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A FuzeHub Periodical, Issue 2 | Summer 2020

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2020 VISION:A LOOK INTO THE NEW DECADE OF MANUFACTURING

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Welcome to the second edition of Empire State Manufacturing & Innovation, a FuzeHub periodical for New York State’s manufacturers, technology companies, and everyone that is interested in innovation-led economic growth.

As the statewide New York Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NY MEP) center, we strive to keep you informed about how technological change is shaping the future of New York State industry, and to provide highly relevant resources for companies and entrepreneurs to thrive. In this edition, we’ve defined five key industry clusters that comprise much of the “innovation economy,” highlighted technological disruptions on the horizon, and showcased New York State leadership in those sectors, including the contributions of smaller companies across the state.

FuzeHub is your gateway to the vast network of programs and expertise that can help your company to adopt or develop critical technologies and to participate in this economic transformation and growth. Please visit us any time at www.fuzehub.com and take the next step to engage with New York State’s many innovation assets.

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FuzeHub is the statewide New York Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NY MEP) center, supported by Empire State Development’s Division of Science, Technology & Innovation (NYSTAR). NY MEP is part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership.

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Issue HighlightsELENA GARUC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FUZEHUB

OFFICE AND TRAVEL COORDINATOR

Birgit Asbornsen

MARKETING AND EVENTS SPECIALIST

Page Fronczek

TECHNOLOGY INSIGHT SPECIALIST

Beth Bornick

PROGRAMASSISTANT

Zachary Sauro

CREATIVE DESIGN ANDCOMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST

Brianna Turner

DESIGN AND ENGINEERINGSOLUTIONS SPECIALIST

Eric Fasser

MAGAZINE CONTRIBUTOR,MRB GROUP

Alyson Slack

SOLUTIONSSPECIALIST

Steve Melito

MANAGER OF GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

Karin Kasparian

SPECIAL PROJECTSDIRECTOR

Kim Lloyd

PROGRAMCOORDINATOR

Patty Rechberger

MAGAZINE DESIGNERS

Brianna TurnerAlyssa Varsanyi

EXECUTIVEDIRECTOR

Elena Garuc

ENGINEERING SOLUTIONSSPECIALIST

Ben Weinberg

DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT

Julianne Clouthier

NY MEP SOLUTIONSDIRECTOR

Everton H. Henriques

A Message from Empire State Development // 04

Empire State Manufacturing Snapshot // 06

The New York Manufacturing Extension Partnership // 08

Advanced Manufacturing & Materials // 10

Biotechnology, Medical Technology, & Life Sciences // 14

Cleantech, Energy, & Environmental Innovations // 18

Advanced Electronics & Photonics // 22

Digital, Data, & Media Technologies // 26

An Interview with Cree // 32

Bombardier Marks ManufacturingSuccess and Tracks the Future // 34

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key industry clusters in which ESD is an active investor, ensuring that New Yorkers remain at the forefront of the global innovation economy.

MATT WATSON

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATIONEMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT

Across the United States and around the world, communities are realizing the power of

economic development strategies that build on partnerships between universities, industries, entrepreneurs, and start-up ecosystems. New York State has done this well for decades through longstanding programs and investments that cultivate innovation and growth in companies and early-stage ventures that call the Empire State home. To that end, Empire State Development (ESD)’s Division of Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR) is tasked with advancing technology innovation and commercialization in New York State.

NYSTAR plays an integral role in ESD’s economic development strategy by overseeing funding for university research centers and by providing assistance to businesses through its Centers of Excellence, Centers for Advanced Technology, Manufacturing Extension Partnership centers, Innovation Hot Spots, New York State Certified Business Incubators, and other assets. NYSTAR offers programs

that assist companies from start-up through maturity phases by leveraging the State’s unparalleled investments in world-class technology assets and expertise. In total, NYSTAR provides roughly $55 million in annual funding to support over 70 centers, a network of vital assets for enabling technology advancement that provide direct assistance to New York State companies to foster manufacturing growth and job creation.

The NYSTAR network’s vast expertise is available to companies of all sizes. It provides a range of services, from helping an entrepreneur refine a new environmental sensor technology to developing the next generation of antimicrobial nanomaterials for use in healthcare products.

NYSTAR’s centers and programs touch all points of the state’s innovation economy, such as advanced materials, biotech and life sciences, renewable energy, materials processing, optics and imaging, software and digital media, and electronics technologies. This FuzeHub publication highlights several

A MESSAGE FROM EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT’SDIVISION OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION (NYSTAR)

The New York Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NY MEP) centers are ready and

equipped to protect manufacturers.


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From paper mills in the North Country, to food processors across the Finger Lakes, to machine shops in cities large and small, to bakeries in Manhattan, to shop floors producing high-value semiconductor chips, chemicals, and medical devices, New York’s manufacturers are dispersed across the state’s diverse economic landscape.

Manufacturing jobs are concentrated in large population centers, as shown on the map to the right, but they are important to communities large and small, urban and rural. They provide high-wage jobs (averaging $84,338 in earnings in New York State), drive commercial innovation, and contribute to the nation’s exports and long-term economic competitiveness.

Manufacturing employs over 450,000 New Yorkers across the state, spread over nearly 17,000 business locations.

EMPIRE STATEMANUFACTURING SNAPSHOT

Key Manufacturing Industries by EmploymentAt the state level, the five manufacturing industries employing the most New Yorkers are Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing, Food Manufacturing (Food Processing), Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing, Machinery Manufacturing, and Chemical Manufacturing. These five industries account for over half of New York’s manufacturing jobs.

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Food Processing

Fabricated Metal Products

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Plastics and Rubber Products

Transportation Equipment

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Source: Emsi, 2019

Mapping New York State ManufacturingThe map below reflects the unique composition of New York State manufacturing jobs, highlighting the largest manufacturing industry for each region by employment.

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Manufacturing Jobs in 201954,00239,320 to 54,001

7,059 to 18,34018,341 to 39,319

2,861 to 7,0580 to 2,860

What’s Produced Where?

Capital Region: Chemical Manufacturing

Central NY: Computer & Electronic Products

Finger Lakes: Machinery Manufacturing

Long Island: Chemical Manufacturing

Mid-Hudson: Computer & Electronic Products

Mohawk Valley: Fabricated Metal Products

New York City: Food Manufacturing

North Country: Paper Manufacturing

Southern Tier: Computer & Electronic Products

Western NY: Fabricated Metal Products


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THE NEW YORK MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PARTNERSHIP(NY MEP)

Manufacturing is the lifeblood of New York State’s regional economies, and the New York Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NY

MEP) works hand in hand with small and mid-sized manufacturers to help them become more competitive.

NY MEP centers are located in every region of the state and are the go-to resource for manufacturers that need solutions for company growth and innovation. NY MEP Centers assist manufacturers with projects such as:

Manufacturing process improvement

Quality management

Business growth and market strategies

Workforce development and leadership development

Product design and development, prototyping, and manufacturing scale-up

Supply chain assistance

Exporting and reshoring

Adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies (automation and robotics, additive manufacturing, digital manufacturing and design, smart manufacturing, advanced materials)

Technology Scouting and Technology-Driven Market Intelligence (TDMI)

Cybersecurity

Industry-specific services for food manufacturers

Here are a few examples of companies that have accelerated their success by working in partnership with NY MEP.

Tidal New York, founded in 2014, produces flip flops that are 100% made in America. The company thrives on its reputation for sourcing materials from family-owned companies across the country, employing veterans, and creating a product that is comfortable and comes with a money-back guarantee.

Tidal New York wanted to refine its manufacturing processes and reduce as much waste from its operations as possible, in line with the company’s values of environmental stewardship. It engaged MTEC to identify inefficiencies that they could not see as clearly themselves. Using the Kanban approach, MTEC helped Tidal New York update its plant layout and implement systems that better match inventory to demand, reduce waste, eliminate extra process steps, and improve the productivity of its equipment. These solutions for leaner work flow are designed to allow the rate of daily flip flop production to more than double.

Watertown-based Current Applications designs and produces electric motors and drivetrains to spec for clients around the world. During a period of strong growth in demand for the company’s products, Current Applications’ leadership knew that in order to sustain competitiveness, the company needed to improve its plant floor operations to further reduce waste, control costs, and ensure consistent quality.

Manufacturing experts from CITEC, the NY MEP Center serving the North Country, helped Current Applications analyze its machining capacity, improve production layout and cell design, standardize work processes, ensure cross-training for employees, and implement lean material handling practices. Each product line was evaluated in terms of the company’s equipment capabilities and opportunities for smoother production and manufacturing flows. Current Applications credits this NY MEP project with enabling significant increases in sales and cost savings.

Start-up company Textured Food Innovations provides nutritious, specialized, contoured pureed meals for individuals with health conditions that require them to consume modified-textured diets. The company reached out to MTRC, the NY MEP Center serving Long Island, when it needed assistance from engineers to develop custom food molds and stainless steel supports for the molds.

MTRC staff, using the MTRC Rapid Prototyping User Facility, used a reverse engineering scanner to develop 3D CAD files of the company’s preferred molds, enabling the company to produce the molds in a timely manner, reduce costs, and have more control of the product. Like many companies that leverage the Rapid Prototyping User Facility to accelerate their path to production, Textured Food Innovations’ project is enabling the company to move to higher-volume production, and it is positioned to serve significant markets in hospitals and nursing care facilities.

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Manufacturer: Tidal New York

Project Type: Manufacturing process improvements

Results: $60,000 in cost savings; $67,000 in investments in new products, equipment, information systems, and workforce practices; sustainability in products and processes

MEP Center: CITEC Business Solutions

Manufacturer: Current Applications

Project Type: “Lean Flow” manufacturingprocess improvements

Results: $300,000 in increased sales and $125,000 in cost savings, spurring nearly $500,000 in new company investments

MEP Center: Manufacturing and Technology Resource Consortium (MTRC)

Manufacturer: Textured Food Innovations

Project Type: Engineering assistance andmanufacturing scale-up

Results: Higher volume production,decreased turn-around time

To find your regional NY MEP center,visit newyorkmep.org


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About the IndustryIn 2020 and beyond, “Industry 4.0” remains the watchword for manufacturing. Factory floors across New York State are adopting automation and robotics, new production methods, and a range of “smart” and digital technologies that leverage data and even artificial intelligence to increase efficiency, improve sustainability, and make better real-time production decisions.

The producers that maintain a competitive edge in the coming decade will be those that use Industry 4.0 tools to increase interoperability, integration, and information exchange between processes, devices, and systems in their manufacturing and business operations. This is true whether a company manufactures computers and electronics, food products, fabricated metal products, machinery, or

chemicals—some of the largest manufacturing industries in our state, as detailed in the Empire State Manufacturing Snapshot in this publication.

Advanced materials are a key factor in New Yorkers’ drive to create new and better products. Across the state, R&D and production of advanced materials involves ceramics, chemicals, glass, metals, plastics, and more, enabling high-performance products in sectors ranging from electronics and aerospace to medical equipment and consumer products. Think of antimicrobial nanomaterials for use in healthcare products, or titanium that is treated through new additive manufacturing processes for use in the most durable and sustainable aircraft parts yet.

Key R&D AssetsNew York State provides support to a number of R&D centers that are shaping the state-of-the-art in advanced manufacturing and materials. These centers specialize in additive manufacturing, materials R&D and materials testing, and sustainable manufacturing, among other expertise. They are available to help companies improve their production methods and join the Industry 4.0 revolution:

New York State Strengths & Key DisruptionsIn every region, you can find companies large and small whose shop floors already feature some degree of “smart” production and that have invested in automation, robotics, additive manufacturing, or innovations that improve the environmental sustainability of their operations. Precision Valve & Automation in the Capital Region, defense and space equipment maker Moog in Western New York, and Boyce Technologies in Long Island City are just a few examples.

There are many New York State companies that are also actively developing the manufacturing technologies of tomorrow. Corning, the longstanding glass titan in the Southern Tier, continues its breakthrough innovations in glass nanomaterials with applications in consumer products, genomic research, and optical communications. In Western New York, multiple start-ups have developed novel 3D printing equipment, processes, and materials that are enabling products that would not have been possible through traditional design and production. In the North Country, Norsk Titanium is pioneering the additive manufacturing process of rapid plasma deposition, which is positioned to revolutionize the aerospace structural parts industry.

Center of Excellence inMaterials Informatics (CMI)Buffalo, NYbuffalo.edu/cmi.html

Buffalo Manufacturing WorksBuffalo, NYbuffalomanufacturingworks.com

REMADE Institute (Manufacturing USA)Rochester, NYremadeinstitute.org

Additive Manufacturing & Multifunctional Printing (AMPrint) CenterRochester, NYrit.edu/amprint

Center for Advanced Ceramics Technology (CACT)Alfred, NYalfred.edu/cact

Cornell Center for Materials ResearchIthaca, NYccmr.cornell.edu

Center for AdvancedMaterials Processing (CAMP)Potsdam, NYclarkson.edu/camp

Manufacturing Innovation CenterTroy, NY mic.rpi.edu

Center of Excellence in Advanced & Sustainable Manufacturing (COE-ASM)Rochester, NYrit.edu/gis/cesm/about.php

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The producers that maintain a competitive edge in the coming decade will be those that use Industry 4.0 tools.”

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HARBEC // COMPANY PROFILEEstablished manufacturer helped pioneer metal additive manufacturing and continues to advance its capabilities while developing the toolmakers of the future.

HARBEC produces precision metal and plastic parts for aerospace, medical, automotive, and high-end industrial applications. Along with injection molding and machining, this Ontario, New York company provides additive manufacturing services. In fact, HARBEC believes it was the first contract manufacturer in the United States with a metal additive manufacturing machine. HARBEC still uses this metal 3D printer, but has since added two newer units, both with direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) capabilities.

DMLS is a major investment, so HARBEC selected its equipment with care. By developing benchmarks, the precision parts manufacturer identified a machine that could meet its customers’ most demanding requirements. The EOSINT M 290, a newer version of HARBEC’s first 3D printer, can fuse powders of any metal, including space age alloys. HARBEC works with a supplier that provides high-quality powders and prides itself on the ability to optimize additive manufacturing parameters.

Many part designers still think of 3D printing as a specialized service bureau function, but HARBEC sees additive manufacturing as an integral part of the tool room of the future. Today, an in-house training program teaches toolmakers how to think in terms of both additive and subtractive manufacturing processes.

Innosek is an additive manufacturing and materials company that is filling the gap between prototyping and injection molding. The Buffalo-area business specializes in volumes between 1,000 and 3,000 units and combines additive manufacturing with value-added services such as component sourcing and product assembly. Innosek is also developing innovative materials with potential applications in energetics and pyrotechnics, fields of interest to the U.S. Department of Defense.

Additive manufacturing is a major part of Innosek’s business, but this seven-person company is much more than a 3D printing service bureau. Innosek turns concepts into prototypes and prototypes into finished products. Its proprietary software and machine modifications ensure that 3D printed parts are produced efficiently and consistently. Innosek welcomes startups and inventors, but also serves

well-known and established companies such as Tesla, Panasonic, and L3 Harris Systems.

Material science is also important to this five-year-old company. Currently, Innosek is partnering with the University at Buffalo to assess potential applications for additive manufacturing with ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW). Uses for this plastic, which is 14 times stronger and eight times lighter than steel, could include implants, prosthetics, body armor, and helmets. Innosek has also discovered a way to 3D print concrete by using magnesium oxide powder instead of Portland cement.

INNOSEK // COMPANY PROFILEInnovative company develops new 3D printing processes, leverages advanced materials for defense products, and provides prototyping and small-volume production for start-ups.

HARBEC believes it was the first contract manufacturer in the United States with a metal additive manufacturing machine.

TECHNICAL INNOVATION WITH ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING & MATERIALS (CONT.)

• New York State machine shops generate more than $1.7 billion in revenue annually, catering to a multitude of downstream industries. Milling accounts for 42% of that revenue.

• Defense and aerospace markets are the key drivers of innovation in machining.

• New York State is home to 6.2% of U.S. 3D printing and rapid prototyping companies.

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BIOTECHNOLOGY,MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY,& LIFE SCIENCES

Key R&D AssetsNew York-based universities, with support from NYSTAR, are pursuing groundbreaking R&D and enabling private sector innovation in key emerging technology areas, including hybrid medical device manufacturing, big data-driven life sciences, bioinformatics, precision medicine, and responses to bioterrorism. Additional NYSTAR-supported

assets have expertise in life sciences relating to agriculture innovation and environmental protection. Biotechnology and life sciences incubators across the state are fostering the development of new therapies and devices and bringing life-saving inventions to market.

About the IndustryNew York State is home to a world-class life sciences research and industry cluster, propelled by innovative companies and public-private partnerships that are accelerating developments in therapeutics, diagnostics, medical devices, and related products. The strong global growth of the healthcare sector—driven by an aging population, the rise of chronic diseases, evolving care models, and the expansion of health care systems in developing markets—continues to

present opportunities for companies that offer technologies and products that improve human health.

Medical technology companies, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, health IT companies, producers of diagnostic tools, makers of devices and other medical products, laboratories, and research and development organizations make up an ecosystem that drives advancements in the way medical services are delivered.

New York State Strengths & Key Disruptions Through Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s $620 million Life Sciences Initiative, the state is fueling the creation of cutting-edge healthcare solutions, expanding its ability to commercialize research, and spurring the growth of its life sciences cluster. New York’s Wadsworth Center (one of the foremost public health systems in the country), the Empire Discovery Institute, and the public-benefit Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center are other examples of New York-based organizations that are leading public-private efforts to create commercial solutions that address critical public health issues. Well-known pharmaceutical research and manufacturing companies in the state include Bristol Myers Squibb, home to leading biotechnology process development labs near Syracuse; and Regeneron, which is in the race to develop a coronavirus vaccine. GE Global Research’s facility in the Capital Region is also advancing the field of precision medicine.

In incubators across the state, and in the laboratories of leading medical companies and research universities, New Yorkers are developing products and technologies related to these key areas of current life sciences innovation:

Wearables: Smart devices incorporated into textiles or worn on the body that measure health indicators.

Personalized/precision medicine: A new frontier for healthcare combing genomics and data analytics to tailor medical treatment to individual patients, transforming diagnostics and delivery.

Biomanufacturing and regenerative medicine: The use of biological systems to manufacture new biomaterials, biomedical devices and therapeutics, and engineered tissues and organs.

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Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & LifeSciences (CBLS)Buffalo, NYbuffalo.edu/bioinformatics.html

Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture Ithaca, NYagritech.cals.cornell.edu/programs-partners/center-excellence-food-and-agriculture

Center for LifeScience EnterpriseIthaca, NYbiotech.cornell.edu/cat

Central New York Biotech AcceleratorSyracuse, NYcnybac.com

Center for Flexible Hybrid Medical Device Manufacturing (FlexMed)Binghamton, NYbinghamton.edu/camm/

Biomedical Accelerationand CommercializationCenter (BACC)Albany, NYamc.edu/bacc

BioInc@NYMCValhalla, NYbioincny.com

Center of Excellence in Precision Medicine and Responses to Bioterrorismand DisastersValhalla, NYnymc.edu/center-for-disaster-medicine/nystar-center-of-excellence

DownstateBiotechnology IncubatorBrooklyn, NYdownstate.edu/biotech/index.html

Center for Biotechnology (CFB)Stony Brook, NYcenterforbiotechnology.org


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PRECISION VALVE AND AUTOMATION (PVA) // COMPANY PROFILETransformational manufacturer acquires 3D printing technology as the foundationfor a new medical division.

IONICA SCIENCES // COMPANY PROFILEUniversity-based business could transform the diagnosis of infectious diseases, beginning with one of the world’s fastest growing vector-borne illnesses.

Ionica Sciences is combining biology and chemistry to improve the speed and accuracy of disease detection. Founded in 2013, the Ithaca company is located at Cornell University’s Kevin M. McGovern Family Center for Venture Development in the Life Sciences. Unlike traditional detection technologies, which look at the body’s response to infection, Ionica’s approach looks for the disease itself. By detecting infectious diseases in serum samples, faster testing can be brought closer to the point-of-care.

Ionica’s first test under development is a high-sensitivity assay for Lyme disease in humans. This tick-borne illness is one of the fastest growing vector-borne diseases in the U.S. Lyme disease is reasonably easy to treat if detected early enough, but current test methods have a sensitivity of only 50%. Plus, patients and providers may need to wait days for

test results to return from a laboratory. By contrast, Ionica’s test takes 30 minutes to complete, has a sensitivity greater than 80%, and is designed for use by doctors.

The underlying technology for Ionica’s disruptive diagnostic technique is a combination of DNA aptamers and surface enhanced Raman scattering. The company will follow a regulatory pathway to secure FDA approval, but deployment at service laboratories could be available by the end of 2021.

• New York State’s medical device manufacturing industry is worth about $1.7 billion annually, with greatest market share held by AngioDynamics, Conmed Corporation, CR Bard, and Medtronic PLC.

• Cardiac and vascular devices account for 34% of that revenue.

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BIOTECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL TECH, & LIFE SCIENCES (CONT.)

Precision Valve and Automation, Inc. (PVA) is a robotics and factory automation company that specializes in the applica-tion of adhesives, sealants, and coatings. PVA’s engineered solutions are utilized globally in applications that protect electronic assemblies, assemble medical devices, and adhere products in the automotive, renewable energy, appliance, and aerospace industries.

Founded in 1992, the Cohoes company started by manu-facturing dispensing valves before moving to a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute incubator and transitioning into au-tomation. PVA currently has sites in the Netherlands and China, with plans to expand to Mexico in 2020. In October 2019, PVA added 3D printed medical device manufacturing to its portfolio with the acquisition of Create O&P, an ad-ditive manufacturing startup, and rebranded the division as PVA Med.

The PVA Med Emergence PRO™ 3D Printing Platform is an integrated solution featuring hardware, software, ed-ucation, and support that allows orthotics and prosthetics

(O&P) clinics to make custom check sockets for prosthetics. Clinicians use an iPad Pro® with Structure Sensor scanner and proprietary software that supports the use of a wide range of filaments. Clinicians then print the device on the Emergence PRO™ 3D printer in their clinic before fitting it to the patient.

O&P clinics are looking for new technologies to modern-ize their practices, but busy professionals need a solution that’s both streamlined and affordable. Instead of working with multiple hardware, software, and support vendors, clini-cians want a single point of contact. PVA Med’s Emergence PRO™ 3D Printing Platform combines everything O&P clinics require in a single turnkey package.

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CLEANTECH, ENERGY, & ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATIONS

Center of Excellence in Environmentaland Energy Systems (SyracuseCoE) Syracuse, NYsyracusecoe.syr.edu

Center of Excellence in Weatherand Climate AnalyticsAlbany, NYweatheranalytics.org

Center for Future Energy Systems (CFES)Troy, NYcfes.rpi.edu

RAPID Institute (Manufacturing USA)New York, NYaiche.org/rapid

Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center (AERTC)Stony Brook, NYaertc.org

Key R&D AssetsNew York State promotes advanced energy, environmental, and cleantech innovation through R&D centers specializing in areas such as renewables and biofuels, energy storage, sustainable manufacturing, advanced electric grid control, and nanotechnology applications for novel sources of energy. Additionally, the GE Global Research Center in Schenectady is a major source of cleantech innovations, known for its specialization in photovoltaic inverters—among other strengths. And the federal Brookhaven National Lab in Upton, N.Y. is an important national asset for sustainable energy research.

Center for Integrated ElectricSystems (CIEES)Stony Brook, NYsbuciees.org

Center of Excellence in HealthyWater SolutionsPotsdam, NYclarkson.edu/nys-center-excellence-healthy -water-solutions


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About the IndustryThis broad industry encompasses products and processes that improve energy efficiency, enable the sustainable use of resources, or improve environmental protection. New York State’s ambitious commitments to a cleaner energy future and reduced emissions have fostered a strong industry cluster of innovative companies, both large and small, that are generating the technologies that will enable environmental sustainability alongside economic growth.

The Empire State has invested $5 billion in the industry, ranks third nationally for wind and cleantech patents, and is one of the top states for clean energy employment. New York State’s ongoing efforts to develop and deploy solar, wind, geothermal, and other renewable products and systems are

supported in part by the state’s Clean Energy Fund and Green Bank. And the 76West Clean Energy Competition in the Southern Tier has attracted a new group of clean energy innovators to the state.

New York State Strengths & Key Disruptions Advancements in battery technology are a critical barrier for moving toward a future of clean transportation and efficient energy storage. The New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium (NY-BEST) and its member companies have led the charge in positioning New York State as a global leader in energy storage technology, including applications in transportation, grid storage, and power electronics. In the Southern Tier, the Imperium3 consortium is working to commercialize and produce lithium-ion battery technologies that have been under development at Binghamton University, and that are set to supply the next generation of electric vehicles and other energy storage systems.

The built environment is now recognized as a major factor in greenhouse gas emissions: In New York City, more emissions are generated by buildings than transportation. New York-based organizations like the Syracuse University

Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems, and their private sector partners, are leaders in a wide range of technologies that improve building efficiency and indoor environmental quality.

New York State’s abundant fresh water resources have positioned the state to play a leading national role in addressing the complex challenges of water resource management, infrastructure, and protection. Key organizations advancing the state-of-the-art in water resource management include a new Center of Excellence in Healthy Water Solutions, jointly hosted by Clarkson University and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

New York State is also poised to host significant manufacturing and assembly operations associated with the installation of vast offshore wind farms throughout the Mid-Atlantic.

New York State’s ambitious commitments to a cleaner energy future have fostered a strong industry cluster.

COMBINED ENERGIES // COMPANY PROFILEClean energy innovator develops universal power converter that boosts a wide range of voltages for renewable power generation, energy storage, and electric vehicles.

Combined Energies is a power electronics company developing a DC-to-DC converter with greater functionality, higher efficiency, a smaller footprint, and lower cost than existing converters. Its patented converter accepts variable input voltages from generating devices such as batteries or fuel cells and boosts the voltage to a higher level as required by the application. Importantly, Combined Energies’ patented technology supports below nominal voltage conditions—a common end-of-life challenge with power generating devices. This bi-directional converter can operate in both charge and discharge modes.

The company’s product design and development is supported by clean energy grants, a 2019 FuzeHub Commercialization Competition award, and two New York State supply chain partners. Vanteon Corporation, an electronic engineering

solutions provider in Fairport, designed Combined Energies’ prototype and is preparing demonstration units for battery and fuel cell customers. Surmotech, an electronics contract manufacturer in Rochester, performed an analysis that will improve the manufacturing of the printed circuit boards. Combined Energies’ universal converter could also be a game-changer for electric and hybrid vehicles where electric motors, pumps, fans, and communications equipment all require different voltages to operate.

MICROrganic Technologies // COMPANY PROFILECleantech company combines wastewater treatment and energy recovery with power generation.

MICROrganic Technologies is developing microbial fuel cells (MFCs) that provide a low-cost and environmentally friendly alternative to traditional wastewater treatment, featuring energy recovery, power generation, and the deployment of advanced materials and microbes to treat organic waste. Designed for use with municipal wastewater and high-strength industrial waste, MICROrganic’s VIVA™ MFC is scalable and can retrofit to virtually any system. Along with high energy efficiency, its advantages include real-time process intelligence and, eventually, support for remote monitoring and predictive maintenance. Moreover, VIVA™ MFC can identify biological and mechanical problems with precision.

Based in Castleton-on-Hudson, New York, MICROrganic has been operating a 10,000 gallons-per-day pilot program at a municipal wastewater facility in nearby Pittsfield, Massachusetts since early 2019. The plant treats 12 million gallons of waste per day and spends $150,000 per year for aeration. MICROrganic determined that its MFC would

eliminate 85% to 90% of the 1,170 megawatt hours needed annually for this process. Moreover, if implemented at the plant, VIVA™ MFC would generate 50 to 100 megawatt-hours of power annually. MICROrganic is also working with breweries in New York State, which can benefit from on-site waste treatment, and is seeking partnership opportunities with manufacturers.

Founded by a young biochemist, MICROrganic is closing a knowledge gap that’s been studied by labs and other startups for decades. The five-person company includes mechanical engineering, software development, and business development talent.


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• New York ranks 3rd in the nation for wind energy and clean technology patents.

• More than $350 million in incentives has been authorized to accelerate the adoption of energy storage systems.

INDUSTRY INSIGHT

Source: esd.ny.gov/industries

About the IndustryAdvanced electronics continue to power the future of almost all other industries, as semiconductors, power electronics, photonics, photovoltaics, and nanotechnology drive advancements in everything from personal devices and manufacturing operations to smart cities, autonomous operations, and health care.

Key innovators in this sector are those that are engineering novel solutions and materials that enable ever faster transmission and processing of information and ever more energy-efficient electronic systems.

ADVANCED ELECTRONICS& PHOTONICS

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Integrated ElectronicsEngineering Center (IEEC) Vestal, NYbinghamton.edu/ieec

Center of Excellence in Small Scale Systems Integration and Packaging (S3IP)Vestal, NYbinghamton.edu/s3ip

Center of Excellence in Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology (CENN) Albany, NYsunypoly.edu/research/centers-programs.html

Center for Advanced Technology in Nanomaterials and Nanoelectronics (CATN2) Albany, NYsunypoly.edu/research/centers-programs.html

AIM Photonics (Manufacturing USA)Rochester, NYaimphotonics.com

SUNY Polytechnic Institute Computer Chip Commercialization Center (Quad-C)Utica, NYsunypoly.edu

Key R&D AssetsDecades ago, New York State had the foresight to seed the growth of a nanotechnology research cluster, and successfully positioned Albany and the State University of New York (SUNY) there as a global hub. Today, SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s facilities at Albany and Marcy remain the world’s foremost public-private assets for collaborative R&D activities on the next generation of advanced electronics and semiconductors. They’re a magnet for leading global companies like Applied Materials and Tokyo Electron. And Upstate New York has become a premier destination for state-of-the-art manufacturing operations like those of GlobalFoundries, IBM, and most recently Cree.

NYSTAR continues to support specialized R&D at Binghamton University and SUNY Polytechnic Institute in areas such as flexible hybrid electronics, nanomaterials, nanoelectronics, small scale systems packaging and engineering, thin-film solar cells, and supercapacitors. And New York State and the U.S. Department of Defense have invested significantly in the Rochester-based American Institute for Manufacturing In tegra ted P hoton ic s (AIM Photonics).

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OMNIMESH // COMPANY PROFILEFast-growing startup leverages a patented enabling technology for connectivity and storage that can reduce large up-front network infrastructure costs.

OmniMesh is an emerging leader in wireless mesh networking, decentralized data storage, and service delivery beyond the network edge. This startup is just two years old but already has a team of nine dedicated contractors and subcontractors in New York State. Last October, OmniMesh received a U.S. patent for its mutual distributed ledger gateway technology, a solution that leverages blockchain technology to track and pay for wireless transactions and services.

By partnering with manufacturers of advanced electronics, OmniMesh plans to commoditize hardware solutions at a price point that appeals to business partners and consumers alike. Based on consumer-premised radios and storage devices, the OmniMesh network forms a robust infrastructure without a major investment in centralized network backbones. Moreover, OmniMesh can help its

advanced electronics manufacturing partners scale up their opportunities in emerging markets for 5G services.

Today, this 5G-type network connectivity is used for premium content delivery. Additional use cases include connected cars, unmanned aerial systems (UAS), smart homes and smart cities, telemedicine, and a wide range of Internet of Things (IoT) services.

ORTHO CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS // COMPANY PROFILER&D center leverages photonics for in vitro diagnostics, a type of blood testing that provides quick results and can detect multiple biomarkers.

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics is a global provider of in vitro diagnostics and services for the clinical laboratory and immunohematology (blood banking) communities. The company is headquartered in Raritan, New Jersey but operates a global R&D center in Rochester, New York. Today, 40% of the global transfusion market relies on Ortho, which offers solutions that work together to ensure the blood patients receive is safe, the right type, and the right unit.

Ortho’s transfusion medicine portfolio makes it easy for laboratories to quickly match patients to the donor blood they have available. The ORTHO VISION® and ORTHO VISION® Max analyzers test many samples at a time for type, antigens, and antibodies. The analyzers test the blood against the ORTHO™ Sera testing panel, the most comprehensive menu of antisera available.

Additional products include the ORTHO™ Workstation, a two-in-one blood testing system that combines a centrifuge, a spinning chamber that separates the red blood cells from the serum, and an incubator, which heats the test thereby creating a reaction used to detect antibodies or antigens. ORTHO CONNECT™ is a middleware solution that manages immunohematology testing and communicates between Ortho’s instruments and the laboratory information system.

New York State Strengths & Key Disruptions One of the key barriers to advances in electronics performance is current electronics packaging technology. Researchers at Binghamton University are meeting this challenge through novel approaches to increasing packaging density and the integration levels of microchips.

In 2019, New York State and IBM announced a research partnership to create an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Hardware Center for AI-focused computer chip research, prototyping, testing and simulation at SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

Meanwhile, New York State has leveraged the Finger Lakes’ industrial legacy as an optics and imaging powerhouse to establish Rochester as a global hub for integrated photonics. Long considered the “next big thing” for advanced computing, replacing electrons with photons promises huge leaps in the speeds and amounts of data that can

be transmitted with much lower energy costs—a critical development at a time when the energy and storage costs of big data is soaring. With AIM Photonics’ Test, Assembly, and Packaging (TAP) facility and a $30 million Photonics Attraction Fund, New York is a destination for companies developing new photonics-based technologies and products.

ADVANCED ELECTRONICS & PHOTONICS (CONT.)

Novel solutions and materials are enabling ever faster and efficient transmission and processing of information.


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• The global market for the design, manufacture, and integration of photonics systems is expected to grow to at least $795 billion by 2022.

INDUSTRY INSIGHT

Source: aimphotonics.com

DIGITAL, DATA, & MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES

About the IndustryBroadly encompassing information technology, data science, computer science, and media technologies, New York State’s thriving tech community and first-rate talent pipeline have propelled its leadership in this industry cluster. These technologies are shaping the future of all industries, both old and new, including manufacturing, digital game development, advertising, media, and fintech.

Advancements in big data, artificial intelligence (AI), sensors, software, and computing are set to transform business operations of all kinds, enable smart cities infrastructure, improve the delivery of health care, and propel newer

industries like unmanned vehicles. These are also important components of New York State’s defense supply chain: Lockheed Martin’s Syracuse facility is producing the next generation of radar and sensors for defense applications, and Moog in Western New York is applying a range of emerging technologies to its aerospace products and systems.

Meanwhile, New York City and innovation hubs across Upstate New York are home to leading software companies (IBM), and digital media companies like BuzzFeed, Vice, YouTube, Facebook, and Spotify have significant footprints in the state.

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Center of Excellencein Data ScienceRochester, NYsas.rochester.edu/dsc/coe/index.html

MAGIC Center (Center of Excellence in Digital Game Development)Rochester, NYrit.edu/magic/digital-games-hub

Center for Emerging andInnovative Sciences (CEIS)Rochester, NYceis.rochester.edu

Center for Advanced Systemsand Engineering (CASE)Syracuse, NYcase.syr.edu

GENIUS NYSyracuse, NYgeniusny.com

Griffiss Institute NYS Certified Business IncubatorRome, NYgriffissinstitute.org

AiMOS AI SupercomputerTroy, NYhttps://news.rpi.edu/content/2019/12/05/aimos-most-powerful-supercomputer-private-university-focus-ai-research

Center for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications and Distributed Information Systems (CATT)Brooklyn, NYcatt.nyu.edu

Center for Advanced Technologies in Senors for Exploration of Natural Systems and Environments(Sensor CAT)New York, NYasrc.gc.cuny.edu/about/sensor-cat

NYU Game Center (Center of Excellence in Digital Game Development)New York, NYgamecenter.nyu.edu

Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology (CEWIT)Stony Brook, NYcewit.org

Tech Valley Digital Gaming Hub (Center of Excellence in Digital Game Development)Troy, NYgamehub.rpi.edu

Key R&D AssetsNew York State supports a wide range of R&D assets in this cluster, including university-based research centers focused on big data, advanced sensors, telecommunications, and wireless technologies. In addition, the NYSTAR network includes Centers of Excellence in Digital Game Development in Rochester, Troy, and New York City that are building a network to attract game development talent and assist companies with gaming concepts, technologies, and trends.


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sculpt products instead of creating physical prototypes. Operations managers could visualize the interior of a new or expanded building to aid in decision making about equipment placement. Synesthetic Echo, which has worked with hardware technology companies on research and content projects, cites scalability and cost savings as additional benefits.

Synesthetic Echo takes its name from synesthesia, a perceptual phenomenon where stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to experiences in a second

sensory or cognitive pathway. The company’s principals, both New York University alumni, credit their synesthesia with allowing them to be open-minded and to solve design problems faster.

SYNESTHETIC ECHO // COMPANY PROFILETechnology pioneer could transform how line workers learn and manufacturing leaders make decisions.

Synesthetic Echo is an XR development company with capabilities that could revolutionize manufacturing training, prototype development, and facilities management. Extended reality (XR), an umbrella term, encompasses augmented, virtual, and mixed reality technologies, including human-machine interactions generated by computer technology and wearables. The company works mainly with the entertainment

industry but envisions applications for manufacturers who want to conduct faster, more engaging training sessions.

For example, manufacturers with conveyor belts could replicate the entire work environment and provide safety training to workers so that they acquire a “muscle memory” of what not to touch. Designers could virtually

DIGITAL, DATA, & MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES (CONT.)

New York State Strengths & Key Disruptions Computer and data scientists and engineers are busy establishing the fundamental tools for artificial intelligence, and New York State is playing a leading role in the development of machine learning technologies that will disrupt everything from the financial sector to manufacturing shop floors. IBM’s AI Hardware Center in Albany and Stony Brook University’s Institute for AI-Driven Discovery and Innovation are key research centers contributing to this leadership.

The Mohawk Valley is home to a cluster of cybersecurity tech-related research, including the work of the Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, along with nearby defense contractors and aerospace companies. Several SUNY campuses offer cyber-related research and training programs, and the University at Albany is home to the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity. New York State is ranked #3 in the U.S. for cybersecurity jobs.

A global quantum computing race is on, and New York State has the unique assets essential to the national agenda for quantum technology development and deployment. Harnessing quantum interactions is key to the next giant leap in the speed of computation, security of data, and understanding complex natural systems ranging from Earth’s climate to the human body—a literal quantum leap. Unhackable communications, navigation in GPS-denied environments, and crunching massive, complex data sets can be possible with budding quantum solutions being developed here in New York State among leading research universities, companies, and federal labs.

Technological convergence around advanced sensors, electronics, data, and the Internet of Things provides the foundation for smart cities featuring interconnected infrastructure that leads to improved transportation systems, utilities, water and waste management, information systems, and other community services.

Digital manufacturing is remaking shop floors, leveraging increasing amounts of data, and enabling real-time production and business decisions that boost the competitiveness of early adopters.

New York State has become a hub for the development of unmanned systems, aided by the federal designation of a drone test corridor between Syracuse and Rome, Saab Defense’s recent location of its headquarters to the area, and the Genius NY competition that has attracted several key innovators.

CAUSE+EFFECT STRATEGY // COMPANY PROFILECutting-edge company uses data science to solve business problems across the manufacturing enterprise.

CAUSE+EFFECT Strategy (CE Strategy) is a business intelligence firm that leverages client data to develop strategies for increasing revenues and cutting costs. Named by AdWeek as one of the 100 fastest growing agencies in the world, CE Strategy is five years old and has experienced double-digit growth for the third consecutive year. The Rochester company’s core capabilities are data aggregation and visualization, strategy development, insight through data science, and measurement and optimization.

Through data science, CE Strategy is helping manufacturers to solve complex business problems. On the factory floor, the Internet of Things (IoT) has made every piece of equipment a potential data point. Capturing this data isn’t enough, however, as manufacturers who invest in expensive data collection platforms sometimes discover. By starting with

the business problem, and then collecting and aggregating data, an actionable business strategy can be developed.

Today, CE Strategy is helping manufacturers to realize gains in areas such as predictive maintenance, predictive costing, and human capital management. The company has completed projects for several Fortune 1000 companies and employs a team of Ph.D. data analysts and business strategists along with a partnership with the Rochester Data Science Consortium.

New York State’s thriving tech community and first-rate talent pipeline have propelled its leadership in digital, data, and media technologies.


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• New York State is home to more than 24,000 software and digital media firms with 600,000 jobs.

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Source: esd.ny.gov/industries

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3 What is Cree doing in terms of technology that’s innovative or disruptive?

Cree is the global leader in silicon carbide technology and is leading the global semiconductor market’s transition from silicon-based power to more energy efficient, higher-performing silicon carbide-based solutions. Silicon carbide delivers performance enhancements that are critical to electric vehicles and a host of next-generation industrial solutions for solar, energy storage and UPS (uninterruptible power supply) systems.

The adoption of silicon carbide-based power solutions is rapidly growing across the automotive market as the industry seeks to accelerate its move from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles, enabling greater system efficiencies that result in electric cars with longer range and faster charging, while reducing cost, lowering weight and conserving space. In the industrial market, silicon carbide modules enable smaller, lighter and more cost-effective inverters, converting energy more efficiently to unlock new clean energy applications.

4 What is the current status of your site development in the Mohawk Valley?

Progress is well underway and moving full speed ahead at Cree’s Mohawk Valley Fab, and we continue to celebrate milestones along the way. Preparation work is being done on the structures’ foundations, and the buildings are expected to be ready for the installation of tools in 2021.

We’re excited to share more progress updates in the coming months.

5 Where do you plan to be six months from now? A year from now?

For one thing, we plan to be deep into the development of the Mohawk Valley Fab and our continued capacity expansion strategy, which will increase our capacity by 30 times.

Our technology is at the heart of the dramatic shift underway from silicon to silicon carbide, and we expect to have more important updates around helping our partners transform an array of industries, such as electric vehicles, charging stations, renewable energy and more.

6 How can NYS manufacturers become part of the Cree supply chain?

Cree partners with innovative suppliers that can provide the company with a competitive advantage in terms of differentiated product capabilities, quality, reliability,

delivery and cost. New York State manufacturers that would like to become part of Cree’s supply chain are encouraged to visit Cree’s website to get more details regarding the Mohawk Valley Fab vendor submission process.

7 What are some of your thoughts about workforce and training?

Investing in our people is important to us, and Cree remains committed to providing resources and career growth opportunities to current and future employees.

We have partnered with local community and four-year colleges in North Carolina and New York to develop training and internship programs to prepare our workforce for the high-tech employment and long-term growth opportunities that our expansion plan presents.

For the Mohawk Valley Fab, as New York trains and graduates exceptional engineers, both within and beyond the SUNY system, we want to help the state continue educating and hiring a workforce that is prepared to take on the jobs of the future. Through internships available to all New York-based college students, the new fab is going to give students an opportunity to work hands-on in a cutting-edge, industry-leading facility that is developing the new standard in battery and electric vehicle technology. Interns will leave the program trained to become part of the next-generation workforce, with skills that they’ll be able to put to work in New York.

In addition to engineering talent, Cree will need a great deal of technician talent. We’ve been impressed with the programs we’ve evaluated in New York’s community college system, and they’ve already proven to be great collaborative partners. We are even reaching into the high schools to try to educate students and parents about the great careers available in our industry.

1Aside from economic or financial incentives, why did Cree choose New York State?

The Mohawk Valley is an emerging region with burgeoning industry that presents incredible opportunity. Additionally, having a shovel-ready site and strong pool of engineering talent was also critical to our decision. There is an incredible pipeline of talent throughout the state from the impressive network of community colleges and universities. It is also a great place to live, work and raise a family, so we are excited to be a part of it.

2At a high level, what are some things that you’d like other NYS manufacturers to know about Cree?

The Mohawk Valley community has been very embracing of Cree, and the support we are getting from New York State is extremely impressive. Alongside our mission to help revolutionize electric vehicles and renewable energy through the silicon carbide technology that will be developed at the new fab, Cree is committed to supporting New York’s workforce. We want to help the state continue educating and hiring a workforce that is prepared to take on the jobs of the future.

Progress is well underway and moving full speed ahead at Cree’s Mohawk Valley Fab, and we continue to celebrate milestones along the way.

GREGG LOWE, CEO


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Bombardier Inc. is a multinational manufacturer of trains and airplanes with revenues greater than $16 billion (USD). The company is headquartered

in Montreal, Canada and has a significant economic impact on New York State. In 2019, Bombardier provided NYS companies with $164.8 million in business. Some $70.4 million came from rail operations alone. The NYS companies that Bombardier buys from include 35 businesses in Plattsburgh, 25 in New York City, and 13 in Buffalo and Erie County.

Bombardier’s NYS supply chain reflects its broad manufacturing presence across the Empire State. With 700 employees statewide, Bombardier operates a rail car manufacturing site and part distribution center in Plattsburgh, which is just over an hour’s drive from Montreal. Currently, the Plattsburgh facility employs about 400 people. The company also maintains a rail equipment overhaul center in Kanona, a small Southern Tier town in a part of the state where the rail industry has a major footprint.

In addition, Bombardier has offices in New York City and operates and maintains the AirTrain JFK system at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Bombardier’s contract, which was renewed last year, is valued at over $300 million and covers a period of five years. AirTrain JFK is an 8.1-mile-long elevated system that connects the airport’s six terminals with the New York City Subway in Howard Beach, Queens, and with the Long Island Rail Road and subway in Jamaica, Queens. It’s driver-less and runs 24/7.

Jean Cote, Head of Technical Services at Bombardier Transportation in Plattsburgh, has worked there since 1997, two years after the facility opened. For many years, the Plattsburgh plant was responsible for the final assembly of rail cars for U.S. customers. Bombardier’s Plattsburgh facility also assembled power cars for Acela, Amtrak’s flagship service along the Northeast Corridor (NEC) in the northeastern United States between Washington, D.C. and Boston with intermediate stops that include Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City.

In 2010, Bombardier’s contract with the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) led the Plattsburgh plant to become the first fully-integrated rail car manufacturing facility in New York State. In September 2020, to meet its third contract for Multilevel commuter rail cars with New Jersey Transit, Bombardier will resume a process called splicing. “You take the frame, the sidewall, the roof and the end frames” of the rail car, Cote explains, “and you zip them together with precision and in the right envelope.”

Bombardier’s capital investments during 25 years in Plattsburgh have included a $25 million expansion of the plant and test facility. Depending on railcar demand, employment levels have topped 1,000 workers across three weekday shifts and a weekend shift. At one point, the Plattsburgh facility was producing two cars a day for a single customer. “The parking lot was overfilled,” Cote recalls. Since 1995, Bombardier in Plattsburgh has produced over 4,000 vehicles, including 1,030 R142 subway cars for the New York City Transit and 1,172 commuter cars for the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad.

Across the United States, over 6,000 Bombardier-built vehicles from Plattsburgh are in operation. Recently completed projects include R179 subway cars for New York City Transit, and INNOVIA Metro vehicles for Vancouver’s SkyTrain Network. INNOVIA Metro vehicles that were made in New York State are also used in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. Bombardier has designated Plattsburgh as its lead rolling stock manufacturing site for the U.S. and will continue to use this facility to build rail cars for new and upcoming U.S. orders.

On February 17, 2020, Bombardier Inc. signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Alstom SA, a French multinational operating in global rail transportation markets. Under the terms of the agreement, Alstom will acquire Bombardier Transportation, the rail business of Bombardier, Inc. Alstom, which is known for its high-speed rail capabilities, was a member of the Bombardier/Alstom consortium in the 1990s that won the Acela contract. Alstom isn’t a stranger to New York State either. The company already employs more than 1,000 people in Upstate New York and was the November 2016 recipient of $30 million in New York State funding that will support its expansion and add nearly 200 jobs in the Southern Tier.

Across the United States, over 6,000 Bombardier-built vehicles from Plattsburgh are in operation.


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New York Manufacturing Extension Partnership: A network of organizations providing services to small and mid-sized manufacturers to drive growth and competitiveness.

New York State Centers for Advanced Technology and Centers of Excellence: University-based R&D centers collaborating with companies on a wide range of technology areas.

Innovation Hot Spots and New York State Certified Business Incubators: Offering support for early-stage companies.

New York State Science + Technology Law Center: Providing intellectual property, market, and regulatory research to assist with technology commercialization.

Innovation Resource Center: Tailored support to innovators and startups developing disruptive technology

New York Smart Cities Innovation Partnership: Involves technology companies in the development of local government solutions.

FuzeHub Manufacturer Solutions Program: Consultations, solutions matching, and end-to-end support to help manufacturers access the right resources in New York State.

Jeff Lawrence Innovation Fund: Manufacturing Grants, an annual Commercialization Competition, and other activities to spur technology development and commercialization.

Build4Scale New York: Assisting hardware innovators to overcome design and manufacturing challenges.

NY MEP Cybersecurity Fund: Funding solution for manufacturers.

Manufacturing USA: Federally-supported R&D institutes, three of which are headquartered in New York State and several others with regional nodes at local universities.

Workforce Development Institute: Providing grants to manufacturers so that they can add and keep good jobs in New York State.

NYS Pollution Prevention Institute: Assisting with manufacturing sustainability solutions.

New York State Energy Research and Development Authority: Operating cleantech incubators and the M-Corps hardware scaleup program.

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