A Recipe for Success Craft Cannery has completed a major expansion, doubling its plant and installing a new high-speed bottling line, boosting output significantly for its co-packing and private label partners. This positions the company to better serve regional and national brands looking for small to mid-size batch production. In addition to scaling operations, Craft … Continued

A Celebration of Sound The Rochester International Jazz Festival returns for its 22nd year, celebrating a mix of world-class music, including jazz, funk, soul, Latin, country, and rock, ensuring there’s something for everyone. With 285 concerts across 18 walkable venues, the festival thrives thanks to its passionate fans, generous sponsors, and Rochester’s vibrant and musically educated … Continued

Powering the Future with Energy Innovations The Raymond Corporation is expanding its energy innovation efforts in the Greater Rochester, NY region, cutting the ribbon on a new advanced energy solutions test center in Henrietta, NY. In addition, they announced plans to expand in Honeoye Falls to support fuel cell testing. Jennifer Lupo, Vice President of Technology … Continued

A Boost for the Local Beverage Industry The UltraPhil Center for Aseptic Excellence recently opened in Downtown #ROC, providing a significant boost to Rochester’s beverage manufacturing sector. The new facility is the world’s first and only small-scale, bottle-based pilot plant specifically for aseptic beverage research, development, and production. UltraPhil enables beverage manufacturers of all sizes—from … Continued

Revitalizing the Rochester Skyline Gallina Development has successfully transformed the iconic Metropolitan into a mixed-use building over the past 10 years. Prive, the newest addition to The Metropolitan, is an event space on the top floor.  This elegant space offers breathtaking views, flexible room configurations, personal chef services, and customized experiences.  Lauren Gallina Payne and David … Continued

Bringing Life to the Next Generation of Breakthroughs G&H leaders look forward to cutting the ribbon on their new Life Sciences Innovation Hub in #ROC tomorrow! As a world leader in optical design, testing, and manufacturing, Rochester is the perfect place to extend its established legacy in the UK and meet market needs in the US. The hub will … Continued

Innovation Awaits The Imagine RIT Creativity and Innovation Festival returns to the RIT campus on April 26. RIT’s signature event showcases the imaginative and inventive spirit of RIT students, faculty, and staff. This free event has a record-breaking 434 exhibits this year, covering everything from AI and rockets to solar cars and DNA necklaces.  Bob Finnerty, … Continued

Changing the Way You Interact With the World Vuzix, a Rochester-based technology company, is at the forefront of wearable AR and VR display technologies. Their smart glasses provide hands-free access to digital information. Some examples include map navigation, text messages, and even real-time captions and universal translation, significantly benefiting the deaf and hard-of-hearing community and assisting with language barriers. Paul … Continued

Seating Inc. Continues to Grow Seating Inc., a multigenerational family-owned business that is consistently ranked one of the top women-owned businesses in the Greater Rochester, NY region, is growing. The company’s success at designing and manufacturing chairs is thanks to their hardworking, talented workforce. Emily Hart and Saksham Mittal discuss the company’s success and how the GRE … Continued

Cutting-Edge Treatments for Cancer and Mental Health Electronics and Innovation is making significant strides in medical research, particularly in therapeutic ultrasound applications for cancer treatments, as well as mental health concerns like depression, anxiety, and addiction.  With positive preclinical and clinical trial results, they are getting closer to FDA approval. Founded 21 years ago, the … Continued

Keeping The World In Sync Safran, a global high-tech company specializing in Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) technologies, is making significant impacts on everyday life and global systems. Jennifer Steier, CEO and Senior VP of HR at Safran, highlights how PNT is crucial for GPS satellites, the NY Stock Exchange’s financial technology, and Monroe County’s … Continued

Bringing Jobs Back to ROC EEP Quality Group has secured a significant contract manufacturing project with Kodak Alaris, leading to the opening of a new 27K sq ft facility in Gates. This $3.4 million expansion will create 12 new jobs to support the Kodak Moments project. The partnership allows Kodak Moments to optimize hardware assembly … Continued

Brewing Up Success Dr. Thomas and Dr. Netta Zahavi recently opened TiA Coffee, a family-owned artisan roaster in Honeoye Falls, NY that specializes in high-end gourmet blends with a European flavor profile. TiA Coffee’s unique approach is to customize blends based on brewing methods, helping customers choose the right one. The Zahavis converted a former … Continued

Rochester Innovations in Satellites and Space Missions Greater Rochester, NY’s L3Harris plays a crucial role in NASA’s space missions. Rochester-based employees have been integral in delivering and testing key components like the Optical Telescope Assembly for the Roman Space Telescope and the mirror segments for the James Webb Telescope. Additionally, L3Harris’ satellite technology is used in applications like Google … Continued

County Executive Bello Discusses Major Investments in Monroe County Big names like fairlife, Top Golf, and Constellation Brands are just some of the businesses making significant investments in the Greater Rochester, NY region. Adam Bello, Monroe County Executive, discusses the strategic incentives and programs that attracted these projects and investments to Monroe County in this … Continued