Area Businesses Learn About Opportunities in Semiconductor Industry

A full house was on hand Thursday for a program about manufacturing and related opportunities in New York's growing semiconductor industry. The Chautauqua County IDA, Choose CHQ, and others sponsored the inaugural I-SMART Corridor Initiative program at the Southern Chautauqua Federal Credit Union's Training Center in Lakewood. Mark Geise, CCIDA CEO and Deputy County Executive for Economic Development, says serious money is being put into that industry...

Mark Geise: helping companies feed into supply chain

The semiconductor industry is leading the way in the development and manufacturing of computer chips. Geise says the CCIDA and other sponsors want to get local companies to look at ways they can be part of it...

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Geise says one area that Chautauqua County manufacturers are strong at is "metal bending," which he says is very much needed in the semiconductor industry. The Chautauqua County Partnership for Economic Growth and the Buffalo Niagara Partnership also took part in the program, which helped kick off Manufacturing Month in the region.

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