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The 2020 Grow-NY business competition is accepting submissions, officials at Empire State Development said. Grow-NY is in the second year of its three-year initiative and focuses on enhancing the emerging food and agriculture innovation cluster in Central New York, the Finger Lakes and the Southern Tier regions. The competition attracts high-growth food and agriculture startups […]
VPG Medical, Inc., a Rochester-based developer of advanced solutions for the home-based health monitoring and personalized wellness markets, announced today that it has launched a free wellness tracker for Monroe County residents to use during the unprecedented COVID-19 outbreak. The tracker leverages the company’s HealthKam technology, which is an APP utilizing the embedded camera in […]
Bioperformance company GreenLight Biosciences plans to construct a pilot plant at Eastman Business Park. The project will create up to 30 new jobs that will support the production of GreenLight’s RNA-based solutions for the agriculture and healthcare industries. The pilot plant will enable GreenLight to bring GreenWorX™, its cell-free biomanufacturing process, to market in order […]
Flexible packaging manufacturer ProAmpac will expand its existing facility to establish an innovation center in Ogden. The company will build a 25,000- square-foot addition to its facility on Manitou Road, with plans to hire up to 40 new employees. The innovation center will focus on packaging development and design and will also host regional and […]
VisualDx, a healthcare informatics company focused on enhancing medical decision-making worldwide, has received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to improve and extend knowledge of front-line clinicians in remote, underserved areas. Accurate, safe, and high-quality medical care is difficult to deliver in low- and middle-income countries where there can often be a […]
Katherine Douglas has been named interim president of Monroe Community College. The State University of New York Board of Trustees approved the appointment this week. Douglas brings more than 40 years of experience in community college education to MCC. Most recently, she served as president of SUNY Corning Community College for eight years until her […]
Butler/Till, a results-driven media and communications agency, has appointed Kimberly Jones as President and CEO. The company also said that it will begin construction on its new headquarters in downtown Rochester this year to accommodate growth. The agency plans to double the number of employees at its New York City location reflecting continued growth in […]
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, […]