Finger Lakes Region, 2006

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Labor Statistics
Finger Lakes Region, 2006

Business Expansions

Company	County	# Jobs	Article Date	Comments
5Linx Enterprises Inc.	Monroe	12	10-23-2006	The company is a direct seller of VOIP telecom services with 40 employees and plans to have 52 employees by year's end. The company could add 30 more employees in 2007.
Ashley Furniture Homestores	Genesee	72	04-06-2006	The company is building an assembly and distribution center that is expected to create 72 jobs and retain 54 current positions.
Ashley Furniture Industries	Genesee	76	04-06-2006	The company plans to open a 75,000 square-foot asssembly and distribution center. The company will employ 111 people, including 76 new hires and the retention of 35 people from other company sites.
BJ's Wholesale Club	Monroe	145	10-19-2006	The wholesale club plans to hire 145 employees when it opens its newest club in Greece later this year.
Barilla America	Livingston	120	03-10-2006	The world's leading pasta company will break ground on a manufacturing and distribution center in June 2006, with production starting in mid-June 2007.
Bernz-o-matic	Orleans	32	10-31-2006	The hand-held torch manufacturer has decided to invest more than $1 million on renovations and machinery purchases, thereby retaining 213 jobs and lead to the creation of 32 jobs over three years.
CGI Communications Inc.	Monroe	250	08-29-2006	The online video company expects to add 250 jobs over the next 18 months.
Canfield & Tack	Monroe	15	04-10-2006	The printing company is adding a $2.8 million printing press in response to growing customer demand and has added 15 employees, bringing its workforce to 94 employees.
CareGuide Inc.	Monroe	200	08-27-2006	The health management company, which helps insurers, employers, governments and others manage health care costs, plans to add 200 jobs.
Cellution LLC	Monroe	20	02-22-2006	The company makes a software product that helps businesses keep track of and reduce their wireless phone expenses.
Concentrix Corp.	Monroe	200	09-15-2006	The marketing services company will likely add 200 jobs over the next 12 to 18 months.
CooperVision Inc.	Monroe	200	03-01-2006	The company is consolidating its distribution and packaging operations and opening a new distribution center in Henrietta.
CooperVision Inc.	Monroe	200	05-15-2006	The contact lens company is looking to fill more than 200 positions at its distribution facility.
Current Communications	Monroe	180	10-04-2006	The company, a broadband provider, has expanded and plans to add 180 new jobs over the next five years. They have started filling the new positions in information technology, engineering, sales and marketing, and customer service.
Darien Lake	Genesee	2500	02-24-2006	The theme park is filling more than 2,500 seasonal positions.
Delphi Corp.	Monroe	90	05-23-2006	The company has hired 90 temporary workers locally and plans to hire more to replace hundreds of Rochester workers expected to take a buyout package. Locally, about 800 hourly workers are eligible to retire under the plan; as many as 600 workers have already signed up for it. The company expects to hire about 500 new workers by the end of the year.
Delphi Corp.	Monroe	300	09-22-2006	The company plans to add about 300 jobs to its Rochester operations by relocating work from a soon-to-close plant in Michigan.
Empire Biofuels	Seneca	60	08-02-2006	The company hopes to break ground in a year on a corn-to-ethanol refinery at the old Seneca Army Depot, creating 60 jobs.
Graham Corporation	Genesee	11	08-19-2006	The company, which designs and manufactures vacuum and heat transfer equipment for refiners and other process industries, including the petro-chemical industry, is trying to fill 11 openings in the office and in manufacturing.
HF Technologies	Monroe	76	09-14-2006	The company, which makes parts for copiers and printers, has decided to bring 76 jobs back to Rochester from China.
Hammer Packaging Inc.	Monroe	20	03-03-2006	The label finishing company is moving a portion of its operations to Rochester Technology Park in Gates and will create up to 20 jobs.
Harris Corp.	Monroe	200	06-27-2006	The company, which makes radios and other communications devices for the military, will add 200 jobs by the end of the year.
Holiday Inn Express	Monroe	20	02-22-2006	A 68,000-square-foot hotel will be constructed in Webster.
Home Depot	Monroe	200	02-23-2006	The home improvement store is looking to hire 200 full- and part-time seasonal employees.
IEC Electronics	Wayne	40	09-29-2006	The company plans to add 40 jobs, including engineers, buyers and technicians.
ITT Corp.	Monroe	200	08-30-2006	Space Systems, a division of ITT Corp., which develops, manufactures and markets remote sensing products and services used in satellites, airplanes, space telescopes and other commercial and government applications, completed an expansion which could create 200 jobs.
Kirtas Technologies	Ontario	145	10-18-2006	The company will be hiring 145 additional positions in the area of image technology over the next year or two.
M&T Bank Corp.	Monroe	252	04-26-2006	The bank will acquire all 21 branches in Citibank's upstate New York franchise. Citibank's 252 staff positions in the upstate franchise will transfer to M&T.
M&T Trucking	Wyoming	50	01-14-2006
Mascoma Corp.	Monroe	12	12-21-2006	The company will build the nation's first cellulosic ethanol demonstration plant. Cellusosic ethanol uses wood chips, paper pulp and wastes and certain gasses rather than corn to create ethanol. The plant will initially employ 12 to 15 people.
Milton Caterpillar	Genesee	100	07-18-2006	Site work has begun for the company's sales, rental, service, parts and office facility. It is expected to take 18 months to complete.
Nu-kote International Inc.	Monroe	150	04-13-2006	The company will move its corporate headquarters back to Rochester. The move will add 150 jobs to the 275 people Nu-kote already employs in Rochester. The company makes toner, thermal ribbons for fax machines, ink cartridges for printers and coated security products for printing checks and other forms.
Optimax	Wayne	40	09-19-2006	The company has hired 60 workers and is looking for 40 to 50 more.
PAETEC Communications Inc.	Monroe	55	02-03-2006
Pioneer Credit Recovery	Wyoming	35	03-10-2006	The debt collection firm expects to add 35 to 40 new jobs after being picked by the IRS to help the agency collect delinquent taxes.
Pioneer Credit Recovery Inc.	Wyoming	40	08-23-2006	The company expects to add between 35 and 40 positions as a result of a new contract.
Rochester Industrial Controls	Wayne	59	08-01-2006	The company has been developing a more durable cabling and control box system for use in heavy-duty military vehicles. They currently employ 70 people.
Syntec Technologies Inc.	Genesee	35	08-02-2006	The company makes polymer-optical products including fingerprint and facial sanners, 360-degree cameras and blood analyzers. They plan to hire 35 people and will retain 54 workers.
Target	Monroe	150	02-03-2006	The discount retailer broke ground for a new store. The project is expected to create about 150 local construction jobs.
The Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 13	Monroe	80	02-22-2006	The union will purchase and renovate a warehouse for a meeting hall and training facility. The greater training capacity will lead to an incease in union membership by 80 people over five years.
Ultralife Batteries	Wayne	50	02-12-2006	After recently receiving orders from the U.S. Department of Defense, the company is looking for about 50 new employees -- many of them replacements for workers who had been laid off or furloughed.
Ultralife Batteries Inc.	Wayne	50	08-04-2006	The Wayne County battery maker is in the process of hiring 50 workers and coul d increase Ultralife's area employment to about 650.
Verizon Wireless	Monroe	75	06-20-2006	The company is expanding its local operations and will add another 75 workers to its call center by August.
Verizon Wireless	Monroe	80	01-12-2006
Wal-Mart	Orleans	275	02-23-2006	The store is opening a supercenter in Albion on May 17, 2006. They expect to hire 275 to 300 employees.
Western New York Energy LLC	Orleans	58	05-09-2006	Construction on the state's first ethanol plant should be open by early 2008. The plant will create 58 jobs and as many as 500 jobs would be created in ancillary industries such as agriculture and transportation.

Business Contractions

Company	County	# Jobs	Article Date	Comments
American Rock Salt	Livingston	150	12-27-2006	The company has halted mining activities in response to the lack of snow. Once that changes, they will call people back immediately.
Bausch & Lomb	Monroe	40	09-21-2006	The company is overhauling its contact-lens manufcturing operations.
Bernz-O-Matic	Orleans	270	05-09-2006	The hand-held torch manufacturer will move its Orleans County operation to China in March 2007. The company will retain 30 to 40 jobs locally. They employ about 220 union workers, between 30 and 40 office workers and several dozen contract employees. The product line includes fire extinguishers, charcoal fire starters, insect foggers and hand tools.
Birds Eye Foods Inc.	Monroe	400	07-26-2006	Monroe County's largest processor of frozen vegetables will cut more than 400 local workers with the company's decision to stop making products that don't carry the company's brand name.
Constellation Energy Inc.	Monroe	32	04-07-2006	The company laid off 32 employees at the Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, leaving 448 employees.
CooperVision Inc.	Monroe	10	05-26-2006	The contact lens company laid off 35 to 40 workers to "realign" its sales and marketing operations. One-quarter of the cuts were local positions.
Eastman Kodak Co.	Monroe	2000	08-02-2006	The company expects to eliminate 2,000 jobs over the next year and a half.
Eaton Corp.	Ontario	155	04-18-2006	The company is moving its production line to Tijuana, Mexico beginning in the first quarter 2007.
Gleason Corp.	Monroe	40	07-20-2006	The layoffs were an anticipated part of the company's new manufacturing strategy. Despite the cuts, the company will continue to employ more than 625 people.
ITT Industries Inc.	Monroe	128	02-08-2006	The Space Systems division recently received a stop work order on a classified project. The division specializes in high-end remote sensing systems for aerial and satellite imaging.
Liberty Precision Industries	Monroe	85	06-06-2006	The company has closed after 84 years in business as the trickle-down effect of the Big Three automakers hit suppliers.
Liberty Precision Industries Ltd.	Monroe	15	03-29-2006
Savannah Dhu	Wayne	39	01-19-2006
Xerox Corp.	Monroe	65	01-12-2006	The company is closing a distribution center and moving operations to Ohio.

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