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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 […]
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 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, […]
Vacuum and heat transfer manufacturer Graham Corp. is planning a more than $2 million renovation and expansion in Batavia, Empire State Development officials said. The company is converting its current warehouse space on Florence Avenue in Batavia into office and lab space and has constructed additional warehouse and manufacturing space which will allow the company […]
Embedded product development company D3 Engineering is planning to expand its operations by moving into a new larger facility on Lucius Gordon Drive in Henrietta, Empire State Development officials said. The move will allow the company, that specializes in the development of vision, sensing, autonomous, and power systems, to create up to 50 new jobs over […]
RealEats America is the $1 million winner of the first year of the New York food and agriculture challenge Grow-NY. Geneva’s RealEats was chosen following a two-day summit in Rochester during which the 17 selected finalists pitched their businesses to a live audience and panel of experienced judges for their share the prize money. The Grow-NY competition is focused […]
The Commissary Downtown Kitchen Incubator has officially kicked off construction on its food business incubator and shared kitchen facility. Located at Sibley Square, the $2 million project will involve the transformation of 6,500 square-feet of space inside the former department store into a commercial grade kitchen facility where food entrepreneurs can launch and grow their […]
The United States Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has agreed to support the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics with $279.9 million in funds for three fiscal years, beginning in 2020. Adding to previously executed agreements, including $80 million that the LLE already received for fiscal 2019, this makes possible a total funding level of $409.9 […]
Software development firm ITX Corp. plans to move its corporate headquarters to the Downtown Innovation Zone and create up to 80 new jobs. Founded and currently based in Pittsford, ITX will relocate to newly remodeled space in The Metropolitan on South Clinton Avenue. In business for more than 20 years locally, ITX had considered growing […]
Michael Mandina, president, and Richard Plympton, CEO of Optimax, have been named the 2019 recipients of the Herbert W. Vanden Brul Entrepreneurial Award, presented by Saunders College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology. The award, in its 34th year, is given to entrepreneurial leaders in the greater Rochester region who have developed a business that has improved […]