GlobalFoundries in Malta and the CHIPS Act: what the expansion means for the Capital Region
The Fab 8 campus in Saratoga County is the anchor of the region's semiconductor economy. Federal CHIPS Act money and…
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Capital Region and Hudson Valley business: the semiconductor and tech corridor, entrepreneurs, brands, small business and manufacturing.
Graphene and ultrafast lasers: the research behind faster pulses for spectroscopy and medicine
Graphene can switch light on and off in femtoseconds, making it a simple way to generate ultrashort laser pulses. Researchers…
Watervliet Arsenal, the country’s oldest working arsenal, still makes big guns
Founded in 1813, the Watervliet Arsenal builds large-caliber cannon tubes for the Army and leases space to private companies.
Burden Iron Works and the giant waterwheel that made Troy a horseshoe capital
Henry Burden's horseshoe machine and 62-foot waterwheel made Troy one of the country's industrial centers in the 1800s.
From Central Market to Market 32: the Schenectady grocery chain the Golubs built
The Golub family opened its first store in Green Island in 1932. The company is now part of Northeast Grocery,…
GE in Schenectady: the plant that built a company town
Thomas Edison moved his machine works to Schenectady in 1886. The plant became the base of General Electric and shaped…
Albany International Airport: how the Capital Region’s airport is run
Owned by Albany County and run by an independent authority, the airport in Colonie dates to 1928 and serves about…
Rivers Casino and the rebuild of the old ALCO site in Schenectady
Rivers Casino & Resort opened in 2017 at Mohawk Harbor, on land where the American Locomotive Company once built engines.
Brotherhood Winery, the oldest continuously operating winery in the country
Founded in 1839 in Washingtonville, Brotherhood Winery survived Prohibition by making sacramental wine.
The Port of Albany: an ocean port 124 miles up the Hudson
The Port of Albany has moved grain, steel and heavy equipment since 1932. Its next chapter depends on manufacturing and…