regional biotechnology initiative launched
ELIZABETHTOWN, NY - The Essex County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) and CITEC Manufacturing & Technology Solutions today announced a new, targeted business development campaign to attract biotechnology companies to the Adirondack/North Country region of New York State.

Carol Calabrese, co-executive director of the Essex County IDA, said the program has been designed to interest small biotechnology companies involved in the analytical testing, biologicals/reagents, and techware/labware segments of the services and supplies businesses serving larger biotech/biomedical enterprises. "Specifically, the intent of the initiative is to identify company owners who are open to exploring the advantages of an Adirondack setting where they can successfully grow their business," says Calabrese.
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biomed firms find home in north country
The biotechnology industry – specifically, the biomedical industry – is finding the Adirondacks to be a unique fit. And the Adirondacks, long a difficult place in which to do business, is embracing the industry, because it means high-paying jobs, little truck traffic, and environmental friendliness.

“We know that biotech industry can thrive in the North Country, because we have exciting industry here now that is doing very well, “ says Carol Calabrese, co-executive director of the Essex County Industrial Development Agency (IDA). “They’re growing, very prosperously, and they’re finding the resources they need. We believe our strengths are this type of industry as a cluster – and we do have a nice range of various levels of biotech industry across the Northern Tier of New York.”
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Adirondack biotech initiative underway
ELIZABETHTOWN – The Essex County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) is keying in on the biotech industry in a new development strategy launched last week. The plan, called the Adirondack Biotech Initiative, targets growth custom-tailored to fit existing industry and the region’s pristine environment.

Biotech businesses research and develop products in areas of medicine, agriculture, industrial components, and environmental management.

A number of such companies already exist here. Carol Calabrese, co-executive director at the IDA pointed out Trudeau Institute in Saranac Lake, Upstate Biotech in Lake Placid, and Bionique Testing Labs in Lake Clear are a few examples.

“Based on research we’ve done,” said Calabrese, “this industry likes to cluster. We are targeting source companies who supply products and/or services to the industry already here.”

“Biotech firms tend to share services, information systems and research facilities,” she added.
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