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  3. Organizations in the News

    (8 articles) University of Massachusetts

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    (2 articles) Hoppe Tool

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  6. Western Mass EDC Staff Members in the News

    (11 articles) Allan W. Blair

    (4 articles) Michael Graney

    (1 articles) Jeff Ciuffreda

  7. Companies in the News

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  8. Business Leaders in the News

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    (2 articles) Paul Friedmann

    (2 articles) Russell Denver

    (1 articles) Rick Lord

  9. Western Mass EDC Board of Directors in the News

    (1 articles) Mary Ellen Scott

  1. Articles mentioning both Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts and Chicopee

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    1. EDC to Host Industry Sector Series

      Explore From the EDC (Jan 12 2012) Manufacturing

      ... industry executives from Massachusetts and Connecticut (Including Prima Electro North America from Chicopee) will participate in a roundtable discussion. A networking reception will follow. EDC President and CEO Allan W. Blair will serve as Master of Ceremonies. The EDC is pleased to collaborate with the New England Fiberoptic Council and the Connecticut Optics and Ph... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Springfield   Chicopee   Western Massachusetts Electric Company

    2. Profiles in Business

      Explore BusinessWest (Jun 7 2011)

      Profiles in Business ... another form of big-picture developing. Indeed, as president of the Economic Development Council (EDC) of Western Mass., Blair is the individual most closely associated with the region’s overall econo......se neighborhoods that sparked the kinds of investments he spoke of. Such parks have been created in Chicopee at Westover, and also Agawam, East Longmeadow, Westfield, and other communities, resulting in the c... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Big Y Foods   MassMutual

    3. WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS RECEIVES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL GRANT

      Explore From the EDC (Apr 7 2011)

      WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS RECEIVES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL GRANT ...ESTERN MASSACHUSETTS RECEIVES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL GRANT EOHED distributes $65,000 to Western Mass EDC in first round State Representative Joseph F. Wagner (D-Chicopee) and the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development announced today that the Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts has received $65,000 through a competitive grant program made available to regional economic develo......rtner with the statewide economic development strategy,” said Allan Blair, President ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   West Springfield   Springfield

    4. Western Massachusetts: the next life sciences hub?

      Explore masshightech.com (Apr 1 2011) Life Sciences

      Windham-Bannister was a speaker at the forum along with Allan W. Blair, president and CEO of the Economic Development Council of western Massachusetts, and Abigail Barrow, founding director of Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center. The forum also ......e  area, including Seahorse Bioscience Inc., which has been expanding its biomanufacturing plant in Chicopee that it acquired from Innovative Microplate Inc. six years ago. And Nuclea Biotechnologies, a cance... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Massachusetts Life Sciences Center

    5. Innovators hold key place in region

      Explore masslive.com (Feb 12 2011) Manufacturing , Medical Devices

      Innovators hold key place in region ...on of ethanol from cellulosic plant materials and the "Q" microbe being commercialized by Qteros in Chicopee; • And the enhanced renewable power generation and connectivity by the Holyoke Gas & Electric Co. t... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Springfield Technical Community College   Springfield

    6. Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield deals with defections

      Explore masslive.com (Jan 31 2011)

      Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield deals with defections ...ringfield Convention and Visitors Bureau and other entities, shares office space and staff with the Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts. Springfield Mayor Domenic J. Sarno is questioning the effectiveness of a broad-based regional cham......ps in West Springfield,” Ciuffreda said. He defended having the chamber in the same facility as the EDC, even though some of its entities, like Westmass Area Development Corp., have projects going on els... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   Russell Denver   Smith & Wesson Corp.

    7. Defense industry jobs are critical to Western Massachusetts economy but often overlooked

      Explore masslive.com (Jan 3 2011) Aerospace/Defense , Manufacturing

      Defense industry jobs are critical to Western Massachusetts economy but often overlooked ...R and RICHARD LORD Even in the midst of the worst economic downturn in a generation, Hoppe Tool, of Chicopee has seen its gross sales revenues increase 10 percent since early 2009. Since 2001, Berkshire Indus... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Associated Industries of Massachusetts   Chicopee

    8. Signs of Improvement

      Explore BusinessWest (Dec 28 2010)

      Signs of Improvement ...ing their growth was another of the bright spots in 2010, Blair continued, noting the hiring of the EDC’s first ‘manager of cluster development,’ Michael Wright (see related story, page 6). Still another......any, which has been based in several smaller buildings at the Cabotville Industrial Park complex in Chicopee, recently acquired the 78,000-square-foot building at 2245 Westover Road that was most recently hom... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Russell Denver   Baystate Health   Springfield

    9. Top Women-Led Businesses

      Explore From the EDC (Oct 26 2010)

      Top Women-Led Businesses The EDC would like to congratulate Mary Ellen Scott, President of United Personnel Services in Springfield,......t of United Personnel Services in Springfield, Anne Paradis, Chief Executive Officer of MicroTek in Chicopee and Kathryn Selvia, President of NEPM in Wilbraham for being recognized as one of Massachusetts' to... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Springfield   Chicopee   MicroTek

    10. Two New Projects Announced

      Explore From the EDC (Aug 25 2010) Manufacturing , Transportation

      ...cre vestige of the Cold War to a source of employment for the people of Western Massachusetts”. The EDC wishes to acknowledge the role the WMDC staff and real estate broker Jennings Associates in conclud... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Campanelli Companies   Coca-Cola   Northampton

    11. EDC and Regional Companies to Attend Medical Device Trade Show

      Explore From the EDC (Jun 7 2010) Medical Devices

      The EDC will represent the region at the Medical Design and Manufacturing (MD&M) trade show in New York thi......o provide a low-cost opportunity for western Mass companies to exhibit at the show. Hoppe Tool from Chicopee, Mitchell Machine from Springfield and Peerless Precision from Westfield will exhibit. In addition,... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Northeast Utilities   Springfield   Chicopee

    12. Dielectrics Hosts Medical Device Briefing

      Explore From the EDC (Apr 2 2010) Medical Devices

      ...'s visit focused on the medical device tax in the recently passed U.S. health care reform bill. The EDC did not take a p Earlier this week, Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown chose Dielectrics in Chicopee to host a roundtable discussion with area medical device manufacturing companies. Senator Brown's v... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Chicopee   Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts   Dielectrics

    13. Massachusetts Highlights Regional Economic Summit

      Explore The Gov Monitor (Mar 22 2010) Education , Health Care , Life Sciences , Manufacturing

      ...wth.  With the collaboration and support of Governor Patrick and Lt Governor Murray, along with the Western Mass EDC, our companies were successful at development and deployment of a winning strategy to train hundred......mmit efforts, go to www.mass.gov/governor/economicsummit. Topics: 2010, academia, Boston, business, Chicopee, City of Springfield, clean energy, economic development, Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts, economic growth, economic recovery, Economy, education, employment, energy ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Massachusetts Life Sciences Center

    14. The EDC Welcomes French Delegation

      Explore From the EDC (Dec 2 2009)

      ... and Investment and the French office of Science and technology at the Boston Consulate invited the EDC to participate on a panel today welcoming a French Optics Trade Mission of twenty-five companies to......Optics companies from throughout the Commonwealth will attend this session, including Hoppe Tool of Chicopee, representing the Western Mass optics cluster. For more information on the Massachusetts Office of ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Chicopee   Michael Graney   Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts

    15. EDC Congratulates Qteros

      Explore From the EDC (Oct 15 2009) Aerospace/Defense

      ...he University of Massachusetts, announced that it is building a pilot plant at Westover Air Park in Chicopee. EDC and Westover Metropolitan Development Corporation President and CEO Allan Blair joined numerous dig... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Michael D. Bissonnette   Chicopee

    16. Springfield ranks high for biotech readiness - The Republican

      Explore masslive.com (May 1 2009) Education , Information Technology , Life Sciences

      ...o say when we do contact them," said Allan W. Blair, president and chief executive officer of the Western Massachusetts Economic Development Council. The Biotechnology Council is a not-for-profit organization that represents the state's biotechnolo...... Springfield's Indian Orchard section. Springfield was the only Pioneer Valley City rated platinum. Chicopee, Northampton and Westfield, were ranked one level lower as "gold." Easthampton, Greenfield and... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Massachusetts Biotechnology Council   Baystate Health

    17. Massachusetts Biotechnology Council gives Springfield high rating for companies looking to set up laboratories or factories

      Explore masslive.com (Apr 30 2009) Education , Life Sciences , Medical Devices

      Massachusetts Biotechnology Council gives Springfield high rating for companies looking to set up laboratories or factories ... to say when we do contact them," said Allan W. Blair, president and chief executive officer of the Western Massachusetts Economic Development Council. The Biotechnology Council is a not-for-profit organization that represents the state's biotechnolo......lutia Inc. property in Indian Orchard. Springfield was the only Pioneer Valley City rated platinum. Chicopee, Northampton and Westfield, were ranked one level lower as "gold." Easthampton, Greenfield and Stur... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Massachusetts Biotechnology Council   Baystate Health

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