East/West: 3D prototyping with a capital 3
By GREGORY ZELLER // East/West Industries felt the need for speed. The longtime Long Island manufacturer, launched in Wantagh in 1968 and based now in Ronkonkoma, has spent the better…
Manufacturing
The Marmalade is almost ready for drive time
By GREGORY ZELLER // A modest grant from the Workforce Development Institute could help a longtime Long Island innovator hit the big time with an ultra-efficient drive system. Named by…
LA aeronautics firm relocating to Westbury
Fifty-seven new jobs are landing in Nassau County, thanks to an aerospace subsidiary flying in from the West Coast. Novaria Group, the aerospace investment platform of Texas-based investors Rosewood Private…
ALA Scientific: Improbable past, bright future
By GREGORY ZELLER // Farmingdale’s ALA Scientific Instruments was launched by two men who had what might be diplomatically described as ideological differences. Founders Jonathan Adams and Jurgen List both passed…
The Debrief: John Suozzi is breaking with suburbia
Who is John Suozzi? That’s a tough one, even for John Suozzi. Self-described as “someone who’s still being made,” he’s a 2011 Drexel University graduate with a degree in entrepreneurship…
Designs from the cutting edge of innovation
By GREGORY ZELLER // Mark and Linda Nuccio hung out the Design Edge shingle on their Merrick garage in 1987, offering you-name-it design and product development services to comers of…
Gillibrand signs on to build-it-here bill
New federal legislation aims to keep high-pay, high-skill manufacturing jobs in the United States by brushing up a 50-year-old small-business law. Introduced by New Jersey Democrat Corey Booker and cosponsored…