NYS Manufacturing News and Updates

The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices invited FuzeHub to speak at its 2015 Economic Policy Advisors Institute, “Creating Globally Competitive State Economic Ecosystems,” held May 7-8 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  FuzeHub’s Laura Mann attended as a guest speaker on the topic of “Leveraging Resources in an Entrepreneurial Environment”.

The NGA Economic Policy Advisors Institute is a one-of-a-kind meeting for state commerce directors and economic development advisors, being the only annual meeting exclusively for governors’ top advisors to network, learn from each other, and hear from experts who follow economic development trends across the states.

Join Supplier Connection for a webinar on June 10th to learn about procurement needs and best practices for doing business with Guggenheim and Pitney Bowes. Each member will share how Procurement works at their corporation and what they look for in suppliers.

Speakers include Kate Kleyman, Guggenheim Associate and Supplier Diversity Manager and Jay Wesley, Pitney Bowes Supplier Diversity Manager and Performance. This is a wonderful opportunity for small businesses to understand the procurement processes of two large corporations. Small businesses can bring their questions to the webinar. More

CASE, Syracuse University Announcement: The federal Small Business Administration has selected ANDRO Computational Solutions as one of only 23 small businesses across the nation to receive the highly coveted Tibbetts Award for 2015 for success in leveraging the federal Small Business Innovation Research Program.  A ceremony will take place on the White House grounds in June. More

FuzeHub Blog by Steve Melito

New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is championing a bill that would encourage universities to align their curricula with the needs of manufacturers. Under the Manufacturing Universities Act of 2015, 25 qualified institutions would receive grants of $5 million per for four years. The program would be administered by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the U.S. Department of Commerce. More

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