In Holtsville, an enduring Symbol of regional innovation
By TOM MARINER // Long Island has long been home to pioneering technology firms, but few illustrate the region’s role in global innovation as clearly as Symbol Technologies. Symbol evolved…
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No. 981: We put to sea with smart women, Black barrier breakers, young musicians … and goat’s cheese?
No place like dome: Welcome to another warm Wednesday, dear readers, as the “heat dome” holds over Long Island and much of the nation – though relief from this…
Upton and away: Humble start, brilliant future at BNL
By TOM MARINER // When the first U.S. Army recruits marched across the pine barrens of Upton, Long Island, in 1917, few could have imagined the global scientific breakthroughs that…
In youth robotics, high hopes for manufacturing’s future
By TOM MARINER // It was as if I was transported to the Haas pit at the Formula One race in Monaco. Crews in logoed shirts, fervently tuning their complex…
No. 954: In which we’re tougher than tariffs, proud of Mom, a bit skittish about startups and big on brains
Economics 101: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we hurdle the hump of another busy workweek – and with foreign governments, the U.S. Congress and common sense apparently powerless…
Centuries later, the Town of Islip is always on the move
By TOM MARINER // As I prepare to board a Long Island Rail Road train at Ronkonkoma Station for a quick journey into the city and another hot-button pharmaceutical conference,…
No. 940: Bracing for the worst, hoping for the best and always, always, always championing innovation
Four more years: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as Long Island and the rest of the world adjust to the new order. As the new presidential administration takes hold,…
No. 939: In which you’re FDA approved, bowled over and hot buttered – but we’re not judging (you can do that)
Third day’s the charm: It’s Friday out there, intrepid innovators, and you’ve reached the doorstep of another well-earned winter weekend – for about a quarter of you working in…
A history of compliance with cornerstone LI consultancy
By TOM MARINER // The U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulates 2 million medical devices and a $1.6 trillion pharmaceuticals industry, all with a nod to a longtime Long Island…
No. 926: Showing kindness, wagging tails and making Whoopi – plus, why they’re totally milking it at SSUH
Taking temperatures: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we charge into the back half of another busy autumnal workweek. “Autumnal” according to the calendar, at least: While there’s certainly…
At Metco, workforce efforts run deep below the surface
By TOM MARINER // “Metco has been here for 91 years?” This was my surprised retort to Ed Sottile and Nicole Hernandez of Oerlikon Metco, when I found them talking…
No. 912: With a little love for manufacturers, our daughters and NYIT dorms (and lobster salad, too)
Stay in your lane: Welcome to Wednesday, racing readers, as we hurdle September’s fourth and final hump and sprint toward the Friday finish line. Your favorite innovation newsletter is…
Embracing the past, seizing the future at Enzo Biochem
By TOM MARINER // Farmingdale’s Enzo Biochem has been a prescient predictor of biotechnology advances for nearly five decades – forever innovating, protecting and delivering the “right” bio products at…
No. 898: Hot dog! We’ve got Hasselhoff, hockey heroes and the very best hopes for Long Island socioeconomics
Hot enough for ya? Insert your summer-swelter cliché here, dear readers, as we sweat out another hot and humid workweek here on Long Island. It’s Wednesday out there, and the…
Decades later, HIA-LI is still making the industrial grade
By TOM MARINER // One of Long Island’s most powerful business organizations was originally sparked by a power outage. The HIA-LI launched after a 1978 blackout, which left many of…