April 10 2017
News

$150 million in state budget for new health lab in Albany area

Albany Business Review By: Michael DeMasi The new state budget includes $150 million to build a laboratory in the Albany, New York, area that will consolidate the Health Department Wadsworth Center labs. Still to be determined: the size, location and total cost. The new lab “will develop life science research, innovation

April 7 2017
News

Week in Review: April 1-April 7, 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 Daily Gazette: Girls in STEM promotes tech to young minds REGIONAL

April 6 2017
Clean Technology

Capital Region Emerges as Upstate NY’s Top Non-Residential Solar Power Generator

CEG Launches Campaign to Solarize Manufacturers Non-residential solar projects have turned the Capital Region into one of the brightest spots in New York’s clean energy industry. The eight-county region leads upstate in not only the number of completed non-residential solar systems but also in the amount of power they can

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

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