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Li-Cycle to establish first U.S.-based facility at Eastman Business Park
Li-Cycle Corporation, a lithium-ion battery resource recovery company, will establish its first US-based facility in New York State at Eastman Business Park. The Canadian business will set up operations in Monroe County in an effort to tap into the robust lithium-ion battery supply chain in the United States and the lithium-ion battery ecosystem in Rochester. […]
American Packaging renews funding for RIT program with $1M gift
The American Packaging Corp. has renewed its support for Rochester Institute of Technology and its packaging science program with a gift of $1 million. Funding from the long-time corporate partner will support two innovative packaging centers at the university: the American Packaging Corp. Center for Packaging Innovation, a comprehensive teaching, research and testing laboratory; and the […]
Three high-tech firms unveil plans for growth
Rochester companies CloudCheckr, Mastodon Design and Calero Software will expand and create jobs, growing the area’s high-technology ecosystem, state officials say. Cloud management platform company CloudCheckr will expand its headquarters in Rochester’s Downtown Innovation Zone through a $6.7 million project, creating upto 397 new high technology jobs. Communication hardware manufacturing specialist Mastodon Design has moved into […]
Tech startups make TechTribune’s 2020 list
Eight Rochester technology startups have made the Tech Tribune’s 2020 Best Tech Startups list for the city. In partnership with Crunchbase, the Best Tech Startups series is published annually for every major city and state and for the United States as a whole. Tech Tribune aims to “recognize and honor the most exemplary young companies all across the […]
Student entrepreneurs pitch ideas at Investor Demo Night
Four multidisciplinary student teams got the opportunity to pitch their businesses to potential investors this month at the RIT Student Accelerator Investor Demo Night. Their goal: To jumpstart their ventures and transform commercial concepts into real companies. Startups accepted into the student accelerator are each offered a stipend, a team expense fund, working space in […]
ComTec Solutions to expand, add jobs
ComTec Solutions will expand operations in Gates and will create up to 24 new jobs over the next five years. The technology service provider which specializes in IT managed services, Epicor ERP, cloud hosting, cloud backup, and disaster recovery has purchased a new building located at 65 Elmgrove Park to accommodate the $2.25 million project, […]