SCHENECTADY Starfire Systems moving to business park from Malta BY AMEERAH CETAWAYO Gazette Reporter Reach Gazette reporter Ameerah Cetawayo at 395-3040 or acetawayo@dailygazette. net.
Specialty materials maker Starfire Systems is moving its corporate headquarters and laboratory facilities to Schenectady’s Tech Drive Business Park, officials announced Wednesday. The move will transfer 15 jobs to the park, where Astria Solutions Group, Northeast Analytical, M&P Labs, Frank Murken Products and Fortitech also operate. Starfire makes a variety of specialty materials, including ceramic compounds, coatings and parts that have uses in the aerospace and automotive industries. The company will occupy 10,000 square feet at 2165 Technology Drive by the end of May, consolidating an office location at the Malta Commons Business Park and a laboratory and development location in the Luther Forest Tech Park. Starfire will move its laboratory in phases. The office is expected to be ready in the fi rst week of May. Finding a new place to operate was not only an integral part of Starfire’s ability to emerge from bankruptcy, it was essential to the company’s growth strategy, according to President and CEO Andrew Skinner. “We looked at a lot of places in the Capital District. We have been looking for real estate well over a year. Rents were quite reasonable everywhere. The reason we chose Schenectady is because the Metroplex Development Authority provided resources to help us navigate the process of getting a lease, getting the inspections and getting a permit,” Skinner said. Ray Gillen, commissioner of Economic Development and Planning in Schenectady County and chairman of the Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority, said matchmaking efforts paid off. ................>>>>...............>>>>........................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r00903&AppName=1
Thanks to the our working together County economic team a Chapter 11 company is coming to our County! Release the lead balloons. While Saratoga is creating thousands of high tech jobs Metrograft lures a potter.
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Thanks to the our working together County economic team a Chapter 11 company is coming to our County! Release the lead balloons. While Saratoga is creating thousands of high tech jobs Metrograft lures a potter.
