NEW INVESTORS - CEO INSIGHTS MARCH 2023

Posted on February 26, 2023

CenterState CEO wishes to recognize the members who have joined as Investors in the last quarter.

 

Presented by Dermody, Burke & Brown LLC.

At Dermody, Burke & Brown, we understand the importance of focusing on business and community today for a vibrant economy tomorrow. For that reason, we are proud to recognize and sponsor New Investor Focus.

 

 

Adirondack Bank                                                                                                             

Rocco Arcuri, Sr., President and CEO

185 Genesee St., Utica, NY  13501                                                                                             

315-798-4039

www.adirondackbank.com

Adirondack Bank is a locally owned and operated full-service community bank headquartered in Utica, New York.  Established in 1898, Adirondack has 19 locations serving Upstate and Central New York.

 

Buckingham Properties, LLC                                                                                       

Kenneth Glazer, CEO

259 Alexander St., Rochester, NY 14607                                                                  

585-295-9500

www.buckprop.com

Buckingham Properties is a real estate developer and property management company located in Rochester, New York. Its diverse portfolio includes office, industrial, retail and residential properties totaling over 10 million square feet, as well as 200+ acres of development land. As a leading real estate developer, Buckingham has completed several notable projects in the Greater Rochester region, including Tower280, One Alexander, 260 East Broad, Edge of the Wedge, and Buckingham Commons.

 

Environmental Design & Research, Landscape Architecture, engineering & Environmental Services, D.P.C.                                                                                                                                          

Jo Anne Gagliano, RLA, President

217 Montgomery St., Suite 1000, Syracuse, NY 13202                                       

315-471-0688

www.edrdpc.com 

Founded in 1979 and headquartered in downtown Syracuse, with offices in Rochester and Albany, New York, Hershey, Pennsylvania, and Columbus, Ohio. EDR offers a wide range of professional consulting services including engineering, environmental permitting, ecological resource management, community planning, cultural resources, visualization, GIS, and landscape architecture. EDR is a certified Woman-owned Business Enterprise dedicated to creating and sustaining a better environment for its clients, employees and communities.

 

Haun Welding Supply/Haun Specialty Gas                                                          

Erich Haun, Co-President

5921 Court Street Road, Syracuse, NY 13206                                                        

315-463-5241

www.thehaunedge.com

Along with retail sales, Haun offers equipment rental and repair services, as well as welding training at select locations. Industries serviced by Haun include construction, fabrication, manufacturing, commercial, medical, laboratories, food and beverage, education, and homeowners. Haun Specialty Gases, a sister company to Haun Welding Supply, owns and operates a specialized, high-efficiency gas fill plant, which supplies high pressure industrial and medical gases as well as high purity specialty gases.

 

INFICON, Inc.

Hannah Henley, President

2 Technology Place, E. Syracuse, NY 13057

315-434-1100

www.inficon.com

INFICON is a leading provider of innovative instrumentation, critical sensor technologies, and advanced process control software that enhance productivity and quality in sophisticated industrial vacuum processes. These analysis, measurement and control products are essential for gas leak detection in air conditioning/refrigeration and automotive manufacturing. They are vital to equipment manufacturers/ end-users in the complex fabrication of semiconductors and thin film coatings for optics, flat panel displays, solar cells, and industrial vacuum coating applications and other vacuum-based processes. INFICON also leverages its expertise in vacuum technology to provide unique, toxic chemical analysis products for emergency response, security and environmental monitoring.


LOTTE Biologics USA, LLC                                                                                             

Michael Hausladen, General Manager

6000 Thompson Road, E. Syracuse, NY 13057                                                                       

315-432-2079

www.lottebiologics.com/en

LOTTE Biologics is a contract development and manufacturing organization for biologic pharmaceutical products based on protein therapeutics. The site currently manufactures four commercial products that are used in the treatment of cancer and organ rejection. LOTTE Biologics is a subsidiary of LOTTE Corporation, a top five South Korean conglomerate that employees over 100,000 people across more than 30 countries spread over six continents in a wide array of business sectors, including food, R&D, retail, chemical, construction, tourism and service. The East Syracuse pharmaceutical plant, which has an 80-year history of delivering critical drugs to the world, will continue to build on its legacy as a foundation for LOTTE Biologics development and manufacturing operations.

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