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One week after announcing it would lay off dozens but remain open, Batavia shoe manufacturer P.W. Minor LLC shut its doors on Friday. The company on Sept. 24 filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification with the state Department of ...

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Manufacturers nationwide are celebrating their industry today during Manufacturing Day, an event held the first Friday of October each year to both tout and spark interest in an industry that contributed $2.33 trillion to the economy in the first quarter ...

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Dolores Kruchten, longtime Eastman Kodak Co. staffer and leader of Eastman Business Park,  will retire next month. Kodak CFO Dave Bullwinkle will assume responsibility for EBP and Kodak Corporate Real Estate at that time. During her 36-year career as a ...

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Ultralife Corp. has been awarded a nearly $11 million contract to supply vehicle amplifier-adaptors and mounted power amplifiers to Thales Defense & Security Inc. Thales, a global leader in the development, manufacture and support of combat-proven, software-defined radio equipment, will ...

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Manufacturing conditions nationwide showed strong improvement in September as the industry experienced sharp rises in output and new orders, the latest IHS Markit U.S. Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index shows. The seasonally adjusted PMI registered 55.6 in September, up from 54.7 ...

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A 150-year-old Batavia shoe manufacturer plans to idle one of its product lines, resulting in 45 layoffs. P.W. Minor LLC on Sept. 24 filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification with the state Department of Labor noting a possible plant ...

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A Livingston County manufacturer has closed its doors, affecting dozens of employees. Applied Energy Solutions LLC (AES), a Caledonia manufacturer of forklift battery chargers, this month told its 30 employees they were being laid off. The state Worker Adjustment and ...

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Everything old is new again. Eastman Kodak Co. and Kodak Alaris are making Kodak Ektachrome film available, following a resurgence in the popularity of analog photography and motion picture film. Kodak Professional Ektachrome Film E100, available through Kodak Alaris, has ...

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Xerox Corp. has earned top honors for its environmental, social and governance standards as part of the FTSE4Good rankings. As part of FTSE Russell, the FTSE4Good Index Series is designed to measure the performance of companies demonstrating strong environmental, social ...

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Harris Corp.’s Communication Systems has received orders for more than 1,500 of its most advanced two-channel handheld radios. Local Harris officials declined to discuss the value of the contract, but in a news release Monday, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said ...

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Manufacturing activity continued its steady growth in September, according to firms responding to the monthly Empire State Manufacturing Survey released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The headline general business conditions index showed a slower pace of growth ...

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Batavia’s Graham Corp. has received three orders totaling $17.5 million. The Genesee County manufacturer, which designs and sells critical equipment for the oil refiing, petrochemical, power and defense industries, said the first order is for a new petrochemical facility to ...

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Cornell University is looking for a few good internships to challenge its materials research students next summer. The Cornell Center for Materials Research is aiming to partner with companies in the materials, chemistry, energy, pharmaceuticals, food and textile areas and ...

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You aren’t seeing many of those little yellow boxes anymore, but due to a partnership between Eastman Kodak Co. and fast-fashion leader Forever 21, the Kodak brand will soon emblazoning young fashionistas. The line of 26 Kodak-branded clothing items will ...

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Project Gator, the 20,000-square-foot building expansion for ever-growing O-AT-KA Milk Products of Batavia, has been completed and the process of hiring an additional 40 employees is underway. O-AT-KA has undergone three expansions in the past six years and added more ...