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June 9, 2017

How Buffalo Niagara became a hub for back office jobs

Our president and CEO Thomas Kucharski is quoted in this article in The Buffalo News.

June 5, 2017

Improving surgical results the goal of startup’s virtual reality simulator

A past InBN win in the news.

May 26, 2017

Strong workforce, incentives fuel Moog's dual $53 million expansion effort

Invest Buffalo Niagara investor in the news for a large regional expansion.

May 15, 2017

Buffalo-based tech co. to work on federally funded wind turbine project

Sentient Science will help develop a solution to predict and extend wind turbine blade life, a project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy.

May 9, 2017

YFS Pharma, Inc. Expands In Buffalo, New York Suburb

YFS Pharma Inc., one of the You First Services Group of Companies, will invest $2.6 million to expand operations in Western New York. The

May 5, 2017

Sumitomo hydropower allocation has economic development ripple effect

Our President and CEO Thomas Kucharski is quoted in this article about the capabilities of hydropower in the Buffalo Niagara region.

April 20, 2017

Phillips Lytle partner to lead national broadband review panel

Our Vice Chair and investor Douglas Dimitroff in the news.

April 19, 2017

Northland Workforce Training Center Advancing

The Planning Board will review plans on Monday for the Western New York Workforce Development Center, a new hub that will focus primarily on training for careers in the advanced manufacturing and e...

April 19, 2017

Editorial: Albany's big lift is rebuilding Buffalo

In the meantime, though, Albany has managed a big lift on behalf of what has long been – and remains – a remarkable city. If Buffalo got a lot of help recently, it’s not that it d...

April 13, 2017

Pine Pharmaceuticals gets nod for expansion in Tonawanda solar park

Pine Pharmaceuticals is expanding, adding 12 new jobs at an average annual salary of $90,000.

April 10, 2017

Trove CTO Adam Stotz on why "predictive analytics" is a blossoming field

A former Invest Buffalo Niagara win on why predictive analytics is a blossoming field.

April 10, 2017

InfoTech WNY releases finalist for annual best in tech awards

Two of Invest Buffalo Niagara's previous wins have been chosen as finalists for this year's best in tech awards.

April 4, 2017

What will $500 million in Buffalo Billion II Buy?

The Buffalo Billion II is intended to build on the foundation laid out by the first Buffalo Billion, while also spreading the economic development plan’s focus into smaller initiatives intend...

February 6, 2017

Our Region's Economy, Summed up in Four Reports

A new suite of reports on the local labor market has been released to help attract businesses and talent to Western New York.

January 30, 2017

A Look at five Local Life Science Companies

The region has made a major investment in the life-sciences sector over the past 15 years. Employment in the life sciences grew by 1.8 percent in 2016, to 6,541 jobs, according to a report pre...

January 27, 2017

InBN 2012 Win Continues to find Success in Buffalo

As of 2012, the company at 50 Wecker St. on the East Side did a modest $25,000 in food truck work. Today, its custom food truck division has spun off into a separate company and estimates it has do...

January 27, 2017

Bak USA Finds Buffalo a Perfect Home

Bak USA is in the process of more than doubling its space at its downtown Buffalo headquarters, leasing the fourth and fifth floors of the Compass East mixed-use building at 425 Michigan Ave., alon...

January 27, 2017

Med Campus Worforce to hit 15,000

When the organization that oversees campus operations formed in 2001, 7,000 people worked at its existing institutions. Once the John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital and UB’s Jacobs Schoo...

January 26, 2017

2016 InBN Win Hosts Grand Opening

Empire State Developmen announced the grand opening of New Flyer of America Inc., a subsidiary of New Flyer Industries Inc. New Flyer is a leading manufacturer of transit busses and a high-tech bus...

January 26, 2017

Buffalo’s First Idea Lab

The Innovation Center, powered by the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, Inc. has announced the launch of i4 Studio, the first Idea Lab located in Western New York, in collaboration with the Internati...

January 18, 2017

InBN Welcomes Northwest Bank to Headquarter in Buffalo Niagara

Northwest Bank plans to add 70 jobs within a few months when it opens a New York region headquarters and operations center in Amherst.

January 15, 2017

Why the Nestle Purina Plant in Dunkirk Keeps Growing

The plant makes every Purina product sold in retail stores in the Northeast.

January 11, 2017

Athenex Leader says Company offers Blueprint for other Biomedical Companies

Athenex has become a beacon for emerging biomedical companies in Buffalo as it pursues an ambitious international expansion involving factories in China and Western New York.

December 8, 2016

WNY Awarded $62M to Support 105 Projects in Sixth Round

After six rounds of the REDC process, more than $4.6 billion has been awarded to more than 5,200 job creation and community development projects consistent with each regions strategic plans, projec...

December 6, 2016

How Buffalo Got Its Waterfront Back

Buffalo has reinvented its waterfront and in the process, become a model that other legacy cities are looking to as they strive to Read more

December 5, 2016

Sentinent Science: Harnessing the Wind

Sentient Science was enticed to set up in Buffalo in 2013 and has grown from three employees to 50.

December 5, 2016

SolarCity Begins its Hunt for Factory Workers

The factory will be the largest solar panel production facility in the Western Hemisphere, with the capacity to produce nearly 10,000 solar panels each day once it reaches full production. SolarCit...

December 4, 2016

Buffalo Startup Tackles Health Issue: Keeping Cellphones Germ-Free

One of the winners of the 43North business competition in Buffalo, CleanSlateUV, thinks it has an answer. It has a device that uses ultraviolet light to kill germs, and it just completed a tri...

November 30, 2016

New York State to Help Clean up Industrial Park Parcels, Market Property

The state Department of Environmental Conservation ...

November 23, 2016

2016 Ontario Export Awards Presented to 11 Fast-Paced Businesses

More than 200 manufacturing executives and representatives from trade, government and industry attended the event. The awards recognize leadership and exporting growth in diverse sectors of Ontario...

November 17, 2016

M&T Bank Growth Causes Downtown Buffalo Expansion

"Key investments like M&T is very important to sticking the flag in the ground. In this case the green flag. It says, hey, we're here for the long hall and we want to be part of ...

November 13, 2016

Expat Moves Silicon Valley Software Startup to Buffalo

Zielinski has founded his latest company, Rezedent, which allows for the online collection of homeowners’ association dues and rent payments. Residents also can use the network to make online...

November 10, 2016

Buffalo Startup Circuit Clinical to Create 100 Jobs on Medical Campus

A Buffalo startup company that seeks to make it easier for patients to enroll in and stay in clinical trials has agreed to create at least 100 high-tech jobs on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus a...

November 8, 2016

Larkin District, Invest Buffalo Niagara Fuel Company's Expansion

Power Drives was one of seven “wins” Invest Buffalo Niagara was able to secure in the first quarter of its fiscal year, which ended on Sept. 30. In all, the seven wins accounted fo...

November 7, 2016

Canadian Roofing Distributor to Open Site in West Seneca

The $792,000 project is one of seven expansion initiatives that were finalized during the fiscal first quarter, with involvement from Invest Buffalo Niagara, the local economic development and mark...

November 7, 2016

UB to Create Nation’s First Comprehensive MOOC for Digital Manufacturing and Design

UB and partner organizations are producing a 40-hour course, dubbed a “specialization,” composed of nine classes and a capstone project. The specialization, which is non-credit-bearing,...

November 2, 2016

Turning a Former Supermarket into a Factory in Jamestown

The former Quality Markets building on Fluvanna Road in Jamestown has been transformed into a high-tech facility for the assembly of components for energy efficient busses in New York City.

October 27, 2016

10 Pitches for a $1 Million Prize in 43North Competition

Ten startup companies vying for a $1 million top prize in the 43North business plan competition did their best Thursday to impress contest judges at Shea's Performing Arts Center.

October 27, 2016

43North Gives Away $5 Million to Startup Companies

43North gave away $5 million to help people with big ideas turn them into a reality. 43North is part of the governor’s Buffalo Billion investment in western New York.

October 27, 2016

Oncolinx Wins $1 Million Top Prize in 43North Contest

A life sciences company had the $1 million plan. 43North culminated in the selection of a Boston company that develops cancer immunotherapies, known as antibody-drug conjugates, as the top pri...

October 27, 2016

UB to Celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week with more than a Dozen Events

From a tour of the Buffalo Niagara
Medical Campus to workshops on securing venture capital and making
the perfect pitch, the University at Buffalo’s Blackstone
LaunchPad ...

October 26, 2016

This Year's Competition is underway as the Governor Announces 43North will go on Next Year

Seventeen companies are currently competing for eight awards, including a $1 million grand prize, $600,000 runner-up and six awards of $500,000. Gov. Andrew Cuomo used his visit to Buffalo tod...

October 25, 2016

University at Buffalo Medical School goes Downtown

When the University at Buffalo’s Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences welcomes students next fall, it will begin a new chapter for UB and the Read more

October 24, 2016

Gordon Food Service Opens First New York Outlet

The privately-held, Michigan-based company debuted its Gordon Restaurant Market location on Elmwood Avenue with the 40,000-square-foot store taking over a former Office Depot outlet. The store was ...

October 7, 2016

General Mills Plans $25 Million Buffalo Upgrade

General Mills has confirmed plans to increase its cerea...

October 5, 2016

Ci Filling Systems will Create 80 New Jobs

Low-Cost Hydropower Allocations Support the Expansion of Manufacturing Operations. Cuomo today announced CI Filing Systems, one of the country's largest manufacturers and wholesale distrib...

October 4, 2016

43North Finalists Annoucned

They’ve taken on huge challenges. They’ve faced down failure. They’ve passed up the safer path in pursuit of their dreams. These colorful, ambitious, creative entrepreneurs are un...

October 4, 2016

Invest Buffalo Niagara Getting Results by Focusing on a Few Business Sectors

Invest Buffalo Niagara’s strategy of targeting a few business sectors appears to be showing some success.
The group, formerly known as Buffalo Niagara Enterprise, boasts an impressive ...

October 4, 2016

$5,000,000 In Startup Capital Is Up For Grabs

In the past, people looked only at Silicon Valley and Boston as the hot beds for start-ups – but as the great Bob Dylan once sang “the times, they are a changin”

September 15, 2016

Manufacturing Technology Institute Grand Opening

The new building features classrooms, specialized training space for machining and other industrial skills, light duty labs, and a computer-aided design lab. The institute is offering credit and no...

September 14, 2016

Bridgestone Grand Opening

Bridgestone APM Company, a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation – the largest tire and rubber manufacturer in the world, has opened in its newly constructed 65,000 square-foot manufacturing ...

September 14, 2016

Invest Buffalo Niagara Boasts 15 Project 'Wins'

Fueled by big state-backed projects, including the 1366 Technologies silicon wafer factory in the Town of Alabama and the Athenex drug plant in Dunkirk, Invest Buffalo Niagara said that it played a...

September 14, 2016

Invest Buffalo Niagara Reports a Strong Year

The regional economic development organization, in its 2015-2016 annual report, said it played a...

September 13, 2016

Economic Development Council Selects 32 Projects in Funding Request

The council on Monday approved 32 “priority projects” from the region, seeking funding from Empire State Development for projects valued at $75 million. The exact amount of state fundin...

September 12, 2016

11 Startups Selected for New Life Sciences Accelerator Program

The University at Buffalo in collaboration with Launch NY, Invest Buffalo Niagara and the Western New York Incubator Network, has selected 11 companies to participate in Critical Path, a new life s...

September 12, 2016

NU Incubator anchors Development Proposal in Downtown Niagara Falls

A development proposal at the edge of downtown Niagara Falls includes a university-run business incubator and commercial and residential components as well.

September 9, 2016

Great Lakes Medical Imaging joins UB Department of Radiology

UB announced that the 35 practicing radiologists employed by Great Lakes Medical Imaging (GLMI) are joining the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences as full-time faculty members ...

September 20, 2016

Nuova Castelli has Pledged to Invest Several Million in Chautauqua County

Nuova Castelli Group, the Italian specialty cheese producer, has acquired Empire and now brought it under its Castelli America LLC wing, with its cheeses now bearing the Castelli brand name.

August 25, 2016

Rise of the Rest Keeps Tabs on Buffalo

The prominent investor, Steve Murray, is keeping tabs on Buffalo's overall entrepreneurial momentum and individual companies as a follow-up to last year's Rise of the Rest tour.

August 18, 2016

ESD Approves $46M for Ongoing Work at Stamp Business Park

The site, located in Alabama, Genesee County, is currently being prepared for anchor tenant 1366 Technologies to build its first large-scale commercial Direct Wafer™ production plant and sign...

August 17, 2016

Bak USA Doubling Size of Buffalo Headquarters

Innovative computer-tablet maker Bak USA is more than doubling its space at its downtown Buffalo headquarters, as a surge in business stemming from a new partnership with Microsoft Corp. generated ...

August 10, 2016

Foreign Trade Zone Activated in Niagara County

The federal government allows such zones, where goods are exempted from customs duties, near international borders. The county’s location will be in Vantage International Point, as the county...

August 9, 2016

GEICO to Add 600 Jobs

Geico is ready to bulk up its already significant operati...

August 5, 2016

InBN 'Win' Wins UB Student Sandbox

Virtual SurgerySIM, a startup led by a PhD student at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, took the top prize at this year’s Buffalo Student Sandbox contest.

August 3, 2016

Now Seeking Applications from Life Sciences Start Ups

A new accelerator program that provides venture capital and mentoring services to promising life-sciences companies is now seeking applications from startups in Western New York and elsewhere in up...

July 26, 2016

One Step Closer to the Million

After a long and rigorous judging process, we are proud to announce the 2016 Class of Semifinalists!

July 21, 2016

Why an Arizona-Based Biotech Startup Moved to Buffalo

Atomic Medical Innovations was looking for a permanent home when it was connected to Dr. Steven Schwaitzberg, UB's chair of surgery.

July 19, 2016

Welding Program to Debut this Fall

NCCC’s new program is motivated by the state Department of Labor projections which show a significant need for new welders in Western New York in the coming years. If the program is popu...

July 19, 2016

InBN Pitches Momentum in New 90-Page Recruitment Booklet

This new booklet is meant to be not only a marketing tool to attract new businesses to the area, it is also designed to help local businesses attract new employees to Buffalo Niagara.

July 18, 2016

O-AT-KA Milk Plant Expands in Batavia

A Batavia dairy cooperative has finished expanding its warehouse and material-handling functions with state aid, enabling it to continue to grow production and add 24 new jobs within three years.

July 18, 2016

Invest Buffalo Niagara Releases Relocation Guide

The 90-page guide, just released this week, covers virtually all aspects of the region from average home sales to snapshots of its colleges and universities and professional sports teams.

July 12, 2016

Banner Year for Biotech

Biotechnology companies now represent the majority of initial public offerings and are fetching the highest acquisition prices in the venture-backed world. A local expert weighs in.

July 12, 2016

Business Consultant Sees Improved Climate for Startups

Jack McGowan said he gets a good sense soon after meeting with the founders of a startup company whether they have what it takes to succeed in business.It happened back in 2000 when he was a coach ...

June 20, 2016

Invest Buffalo Niagara Brings Word of Buffalo’s Comeback to D.C.

Thomas Kucharski, the president and CEO of Invest Buffalo Niagara, was the only local economic official chosen to speak at this year’s two-day SelectUSA Investment Summit, the Obama administr...

June 15, 2016

Bright Buffalo Niagara Expo Gives Boost to Entrepreneurs

The founders of these and 29 other companies got the chance to tout their ideas to a panel of judges – and a roomful of fellow entrepreneurs, academics and potential investors

June 15, 2016

Invest Buffalo Niagara Continues to Target Canadian Firms

Invest Buffalo Niagara is singing “Oh! Canada” and with good reason. Having spent Tuesday hosting a business strategy networking event in Oakville, Ont. that targeted Canadian firms con...

June 7, 2016

Roswell Park Launches Global Biotechnology & Cancer Therapeutics

As a for-profit spinoff of Roswell Park, GBCT will provide new avenues for maximizing the impact and community benefit from Roswell Park discoveries and resources. GBCT will utilize strong local an...

June 4, 2016

Sumitomo Reclaims Ownership of Tonawanda Dunlop Plant

Japan-based Sumitomo is ending a joint venture it formed with Ohio-based Goodyear in 1999. Sumitomo already had a 25 percent interest in Goodyear Dunlop Tires North America; Sumitomo will now acqui...

April 26, 2016

IBM’s Innovation Center Taking Shape in Downtown Buffalo

For IBM’s new innovation center in Buffalo, it’s all about data. “We’re drowning in data. The key is using that data effectively,” said Jay Goodwyn, the executive dire...

April 25, 2016

Jacobs Institute, Stratasys Partner to Advance Medical uses of 3D Printing

Buffalo is taking a big step in its ambitions to play a leading role in one of the next big things in health care: 3D printing. The Jacobs Institute and Stratasys Ltd., a major 3D printer-maker, an...

April 25, 2016

Collaboration Drives Buffalo's Entrepreneurial Spirit

Situated at the western edge of New York state, the Buffalo-Niagara region is experiencing a surge in fast-growing startups, unique methods of raising funds and a dedicated group of leaders support...

April 13, 2016

Silicon Wafer Maker Agrees to Deal With Big Customer

Genesee County manufacturer, 1366 Technologies, has signed a deal with a South Korean solar panel producer, Hanwha Q Cells that will help the Massachusetts company ramp up production at their new $...

March 31, 2016

Rosina Foods to Invest $22.7 Million for Manufacturing, Adding Jobs

Continued growth, including securing new contracts with national firms, is fueling a $22.7 million expansion and renovation of Rosina Food Products Inc. operations in Cheektowaga and West Seneca

March 21, 2016

After Decades of ‘Woe is us,’ There’s a New Spirit of Optimism in Buffalo

Something seems to be stirring in Western New York. The area is undergoing more than $5.5-billion (U.S.) in new economic development, mostly in downtown Buffalo. More than 12,000 new jobs will be g...

February 11, 2016

Athenex Biotech Plant a ‘Game-Changer’ for Dunkirk

Athenex (formerly Kinex) to invest $1.62 billion in drug discovery and advanced manufacturing partnership, creating 900 jobs in Dunkirk and 500 jobs in Buffalo over the next ten years. New Yo...

Events

Here are local business events, trade shows and conferences where you can find Invest Buffalo Niagara.

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IEDC Future Forum

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SelectUSA Investment Summit

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SelectUSA Investment Summit

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SelectUSA Investment Summit

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Start-Up Genesee Think & Drink

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Bright Buffalo Niagara

Press Releases

View our latest news releases.

Date	Title
02.02.2017	Invest Buffalo Niagara Releases Labor Market Findings to Drive Business Attraction	View Release
11.07.2016	Invest Buffalo Niagara Attracts Seven Businesses to Region in Three Months	View Release
09.15.2016	Invest Buffalo Niagara Showcases 15 Regional “Wins”	View Release
07.18.2016	Invest Buffalo Niagara Unveils Updated Relocation Guide	View Release
06.16.2016	Aggresive Canadian Outreach Efforts Continue	View Release
03.10.2016	Buffalo Niagara Enterprise Unveils New Identity: Invest Buffalo Niagara	View Release
02.24.2016	Communitech Teams Up With Phillips Lytle to Create Landing Pad for Canadian Startups in NYC	View Release
07.07.2015	Healthcare Software Start-Up Launches in Buffalo Niagara	View Release