The Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council has released a draft of its application for the Upstate Revitalization Initiative, the state program where seven Upstate regions are competing for one of three $500 million awards. And the key themes ought to sound very familiar. The draft application focuses on three major industry areas: optics, photonics, […]
energy storage
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The Eastman engine
It’s fitting that the fate of Kodak’s massive industrial complex on West Ridge Road, at least for the foreseeable future, will be tied to film.
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Kodak, Oak Ridge will partner on energy tech
Oak Ridge National Laboratory will partner with Kodak to explore ways that film can be used in next-generation battery and energy-storage devices. Kodak and Oak Ridge officials announced the collaboration this afternoon at Eastman Business Park. But some other news also came out of the event: Kodak is keeping Eastman Business Park, according to media […]
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Charged up
A new $1.5 million center at Rochester Institute of Technology will help companies small and large move new battery technologies out of their labs and toward commercial production. State and school officials unveiled RIT’s Battery Prototyping Center last week. The facility, headed by RIT research scientists Christopher Schauerman and Matt Ganter, will work with companies […]
