NEWS
PRESS RELEASE
June 30, 2010
CNYTDO President Appointed to Upstate New York District Export Council (DEC
)
Robert I. Trachtenberg, President of the Central New York Technology Development Organization (TDO), has been appointed to the Upstate New York District Export Council (DEC) by the United States Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke. Bob will serve a four year term on the council using his expertise to help increase exporting in the region.
The Upstate New York DEC is one of 58 DECs in the nation. DECs contribute leadership and international trade expertise to complement the U.S. Commercial Service's export promotion efforts through counseling businesses on the exporting process and conducting trade education and community outreach.
Bob has been involved with international trade since the 1970s. In May 2009 Bob received the Excellence in International Trade - Trade Partner Award at the Going Global conference in Syracuse. He was selected for the award in recognition of years of promoting international trade and providing hands-on assistance to businesses interested in expanding their international customer base. Bob was also a member of the team that developed ExportNY, a program presented by TDO and Syracuse University. The program helps participating companies determine which international markets are attractive, prioritize efforts, develop strategies, and navigate the legal, cultural, logistical and regulatory issues of doing business abroad. ExportNY has been running successfully since 1998. Bob was also a founding member of the Central New York International Business Alliance and the series of International Business Forums held monthly in Syracuse.
Thanks to Bob's initiative, the TDO office in Liverpool, NY hosts an International Trade Specialist in a satellite office of the Buffalo Export Assistance Center.
Bob looks forward to continuing his support of exports
in central New York, commenting, "I am privileged to be appointed
to the Upstate New York DEC at this critical time in the nation when exporting
is being driven at the highest levels through President Obama's National
Export Initiative."
JumpStart R&D Grants for Fall 2010 Applications Due by June 25th
CNYTDO is again partnering with the Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) to connect Central New York businesses with the JumpStart Grant program. JumpStart helps fund and create the initial collaboration with university researchers. Project funding covers faculty and their research staff, facilities, services, and materials. Projects up to $15,000 are funded by matching company contributions with JumpStart funds. The cash input from the company is capped at $5,000. The application period begins May 14th and ends on June 25th. All applications should be submitted to the CCMR on or before June 25th at 5:00 PM. If you are aware of a company that could benefit from the JumpStart program please encourage them to apply. Companies with interests in expertise outside of the CCMR should also apply, they may find assistance via the JumpStart program through other participating technology centers. All applications which specifically request the assistance of other centers or that simply have better alignment with another technology center will be directed to that center by the CCMR. The partner center will then take on the responsibility of funding and carrying out the selected project. A list of partner centers may be seen at http://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/industry/jumpstart/centers.html The program is funded by the New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR) to assist small companies in developing and improving their products through university collaborations. Recent projects at CCMR include: • Modeling of fatigue and lifetime of mechanical parts under cyclic stress. • Evaluating materials for a medical device application. • Testing materials for improved manufacturability. The JumpStart program has a proven record of helping small New York companies. Since the program launched in 2005, 100 companies applied and 31 projects were completed, including 17 awards to Finger Lakes companies. Companies interested in a fall 2010 project should submit an application by June 25, 2010. For more information, contact Deb Forbey at 315-425-5144 or dforbey@tdo.orgPRESS RELEASE
June 12, 2009
CNYTDO Wins Excellence in International Trade Award
The Central New York Technology Development Organization (TDO) received the Excellence in International Trade – Trade Partner Award at the Going Global 2009 conference in Syracuse in May.
TDO, a not for profit business development organization, works to improve the global competitiveness of manufacturing and high technology companies.
TDO was selected for the award in recognition of years of promoting international trade and providing hands-on assistance to businesses interested in entering new markets or expanding their international customer base. ExportNY, a program presented by TDO and Syracuse University, helps participating companies determine which international markets are attractive, prioritize efforts, develop strategies, and navigate the legal, cultural, logistical and regulatory issues of doing business abroad. This program has been running successfully since 1998. TDO was also a founding member of the Central New York International Business Alliance and the series of International Business Forums held monthly in Syracuse.
PRESS RELEASE
November 12, 2008
TDO Generates a Record $93 Million in Economic Impacts
According to an independent survey, the Central New York Technology Development Organization (TDO) generated $93,974,358 of economic impact on a federal investment of $377,000 and a state investment of $270,000 in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007. The results included over $24 million in increased sales, $25 million in retained sales, $7 million in cost savings, 94 new jobs created, 540 jobs retained and $6.5 million in equipment investments.
TDO is the regional center for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP); a program sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and coordinated in New York by the New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR). TDO serves the five counties of Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga and Oswego.
TDO, a not for profit business development organization, works to improve the global competitiveness of manufacturing and high technology companies. As part of its contract with the MEP program TDO clients are surveyed by an independent research firm. The economic impacts are generated from the data provided by the companies receiving assistance. Impacts are created through TDO services including lean manufacturing, six sigma, technology commercialization, quality systems, workforce training, business start-up assistance, global business development, strategic planning and marketing.
June 29, 2006
NYSTAR ANNOUNCES TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AWARDS
Initiative Creates Greater Regional Economic Growth
Russell W. Bessette, M.D., Executive Director of the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR), today announced awards totaling $9.2 million annually for its Regional Technology Development Center (RTDC) program — an initiative designed to help the State’s small and medium-sized manufacturing and technology-based businesses be more successful in the new economy.
“Since its inception, the RTDC initiative has provided special services to a range of businesses from new technology-based start-ups in need of basic business advice to mature manufacturing organizations in need of new technologies and methods to modernize their operations,” Dr. Bessette said. “This program has helped both small and medium-sized manufacturing and technology-based businesses become more competitive as well as to help build the State’s high-technology economy.”
NYSTAR officially designates RTDCs in all 10 of the State’s economic development regions. The RTDC program is an integrated service delivery program that draws on three related programs: the State Technology Development Organization program, the State Industrial Technology Extension Service program, and the Federal Manufacturing Extension Partnership program. RTDCs currently provide services in each of the 10 regions, and these awards are designed to further strengthen the program.
Through the RTDC program, NYSTAR provides funds to support a statewide network of regional, non-profit organizations whose mission is to provide basic and specialty services to small and medium-sized manufacturers, science and technology-based businesses and start-ups in need of basic business advice and new technologies and methods to modernize their operations. The total credited economic impact of the RTDC program for the 5-year period ending in 2005 is $1.56 billion. As a result of the RTDC program, 10,583 jobs have been created and retained in New York State.
\The objectives of the RTDC program are to improve the competitiveness and increase the market share of small- and medium-sized businesses in New York through the introduction of new technology and best practices (including management, quality and productivity improvements); create and retain jobs in New York; increase investment in and investment by New York manufacturing and technology-based companies; facilitate the movement of technology discoveries from academic research centers into creation of new companies or the expansion of existing New York State companies; and increase the economic benefits to New York State companies and the State resulting from SBIR-funded technology research and commercialization.
With these awards, NYSTAR designates these organizations as the New York State RTDC for their respective regions for a five year period.
The RTDC designees are as follows:
Alliance for Manufacturing and Technology (AM&T) of Binghamton, responsible for the Southern Tier (Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, and Tompkins counties), awarded $788,000;
Center for Economic Growth (CEG) of Albany, responsible for the Capital Region (Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, and Warren, and Washington counties), awarded $750,000;
Central New York Technology Development Organization (CNYTDO) of Syracuse, responsible for Central New York (Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, and Oswego counties), awarded $640,000;
Council for International Trade, Technology, Education and Communication (CITEC) of Potsdam, responsible for the North Country region (Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties), awarded $521,000;
High Technology of Rochester (HTR), responsible for the Finger Lakes region (Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates counties), awarded $904,000;
Hudson Valley Technology Development Center (HVTDC) of Fishkill, responsible for the Mid-Hudson region (Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester counties), awarded $786,000;
Industrial and Technology Assistance Center (ITAC) of New York City, responsible for the New York City area (Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, and Richmond counties), awarded $2,195,000;
Insyte Consulting of Amherst, responsible for Western New York (Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, and Niagara counties), awarded $973,000.
Long Island Forum for Technology (LIFT) of Bay Shore, responsible for Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk counties), awarded $1,084,000; and
Mohawk Valley Applied Technology Corporation (MVATC) of Utica, responsible for the Mohawk Valley region (Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Oneida, and Schoharie counties), awarded $559,000.
Each RTDC received a base award of $300,000, plus an additional allocation based on the percentage of manufacturing and research and development individuals employed at small and medium manufacturing firms in the region and the region’s total credited economic impact over a three-year period as a percentage of the rolling total statewide impact over the same period.
Governor Pataki and the Legislature have advanced several major initiatives to expand high technology and biotechnology business and job-creation opportunities in New York. The Governor's Centers of Excellence initiative, along with Strategically Targeted Academic Research Centers and Advanced Research Centers, focus on critical emerging technologies that are expected to become major high-tech growth areas. Each Center is designed to complement other specialized academic centers in a seamless network of high-tech research and economic development.
Since 1995, the State has fostered the growth of New York's high-tech and biotech industries by supporting the investment of more than $1 billion in the State's technology business sector and its world-class research laboratories and academic centers.