FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALBANY, N.Y – With R&D services poised to become the Capital Region’s largest export, the Center for Economic Growth (CEG) is looking to build on that momentum. CEG will return to Europe this week to highlight R&D opportunities with the Capital Region’s academic institutions and to discuss
A fermenting tank at Albany Distilling downtown Albany manufacturing facility. Founded in 2011, Albany Distilling Company was its namesake city’s first licensed distillery since the start of Prohibition. The distiller’s first product was a bourbon-mash whisky, which was followed by a variety of spirits, including rums and vodkas. Focused primarily
Stay up-to-date on business and economic development happenings in the Capital Region with the CEG Economic Development Week in Review. Don’t miss out on the developments that are transforming the region by following us on: CEG IN THE NEWS Times Union: Plug Power will create 97 jobs at new Clifton
Stay up-to-date on business and economic development happenings in the Capital Region with the CEG Economic Development Week in Review. Don’t miss out on the developments that are transforming the region by following us on: CEG IN THE NEWS Industry Week: We Have Liftoff: How a family metal-cutting company
Albany Business Review By: Liz Young More companies have expressed interest in the Albany area since the region competed for Amazon’s second headquarters, said Andrew Kennedy. That includes video game makers, technology companies and life sciences firms, among others, said Kennedy, who leads the region’s Center for Economic Growth that
One in 20 semiconductor-related device patents1 awarded by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) in 2017 can be traced back to a Capital Region inventor, according to a Center for Economic Growth review of patents listed in PTO’s Patent Full-Text and Image Database. Capital Region inventors’ tally of semiconductor-related
Accelerate Update Two years after announcing the Accelerate Capital Campaign, CEG continues to see new companies and regional organizations becoming investors and helping shape the Capital Region’s economy. Our newest investors are: • Bender Lane Advisory • BestPass Inc. • Black Chamber of Commerce • The Bonadio Group •
The talent pipeline for the Capital Region’s technology sector continued to expand in 2017, with traditional colleges and universities throughout the eight counties seeing a 10.3 percent year-over-year increase in STEM degrees awarded, according to a Center for Economic Growth Analysis of new data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Database
Employment in the Capital Region’s manufacturing sector last year climbed to its highest level since 2001. In 2017, the eight-county region’s manufacturers drove a 1.6 percent annual net jobs gain to an annual average of 34,322. Employment was up 7.6 percent from five years earlier, according to a Center for
NY Nanotech Summit, Co-Organized by AIM Photonics and CMPUG, with Prominent NY Tech Pavilion, to Highlight Innovation-Based Business Growth Opportunities in New York State ALBANY, NY – SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly), in partnership with the American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics), The Chemical Mechanical Planarization Users Group
