Greater Rochester Enterprise (Rochester, NY)

CMIT Solutions of Rochester has enrolled in Greater Rochester Enterprise's nationally recognized GRE Economic Gardening program!

's CMIT Solutions provides managed IT support and cybersecurity services to help businesses of all sizes stay connected, secure, and productive.

If you are looking for ways to boost your company's revenue and increase sales leads, join the 335+ companies that have participated in the GRE Economic Gardening program. Learn more at https://rochesterbiz.com/economic-gardening/

GRE's Ray Zayas had a great visit with CAR Stamping & Machining in Victor, NY!⚙️

Second-generation owner Alexander Rogers is leading this precision manufacturer into its next chapter, investing in new machinery and continuing to serve customers across the globe in industries like optics, instrumentation, and consumer electronics.

GRE is proud to support companies like CAR as they grow right here in the Greater region.

Interested in how GRE can help your business grow? Learn more here➡️ https://rochesterbiz.com/about-gre/

Pasta, Passion, and Partnership!

After nearly 20 years of manufacturing in Avon, NY, Barilla is doubling down on the Greater region with a two-phase, $170M expansion. The company will add new production and packaging lines, warehouse capacity, and 90 new jobs, making it a distribution hub serving Northeast markets with a high concentration of pasta lovers! And yes, the new Barilla F1 racing wheels pasta is made exclusively here in Greater .

Barilla's continued investment is a testament to the region's strong workforce, infrastructure, and the partnerships that have made the Greater Rochester, NY region a place for global companies like Barilla to call home.

Fabio Pettenati, VP of Supply Chain at Barilla, shares more in this GRE Why ROC interview with News 8 WROC Rochester's Brennan Somers here: https://rochesterbiz.com/barilla-invests-170m-in-greater-rochester-ny-region-expansion/

We're dishing out the details!🍝

Catch the latest GRE Why ROC segment tomorrow on News 8 WROC Rochester’s early morning news, where anchor Brennan Somers chats with Fabio Pettenati, VP of Supply Chain at Barilla, about the company’s expansion in Avon, NY!

It was an honor to attend New York Photonics’ annual meeting last night to celebrate the significance of ’s optics, photonics, imaging, and laser technology (OPIL) sector and to pay tribute to Tom Battley, who led the organization for more than 20 years.

With 150 companies employing 20,000 people, Greater is a hotbed of light-based tech foundational to advanced manufacturing, defense tech, and the semiconductor supply chain. Since 2017, there has been significant regional growth in the OPIL sector: $1.36 billion of new capital investments, 4,900 new jobs, and 7,000 jobs retained.

GRE is proud to have Alexis Vogt / NY Photonics as a strategic partner to support business growth in the Greater Rochester, NY, region.

To learn more about ’s extraordinary OPIL ecosystem, visit RochesterBiz.com/optics.

’s software community is drawing national attention.💻🌎

ITX Corp is bringing software professionals from across the country and beyond to downtown for its annual Product + Design Conference, a two-day event focused on product innovation, user experience, and collaboration, taking place June 24–25 at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center.

Led by industry experts with experience at companies like Spotify and Microsoft, the conference helps teams stay ahead in a rapidly evolving tech landscape. This year’s lineup includes Ovetta Sampson, whose work at Google and Capital One has helped shape conversations around the future of AI.

Sean Murray, Director of Product Management at ITX, shares more about the conference and its impact in this GRE Why ROC interview with News 8 WROC Rochester's Brennan Somers here: https://rochesterbiz.com/itx-product-design-conference-returns/

Cuddeback Machining Inc. has enrolled in Greater Rochester Enterprise’s nationally recognized GRE Economic Gardening program!

's Cuddeback Machining is a full-service manufacturing company, offering wire-formed parts, stampings, and CNC machining.

If you are looking for ways to boost your company’s revenue and increase sales leads, join the 335+ companies that have participated in the GRE Economic Gardening program.

Learn more at https://rochesterbiz.com/economic-gardening/