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CooperVision pays $38M-plus for its Henrietta facility
After 17 years of a tenant-landlord relationship with Konar Properties, CooperVision now owns its packaging and distribution center in Henrietta.
Even as growth continues, Triton Mechanical committed to being local specialists
Triton Mechanical is a commercial refrigeration and HVAC service provider, a B2B enterprise specializing in heating, air conditioning and refrigeration.
State photonics board recommends multimillion investment in AIM Photonics
The board approved a proposal for $27.5 million in previously committed New York State funding to invest $23 million in new equipment and tool upgrades to further enhance the TAP facility’s research and development capabilities and to amplify the consortium’s collaboration with regional universities, with $4.5 million in operational support.
Precision OT expands global distribution capabilities
Precision OT is a system engineering and integration company focused on optical transceivers and related optical networking equipment.
Ithaca-based optical products manufacturer with local presence names new GM
EMF, a division of Omega Optical Holdings, has named Darrick Dutcher its general manager, overseeing operations at the company’s main manufacturing site in Ithaca, as well as its location on Paul Road in Rochester.
Circle Optics could be Rochester’s next imaging tech champion
Since its inception Circle Optics has secured contracts valued at some $3.7 million, has a dozen patents awarded or pending and was named a winner of Pepperdine’s most fundable companies in 2022, as well as GENIUS NY 2021 and Luminate 2019.
JML Optical to be acquired by NJ firm; local operations to remain
Founded in 1972, JML has 70,000 square feet of space on Linden Avenue dedicated to the design, production and testing of aspherical, spherical, plano, cylindrical and acylindrical lenses and multi-element optical devices.
Local optics & imaging veteran takes charge at RIT’s Carlson Center for Imaging Science
A local optics and imaging veteran has taken the helm at Rochester Institute of Technology’s Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science.
Local optics veteran takes the helm at AIM Photonics
William W. (Wade) Cook has been appointed executive director of the American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics.
Navitar acquired by PA firm in multimillion-dollar deal
AMETEK – which logged sales of $5.5 billion in 2021 – acquired Rochester-based Navitar, along with Canadian firm RTDS Technologies Inc., for roughly $430 million.
Sydor Technologies awarded SBIR grant
Sydor Technologies has been awarded an $1.15 million Phase II SBIR grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to continue development of a fast photodiode used in labs for laser characterization, synchrotrons and fusion experiments.
Rochester buys into an economic development trend: paying remote workers to move here
In return for relocating to the area and staying for at least one year, individuals as well as families, can receive up to $19,000.
