10 local schools and 10 MFGs to participate in 1st-of-its-kind-in-NY student video contest (Oct. 23, 2024) – The Center for Economic Growth (CEG) is launching a first-of-its-kind contest in New York State that encourages middle school students to engage with local manufacturers and produce real-world, project-based videos that highlight “What’s
The Overview Greno Industries is a 63-year-old CNC precision machining shop that provides CAD/CAM, kitting and welding services. With 38 employees at its facility in Scotia, New York, the manufacturer serves industries for steam and gas turbine generators, oil and gas compressors, the Department of Defense, transportation, and pulp and
After two years of hitting historic lows, the number of Capital Region manufacturing establishment births doubled in 2022, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of new U.S. Census Bureau data from its Business Dynamics Statistics series. MFG BIRTHS In 2022 in the eight-county Capital Region, there were
Workers with some college or an associate’s degree are increasingly outnumbering those with a high school diploma or equivalent (e.g., GED) in the Capital Region’s manufacturing sector, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s QWI Explorer. In 2008, the eight-county Capital
The Capital Region’s manufacturing sector continued to grow in 2023 and climbed to a 22-year employment high. The region also experienced its largest annual increase in manufacturing employer establishments in more than two decades, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of new data for the New
Adhesive manufacturing employment has nearly doubled in the Capital Region over the past year, and now Saratoga County has the nation’s fourth highest concentration of jobs in this industry, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of New York State Department of Labor and U.S. Bureau of Labor
Food and beverage manufacturers have become the primary drivers of new employer establishments in the Capital Region’s manufacturing sector, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of data from the New York State Department of Labor. By the second quarter of 2023, the Capital Region had 205
Employment among the Capital Region’s startup manufacturers rebounded in 2022 after entrepreneurial activity in the sector hit a decades-low during the pandemic, according to a Center for Economic Growth analysis of U.S. Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS) and Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) surveys. In 2021, the eight-county Capital Region
The Capital Region’s number of active licenses issued for breweries, wineries, distilleries, cideries and meaderies has increased by more than 20 percent over the past two years, and their employment growth is even more robust according to the Center for Economic Growth’s biennial survey of the regional craft industry. As
CEG Tours German MFGs for Apprenticeship Best Practices Morcon Tissue, Eagle Bridge Employment in Capital Region’s manufacturing sector last summer grew to its highest level in more than two decades – driven by manufacturers such as Plug Power, BelGioioso Cheese, Morcon Tissue and Medline Industries, according to a Center
