1. March
2015

2. Ceramics
Corridor
Innova5on
Centers
• Painted
Post
(Corning)
– 40,000
sq.
feet
including
high
bay
• Alfred
– 30,000
sq.
feet
including
high
bay
• Contain
early
stage,
second
stage
and
corporate
clients
• Payback
for
NYS
since
founding
25
years
ago
– 2400+
jobs
– $90+
in
economic
ac5vity
for
every
$
spent
by
NYS
• Alfred
and
Corning
Incubators
in
designated
Hot
Spot
incubator
networks

3. • Planned
conversion
of
a
major
part
of
the
Schweizer
Building
at
the
Elmira-­‐Corning
Airport
in
Chemung
County
• The
only
manufacturing
focused
incubator
in
the
region!
• High
bay,
office,
lab,
loading
docks,
secure
areas
–
everything
needed
to
grow
your
business!
• Designated
as
a
Start-­‐Up
NY
site
in
partnership
with
Corning
Community
College
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Tenant
areas
and
sizes
are
flexible

5. • Infrastructure
to
meet
business
technology
needs
– Dark
fiber
10
gigabyte
internet
access
– Cloud
video
conferencing
• Great
loca5on
for
proximity
to
markets
– Adjacent
to
Interstate
86
– 10
miles
to
Interstate
99
– Adjacent
to
Elmira
Corning
Airport
– 6
miles
to
railroad
hub
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6. • Flexible
manufacturing
space—from
1,000
to
10,000
square
feet,
total
45,000
sq.d.
– High
bay
space—20‘
to
nearly
40’—1,000
to
8,000
sq.
d.
– With
office
space
sized
to
your
needs
– Lab
spaces
also
available
• Infrastructure
to
sa5sfy
real
manufacturing
needs
– Electric—3
phase—where
you
need
it
– Compressed
air
– Ready
for
gas
delivery
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7. • Incubator
tenants
may
qualify
for
Start
Up
NY
tax
benefits:
– No
personal
income
taxes
– No
sales
tax
– No
property
tax
– No
corporate
tax
• And
if
you
are
an
early
stage
company,
you
will
most
likely
qualify
for
Hot
Spot
benefits,
which
include:
– No
sales
tax
– No
property
tax
– No
corporate
tax
– Opportunity
to
graduate
into
Start-­‐Up
NY
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8. Plus
Western
Region
Hot
Spot
led
by
UB
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The
Hot
Spot
Concept

10. What
Hot
Spot
Membership
Does
For
Our
Region
• Provides
resources
only
small
startup
companies
in
Boston
or
Silicon
Valley
used
to
get…
– Mentoring
– Networking
– Legal
/
patent
/
insurance
/
payroll
etc.
advice
– Grant
access
and
grant
applica5on
support
– Inventor’s
sand
box
– Pre-­‐seed
workshops
– Entrepreneur
boot
camps
– Business
plan
compe55ons
• Our
key
partners
– Cornell
– Binghamton
– SUNY
Buffalo
– Alfred
U,
Alfred
State,
CCC…
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11. Regional
Asset
Examples
Leading
Business
and
Engineering
Schools
• Binghamton
University
• Cornell
University
• Ithaca
College
• …
Proac<ve
Voca<onal
Training
• Corning
Community
College
• …
Rapid,
Precision
Job
Shops
• Incodema
and
Incodema3D
• Stonewell
Systems
• Wicked
Device
• C&D
Assembly
• MPL
Incorporated
• …
Centers
of
Excellence
and
Shared-­‐Use
Facili<es
• Cornell
Center
for
Materials
Research
• Center
for
Nanoscale
Fabrica5on
• Energy
Materials
Center
• Small
Scale
Systems
Integra5on
and
Packaging
Center
(S³IP)
• …
Major
Corpora<ons
• Corning
Incorporated
• BAE
Systems
• Borg
Warner
• Lockheed
Mar5n
• Dresser-­‐Rand
• …

12. Hot
Spot
Events
March
Events
3/4
Startups
and
Taxes
@
Rev
3/9
Idea5on
Workshop
@
Binghamton
3/11
March
Networking
@
Rev
3/11
Start
Up
Suites
Mixer
@
Binghamton
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
September
October
November
December
January
February
Networking
Presenta5ons
Workshops
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13. • Need
a
place
to
take
your
business
to
the
next
level?
– A
place
that
allows
you
to
invest
in
ideas,
people,
and
equipment—
not
in
real
estate
– A
place
that
has
easy
access
to
transporta<on?
– A
place
where
you
can
rig
your
equipment
and
be
ready
to
go?
– A
place
that
will
open
doors
for
you
to
cuMng
edge
research
at
the
best
universi5es?
– A
place
that
can
hook
you
into
a
pipeline
of
qualified
workers?
– A
place
that
can
help
you
finance
your
business
growth?
– And
a
place
where
you
will
be
totally
TAX
FREE
in
New
York
State
for
10
YEARS!
•
• That
place
will
be
IncubatorWorks,
in
Horseheads,
NY,
adjacent
to
Interstate
86
and
the
airport.
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14. • Who
will
be
interested?
– Manufacturers
looking
to
grow
rapidly
-­‐
at
low
cost!
• Contacts:
– Alan
Rae
(607)
247-­‐5097
arae@ceramicscorridor.org
– Nancy
Kirby
(607)
247-­‐5114
nkirby@ceramicscorridor.org
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