agency. Mahar was the organization’s third director in its 55-year history. “LVR and the people associated with the ...

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The Rochester-based winner of the $1 million 2018 76West Clean Energy Competition has opened a new manufacturing plant in the Southern Tier. EkoStinger Inc., a manufacturer of tractor trailer aerodynamics, this week opened an 8,000-square-foot facility at Elmira Corning Regional ...

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Award-winning actress Julia Roberts has been chosen as this year’s winner of the George Eastman Award from the George Eastman Museum. The award will recognize her distinguished contribution to the art of cinema. In accepting the honor, she will join ...

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Four Eastman School of Music alumni were awarded Grammy Awards Sunday in the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences 61st annual event. Steve Gadd won the Best Contemporary Instrumental Album for the Steve Gadd Band. It was his first ...

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Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Chief Operating Officer David Brown has stepped down, a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission shows. Monday’s filing states that effective Feb. 8, “Brown is no longer serving in the capacity of chief operating officer.” ...

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Gates manufacturer Corrosion Products & Equipment Inc. has been purchased by a Rhode Island group of specialty distributorships. INSCO Group has acquired CPE for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition includes CPE’s headquarters in Gates, which employs 18 people, as well ...

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Representatives from several local transportation groups will travel to the state Capitol Tuesday to lobby for increased funding to improve public transportation in the Rochester region and in Upstate New York. Our Streets Transit Coalition will meet with state legislators ...

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Operating conditions across the manufacturing sector nationwide improved in January, a monthly report from IHS Markit shows. The January IHS Markit U.S. Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index reports that domestic demand drove new business growth, as new export orders rose only ...

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First American Manufacturing Finance, part of City National Bank, is dangling the proverbial carrot for college students looking to bring new thinking and innovation to the manufacturing industry. Now in its second year, the equipment finance company is accepting applications ...

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Nearly $2 million has been set aside by the state Homes and Community Renewal to expand homeownership in the Finger Lakes. Some 56 Finger Lakes households will benefit from the $1.7 million that is being awarded to area agencies. The ...

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