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In Geneva, students at Finger Lakes Community College ferment wine, hoping their training will provide either a second career in the wine industry or a less-expensive leg up on bachelor’s degree they’ll complete at Cornell University. In North Chili, meanwhile, students at Roberts ...

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LiDestri Foods Inc. is partnering with Crop’s N.V. of Belgium to produce ready-to-eat meals at a new facility at Eastman Business Park. The move is expected to create 123 new full-time jobs in the next five years. Up to $4 ...

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Kodak Alaris has partnered with Newgen Software Technologies Ltd. on a new global strategic alliance to increase business opportunities. Under the agreement, the two companies will expand, connect and grow their network by jointly recruiting partners with similar profiles to ...

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Xerox Corp. on Tuesday posted mixed fourth quarter results, falling short of some Street estimates. Revenue for the quarter ended Dec. 31 was $2.53 billion, a nearly 8 percent decrease from the fourth quarter last year. Net income for the ...

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Rochester’s Sydor Technologies LLC has been awarded a $150,000 contract with the federal Department of Energy for development of a transparent X-ray detector. In collaboration with Brookhaven National Laboratory, Sydor will develop and commercialize a transparent X-ray camera to provide ...

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United Technologies Corp. on Wednesday exceeded Street expectations for fourth quarter earnings and revenue. It was the first quarterly report following its acquisition of Rockwell Collins and announcing it would split into three separate and independent companies. Analysts had expected ...

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Alpina Foods Inc. on Friday abruptly shuttered its Batavia facility, citing the loss of a co-packaging contract. The company has not released a statement and a call to the facility was unanswered, but the Genesee County Economic Development Center confirmed ...

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Business activity grew slightly in New York in January, although the Empire State Manufacturing Survey’s general business conditions index fell 8 points. At 3.9, the general business conditions index was at its lowest level in more than a year. New ...

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Archival Methods has expanded half a dozen times in its 16 years, but its most recent move puts all of its employees under one roof. The archival storage and presentation products company this week celebrated its recent move from two ...

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Harris Corp. has been awarded a $75 million order from the U.S. Marine Corps for upgrades to its Falcon III manpack radios, manufactured in Rochester. The contract follows U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer’s push for increased funding in the 2019 Defense ...

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When a small company in New York has a bright idea for a new food product, it typically turns to Olga Padilla-Zakour. When a large company, like Wegmans, is thinking of adding a new product line or a new vendor, it ...

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Graham Corp. has established a subsidiary in India to drive localized sales and market development. The Batavia-based manufacturer on Tuesday said the new facility, Graham India Private Ltd., will be based in the northwest region of India and has been ...

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Rochester Insulated Glass Inc. has completed the first phase of a two-phase expansion that is expected to add nearly 50 jobs. The Manchester, Ontario County, manufacturer has retained 56 at-risk jobs and filled 46 new positions, officials said last week. ...

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The U.S. manufacturing sector showed solid improvement in December, although growth slowed to a 15-month low, the latest IHS Markit U.S. Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index shows. The seasonally adjusted headline PMI dropped to 53.8 in December from 55.3 in November. ...

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Dynalec Corp. is expanding manufacturing operations in the Village of Sodus to meet what the firm says is worldwide demand for its products. Dynalec, which makes shipboard systems for communication, navigation and switching, will receive $250,000 for the $1.045 million ...