April 6 2017
Manufacturing

Success Story: CEG Business Growth Solutions Helps Polyset Improve Cash Flow and Unleash Growth Potential

        Polyset’s closed cell foam in various configurations and bonding station (left). Polyset’s laminator and vertical saw used in joint seal fabrication (right). In 2015, just as the Polyset Company was turning 35 years old, Rajat Ghoshal found his advanced materials manufacturing operation experiencing the challenges that

April 6 2017
Economic Analysis, General, Manufacturing, Research & Development

President’s Message – April, 2017

CEG Accelerates in Q1 Economic development happens when the interests of multiple parties from the public and private sectors align to help a new or existing business expand, recover or relocate. Although a not-for-profit business, The Center for Economic Growth (CEG) has reached a $6 million target for our Accelerate capital

April 5 2017
Employment/Workforce, Manufacturing

Capital Region Has the Nation’s 5th Fastest-Growing MFG Sector Among 100 Largest MFG Metros

CEG BGS Helped Create and Retain 163 Jobs in 2016 Continuing to benefit from public and private investments in technology assets, the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in 2016 had the fifth fastest-growing manufacturing sector among the nation’s largest 100 manufacturing metros, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG)

April 1 2017
News

Girls in STEM promotes tech to young minds

The Daily Gazette By: Daniel Fitzsimmons Getting youngsters interested in science, technology is goal Hudson Valley Community College hosted the fifth annual Girls in STEM event at their TEC-SMART facility in Malta on Saturday, attracting more than 200 girls in fourth- to eighth-grade from schools around the region that are interested in

March 31 2017
News

Economic Development Month in Review: March

For the Top Economic Development News of the Month, CEG selects news articles about projects or developments that promise to improve and/or transform the Capital Region’s economy, particularly those that related to manufacturing and initiatives outlined in Capital 20.20, a five-year, multi-pronged plan for bringing economic prosperity to the entire

March 31 2017
News

Week in Review: March 25-March 31, 2017

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 Business Review: Center for Economic Growth surpasses $6 million campaign

March 30 2017
News

Where Albany ranks for college and university engineering R&D space

Albany Business Review By: Shannon Sweeney The Albany area ranked seventh nationally for available engineering research and development space at colleges and universities, above cities like San Francisco and State College, Pennsylvania. Four colleges and universities — SUNY Polytechnic Institute, the University at Albany, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Union College

March 30 2017
News, Research & Development

PRESS RELEASE: Metros with the Most Academic Engineering & Science R&D Space

March 30, 2017 Media Contact James Schlett Director of Research and Communications 518-465-8975 X221 jamess@ceg.org Got Space to Innovate? Metros with the Most Academic Engineering & Science R&D Space Albany Ranks 7th in US for Academic Engineering R&D Space, Beating San Francisco, Raleigh The Albany-Schenectady-Troy metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has

March 29 2017
News

CEG hits $6 million fundraising goal

Times Union Albany The Albany-based Center for Economic Growth has raised $6 million for its “Accelerate” regional economic development initiative. The five-year campaign will help CEG promote the Capital Region to businesses and entrepreneurs from across the country. About 200 companies have invested in the 30-year-old organization.

March 29 2017
News

Regional development group hits $6M target for capital campaign

Troy Record ALBANY, N.Y. >> The Center for Economic Growth has reached the $6 million target of its ‘Accelerate’ capital campaign. Launched in Septmber, Accelerate is a five-year campaign and collaborative investment to accelerate and secure the region’s economic stability. According to a news release from the 30-year-old, regional professional

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