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Invest Buffalo Niagara is the region’s nonprofit, privately funded economic development organization representing the eight counties of Western New York.

Our mission is to attract new employers to the Buffalo Niagara region; to support business attraction, expansion, and entrepreneurship. To do so, Invest Buffalo Niagara collaborates with existing local businesses, colleges and universities, nonprofit organizations, and elected officials at the federal, state, and local levels to deliver a unified response to regional economic development opportunities.

The team of professional economic development consultants at Invest Buffalo Niagara provides free and confidential services to companies considering the Buffalo Niagara region, particularly for the first time.

Our Investors

Shaping the Future of Business

Our investors are more than just financiers; they are partners in progress, deeply committed to nurturing growth and innovation in the Buffalo Niagara region. From supporting cutting-edge startups to revitalizing established industries, these leaders are at the forefront of creating a vibrant, sustainable business ecosystem where companies of all sizes can flourish and succeed.

Our Investors
Our Partners

Invest Buffalo Niagara's Key Partners

Great partners make all the difference. And we’ve got some that really shine. Their efforts are critical to sustaining our local economy.  

New York State Economic Development
Empire State Development (ESD)Western New York
Buffalo Billion
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
New York Power Authority (NYPA)
Western New York Regional Economic Development Council
Local Economic & Industrial Development Agencies
Allegany County IDA
Amherst IDA
Buffalo Niagara Partnership
Cattaraugus County IDA
Chautauqua County IDA
City of Buffalo Economic Development
City of Niagara Falls Economic Development
Clarence IDA
Concord IDA
Erie County IDA
Genesee County Economic Development Center
Hamburg IDA
Lancaster IDA
Lockport IDA
Niagara County Center for Economic Development
Orleans Economic Development Agency
Salamanca IDA
Wyoming County Industrial Development Agency
Development Corporations
Buffalo Urban Development Corporation
Cheektowaga Economic Development Corporation
Jamestown Renaissance Corporation
Grand Island Economic Development Advisory Board
Lumber City Development Corporation
Southern Tier West Regional Planning & Development Board
Tonawanda Development Corporation
USA Niagara Development Corporation
Westfield Development Corporation
Utilities
National Grid USA
National Fuel Gas
New York State Electric & Gas
Trade
Canadian Consulate
US Commercial Service
World Trade Center Buffalo Niagara
Workforce Development
Buffalo Employment and Training Center (BETC)
New York State Department of Labor
Cattaraugus-Allegany Workforce Investment Board
Chautauqua Workforce Investment Board
Erie County Workforce Investment Board
International Institute of Buffalo
Niagara County Workforce Investment Board
Western New York College Consortium
Economic Development Associations
International Economic Development Council
New York State Economic Development Council
Visitor and Convention Bureaus
Visit Buffalo Niagara
Niagara Falls USA Tourism and Convention Corp.
Welcome Magazine – Premium Guide to Buffalo Niagara
Orleans County Tourism
Visit Genesee NY
Go Wyoming County NY
Discover Allegany County
Visit Cattaraugus County’s Enchanted Mountains
Visit Chautauqua County NY
Our Impact

Transforming the Business Landscape

Invest Buffalo Niagara serves as a single point of entry for economic development inquiries and offers a comprehensive suite of free and confidential client-driven project management services to companies and consultants evaluating the Buffalo Niagara region, including:
  • Custom site location assistance
  • Detailed site/building information
  • Labor market analysis and demographics
  • Tailored market research
  • Facilitation of state and local incentive programming
  • Personal community and site tours
  • Introductions to professional service providers and partners
  • Meetings with community and business leaders
  • Assistance with workforce and recruitment training needs
Businesses Assisted in Expanding or Starting in Buffalo Niagara
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Jobs Attracted or Retained
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Wins & Success Stories

See of our clients wins & success stories!

Wins & Success Stories

Success Story

Magic White Inc.

Magic White Inc. is a provider of commercial dish washing chemicals and equipment, primarily to the restaurant industry. The company has services including leasing dish washing equipment, supplying chemicals and servicing equipment in a very timely manner. Magic White has had a strong track record of success in Canada operating out of the Greater Toronto Area for over 40 years.

Magic White Inc. is a provider of commercial dish washing chemicals and equipment, primarily to the restaurant industry. The company has services including leasing dish washing equipment, supplying chemicals and servicing equipment in a very timely manner.
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Success Story

Welded Tube USA

Headquartered in Concord (Toronto), Ontario, Welded Tube is a manufacturer of steel tubing, whose process is comprised of taking flat steel and forming it into round tubing 4½ to 9 inches in diameter, in custom lengths. The tubes are used for well casings and for other purposes at natural gas drilling sites, a growing market as drilling activity has grown rapidly in shale formations in Ohio and Pennsylvania. The company currently employs more than 600 people in North America.

Headquartered in Concord (Toronto), Ontario, Welded Tube is a manufacturer of steel tubing, whose process is comprised of taking flat steel and forming it into round tubing 4½ to 9 inches in diameter, in custom lengths.
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Success Story

Electrovaya

Electrovaya is a Canadian manufacturer of Lithium-ion batteries. The company is focused on the clean energy transfer and prevention of climate change through the supply of the safest and longest lasting batteries in the market. Electrovaya explored a U.S. expansion to ramp up production of batteries within the warehouse distribution and transportation vertical. With its Canadian headquarters based in Mississauga, Ontario, Buffalo Niagara, and its close proximity, was a natural fit for U.S. expansion.

Incentives: Empire State Development Excelsior Jobs Tax Credits, New York Power Authority Hydropower Allocation, Property Tax Abatement, Mortgage Tax Abatement, Sales Tax Abatement

Electrovaya is a Canadian manufacturer of Lithium-ion batteries. The company is focused on the clean energy transfer and prevention of climate change through the supply of the safest and longest lasting batteries in the market.
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Success Story

New Flyer

New Flyer is the largest manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses in North America with 3,800 employees and thirteen facilities across the U.S. and Canada. As part of the capital plan to upgrade public transportation in the New York City area, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) awarded New Flyer a contract to refresh the entire system’s bus fleet. The contract required a portion of the final product be manufactured in New York State.

Instead of contracting the work, New Flyer decided to establish a manufacturing facility in the State to build transmission and axle sub-assemblies. These high-value parts would then be shipped to St. Cloud, MN for final assembly. To minimize costs associated with shipping parts to the Midwest, the New Flyer facilities team wanted an assembly plant as far west in NYS as possible. By locating in the most southwestern area of the state, the company determined it can save at least $250 per truckload in shipping costs to Minnesota.

New Flyer is the largest manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses in North America with 3,800 employees and thirteen facilities across the U.S. and Canada.
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Success Story

Sentient Science

Sentient Science is a materials informatics software development company originally headquartered in Idaho. Founded in 2000, the company invented a testing technology that replaces the physical testing of materials and components used in the manufacture of helicopters, bridges, medical devices, wind turbines and other products. Sentient’s process uses simulators and sensors to determine how the materials will react under various stresses and determines when they will need replacement. Its sensors and software perform these tests in the virtual realm, saving clients time and money.

Sentient Science is a materials informatics software development company originally headquartered in Idaho. Founded in 2000, the company invented a testing technology that replaces the physical testing of materials and components used in the manufacture of helicopters, bridges, medical devices, wind turbines and other products.
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Success Story

Sucro Sourcing

Sucro Sourcing is a multinational company refining sugar for mills, processors, distributors and industrial customers. Before considering a permanent expansion in Buffalo Niagara, the company first set up a pilot project in the Gateway Trade Zone. At the completion of that pilot project, the company was satisfied and willing to further consider a permanent presence in Western New York. The company was also considering Miami, Florida for the project.

Incentives: Empire State Development Excelsior Tax Credit ECIDA tax abatement NYPA hydropower National Grid grant

Sucro Sourcing is a multinational company refining sugar for mills, processors, distributors and industrial customers. Before considering a permanent expansion in Buffalo Niagara, the company first set up a pilot project in the Gateway Trade Zone.
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Success Story

Magic White Inc.

Magic White Inc. is a provider of commercial dish washing chemicals and equipment, primarily to the restaurant industry. The company has services including leasing dish washing equipment, supplying chemicals and servicing equipment in a very timely manner. Magic White has had a strong track record of success in Canada operating out of the Greater Toronto Area for over 40 years.

Magic White Inc. is a provider of commercial dish washing chemicals and equipment, primarily to the restaurant industry. The company has services including leasing dish washing equipment, supplying chemicals and servicing equipment in a very timely manner.
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Success Story

Welded Tube USA

Headquartered in Concord (Toronto), Ontario, Welded Tube is a manufacturer of steel tubing, whose process is comprised of taking flat steel and forming it into round tubing 4½ to 9 inches in diameter, in custom lengths. The tubes are used for well casings and for other purposes at natural gas drilling sites, a growing market as drilling activity has grown rapidly in shale formations in Ohio and Pennsylvania. The company currently employs more than 600 people in North America.

Headquartered in Concord (Toronto), Ontario, Welded Tube is a manufacturer of steel tubing, whose process is comprised of taking flat steel and forming it into round tubing 4½ to 9 inches in diameter, in custom lengths.
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Our Team

Meet the Invest Buffalo Niagara Team

Our staff brings a wide range of expertise in business development, client service, real estate, finance, research, marketing, event planning, graphic design, and public and investor relations. 

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Thomas Kucharski

President & CEO
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Erin Sinclair

Senior Administrator
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Matthew Hubacher

Sr. Vice President
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Rob Leteste

Director, Sector Strategy
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sarah

Sarah Larson

Brand & Creative Director
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Greg Pokriki

Communications Manager
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Carlton X. Sanders

Graphic Designer
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Kathy Stout

Business Development Manager
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The Invest Buffalo Niagara Board of Directors

Officers
President & CEO

Thomas A. Kucharski, Invest Buffalo Niagara

Chair

Kenneth Kujawa, National Grid

Vice Chair

Michael O’Brien, Key Bank, N.A.

 Secretary

Becky Gandour, Buffalo Urban Development Corporation

Treasurer

Dave Bauer, National Fuel

Board of Directors
AAA Western and Central New York

Anthony Spada, Jr.

Acara Solutions Inc.

Pete Petrella

Allegany County Industrial Development Agency

Craig Clark

Amherst Industrial Development Agency

David Mingoia

Buffalo Niagara Partnership

Dottie Gallagher

Buffalo Business First

John Tebeau

Buffalo Urban Development Corporation

Becky Gandour

Buffalo News

Tom Wiley

Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency

Mark Geise

City of Buffalo

Mayor Chris Scanlon

Ciminelli Real Estate

Kyle Ciminelli

Clarence IDA

Chris Kempton

Delaware North Companies

James Obletz

Exxpress Tire

David Simons

Erie County IDA

Tuona Batchelor

Erie County Industrial Development Agency

John Cappellino

Ernst & Young

Marc Izzo

Frey Electric Construction Co

Kent Frey

Genesee County Economic Development Center

Mark Masse

Hamburg IDA

Sean Doyle

Harter Secrest & Emery LLP

Phil Delmont

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield

Jessica Cox

Hodgson Russ LLP

Sujata Yalamanchili

HSBC Bank

Gregory Duval

Hunt Real Estate

Peter Hunt

Hurwitz & Fine, P.C.

Kevin Zanner

Key Bank, N.A.

Michael O’Brien

LeChase Construction

Chris Kulik

Lockport Industrial Development Agency

Thomas Sy

Martin Group

Matt Davison

Merchant Insurance

Charlie Makey

M&T Bank Corporation

Chris Kania

National Fuel Gas Company

David Bauer

National Grid

Kenneth Kujawa

Niagara County Department of Economic Development

Michael Casale

New York Power Authority

Joseph Kessler

NYSEG Corporation

Jeff Quain

Phillips Lytle LLP

Kim Nason

Schutte Buffalo

Martin Berardi

Sonwil Distribution

Peter Wilson

TM Montante Development

Christian Campos

Tops Friendly Markets

Ron Ferri

Uniland Development Company

Carl Montante, Jr.

Univera Healthcare

Arthur Wingerter

West Herr Auto Group

Scott Bieler

WNY NYSCAR

Amanda Hirsch

Wyoming County IDA

James Pierce

Appointed Directors
Empire State Development Corporation

Karen Utz

State University of New York at Buffalo

Per Stromhaug

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