Nanotech Real Estate USA - From Utica to Albany, Going West

Yesterday, April 4th, 2016, WIBX & Keeler in the Morning had guests Senator Joseph Griffo and Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi. They made the case quite convincingly that nanotech was indeed on the way, but it would still take more time. In this fifteen minutes we discuss this and other news pertaining to nanotech Utica NY, Albany NY and more! 

History: The Utica-Rome area has endured a continual flow of negative news. The U.S. Department of Defense Base Realignment and Closure Commission in 1993 dealt a big blow to the area and Utica-Rome never seemed to bounce back. Unfortunately, this kind of constant negative feedback starts to breed an overall sense of negativity and citizens of the area needed a break. Well, there have been a series of unprecedented positive news events recently, indicating that Utica might be experiencing a resurgence.  

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced on October 10th, 2013 that six leading global technology companies will invest $1.5 billion to create ‘Nano Utica,’ the state’s second major hub of nanotechnology research and development. The consortium, according to the October 10th announcement, of leading global technology companies that will create Nano Utica are led by Advanced Nanotechnology Solutions Incorporated (ANSI), SEMATECH, Atotech, and SEMATECH and CNSE partner companies, including IBM, Lam Research and Tokyo Electron. The consortium will be headquartered at the CNSE-SUNYIT Computer Chip Commercialization Center.

Good news about businesses opening, Nano Utica, a new entrepreneurial incubator called  thINCubator, which I reported last month, and what seems to be a new sense of team-work in the area seem to indicate a bounce-back. According to New York State Assemblyman Anthony J. Brindisi, from the 119th district, the Nano Utica project was, “...a bipartisan team effort...”