September 16 2019
Biotechnology/Life Sciences/Pharmaceuticals, Manufacturing

Capital Region Manufacturing Evolution

Area’s Drug Manufacturing Industry Becomes One of the Nation’s Largest The Capital Region’s pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing industry is rapidly becoming the one of the nation’s largest. In the past five years, the five-county Albany-Schenectady-Troy metropolitan statistical area’s national ranking for jobs in this industry has climbed to 13th from

September 16 2019
Employment/Workforce

Wage Growth in Albany and Saratoga Counties

Both Albany and Saratoga counties are regularly outperforming the majority of large U.S. counties when it comes to the growth of average weekly wages, according to a Center for Economic Growth Analysis of new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Wage Growth Performance In Q1 2019, Albany County’s average

September 13 2019
News

Week in Review: September 9 – September 13, 2019

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 WAMC: Albany Firm Now Shipping Biometric Gun Holsters REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

September 13 2019
Advanced Materials, Research & Development

The Research Connection – September 2019: Advanced Materials Edition

Featured R&D projects: Startup aims to advance the 3D printing of high-performance ceramics Binghamton to acquire advanced materials research tool Using nanotechnology to optimize ceramics, alloys, and composites Exploring the properties of photonic nanostructures Bio-industrial Materials Institute (BMI): Sustainable Materials Development Mycelium based biocomposites and foams High efficiency fiber reinforced

September 11 2019
News

Vara Safety Makes 1st Shipment of Biometric Gun Holsters Made in Rochester, NY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact James Schlett Director of Research and Communications 518-465-8975 X221 jamess@ceg.org ALBANY, NEW YORK – A Capital Region startup focused on firearm safety began shipping Reach, a one-of-a-kind locking holster which provides instant, ready access to your handgun. The Latham, New York-based Vara Safety is in

September 9 2019
News

Economic Development Month in Review: August 2019

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

September 9 2019
News

Week in Review: September 2 – September 6, 2019

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: REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEWS A look inside the construction of UAlbany’s $180 million ETEC building

August 30 2019
General, News

Week in Review: August 26 – August 30, 2019

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: Companies have to get creative when it comes to

August 23 2019
General, News

Week in Review: August 19 – August 23, 2019

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: N.Y. now among top 10 states for job ‘reshoring’

August 20 2019
News, Research & Development

Capital Region in top 50 for corporate R&D spending

Times Union By: Larry Rulison Albany- Despite the fact that General Electric Co., GlobalFoundries and companies like SI Group have all downsized their local operations in recent years, the Capital Region is an emerging force when it comes to corporate research and development spending. That’s according to the Center for

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