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OnCell has acquired New Zealand-based Authentic, a move that will strengthen OnCell’s position as a leader in self-guided tour apps while also increasing its global presence. OnCell, based in Pittsford, provides mobile tour technologies for museums, parks and cultural destinations, ...

When it comes to agriculture, the industry is no Silicon Valley. Surveys conducted just a few years ago found that the average American farmer was 58 while the average American computer programmer was 31. The food and agriculture workforce has only gotten older since ...

Tagged with: agriculture Anthony Colangelo Cornell Cooperative Extension Larry Van De Valk LEAD NY leadership Tom Facer

Takeform, an experiential graphics and wayfinding firm based in Medina, Orleans County, has acquired Buffalo-based PrintLeader. PrintLeader is a full-service, large-format digital printing and installation company. Takeform and PrintLeader had collaborated on projects for national accounts over the past year, ...

Paychex Inc., the Rochester company that provides human resources management, payroll, and insurance services in more than 100 locations across the country and Europe, is broadening its HR footprint again with the acquisition of Oasis Outsourcing of Florida. Paychex announced ...

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As the craft beverage business goes, so goes Waterloo Container Co. With the boom in wineries, breweries and distilleries in New York and around the Northeast, the company that supplies bottles and packaging to the beverage industry is booming too. ...

Tagged with: beer bottles finger lakes hard cider Waterlook Container wine

Cochran, Cochran & Yale LLC recently underwent an ownership change, with company president Shawn Baker purchasing the firm from his father, Gary. Brighton-based Cochran, Cochran & Yale specializes in executive search and management consultation, priding itself on finding the right ...

Remedy Intelligent Staffing and the firm’s Talent Acquisition Team have joined forces in a new facility at 360 Monroe Ave. in Rochester. Remedy Intelligent Staffing is a workforce solutions company while the talent acquisition team specializes in direct placement opportunities ...

In the world of elevator installation and service, the Big Four: Otis Elevator Co., Schindler Elevator Corp., Kone Corp. and Thyssenkrupp AG, have a monumental international footprint and foothold. They have not, however, dissuaded family owned Bison Elevator Service from expanding ...

High school sweethearts who attended Monroe Community College together and rose to the top of the business world returned to MCC Monday to announce a $4 million gift to lead the college’s fundraising campaign for student scholarships. The gift is ...

Tagged with: Adrian Hale Anne Kress MCC Foundation Monroe Community College Robin Wentworth Timothy Wentworth

Fred Burghardt has gone from encouraging people to get on the treadmill or resistance equipment to making sure those machines work when someone wants to use them. But he often encountered a major source of frustration: equipment breakdown. “As a ...

When ER Select acquired TalentBridge USA back in March of 2017, Tom Ioele wanted to add more than just the firm’s business relationships and adept personnel. Ioele, the ER Select CEO, also wanted the name. He believed TalentBridge was the ...

David D. Reh, a Victor entrepreneur who founded materials handling companies Gorbel Inc. and Retrotech Inc., a business services support company, Raytec Group, and Ravenwood Golf Course, died on Saturday. He was 77. A farm boy who grew up in ...

Tagged with: Clarkson University david reh Gorbel Ravenwood Raytech Retrotech university of rochester

The U.S. Patent & Trademark Organization’s Office of Innovation Development has launched a new Patent Virtual Assistance Program at the Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County. One of just six libraries in the nation to have a Patent and ...

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Having spent 23 years working for a firm that created trade show exhibits—rising from customer service manager to owner along the way—Mark Taylor decided the ability to offer more would make his company more dynamic. Instead of just creating exhibits, ...

The Rochester-based professional search and contract staffing firm, ER Select, has re-branded to become TalentBridge. The new name was announced Wednesday morning. TalentBridge was chosen because the name signifies precisely what the brand does: bridge high-performance clients and high-performance talent, ...