Twenty-five years ago this July marked a “turning point” in the Center for Economic Growth’s efforts to raise within the semiconductor industry the status of the Capital Region and attract to it a chip fab. It was in July 1999 when CEG broke from standard marketing practices to host
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 Overview GlobalFoundries is one of the world’s leading computer chip manufacturers. It has more than 3,000 employees at its most advanced semiconductor facility, dubbed Fab 8, in Malta, New York. Crucial to the 24-7 operation of this 300mm, leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing facility are maintenance technicians, whose duties include monitoring,
