Governor Cuomo and state economic development officials have announced that a former Kodak building on Lake Avenue will be the site for a big part of the National Photonics Initiative in Rochester. Just before a Photonics Board meeting to vote on the selection, the governor announced that the AIM Photonics Testing, Assembly and packaging Facility will be located in Kodak Building 81 in the Eastman Business Park.
Cuomo says this sort of business, industrial, university partnership is the future of developing American jobs because manufacturing is done by machines these days.
Congresswoman Louise Slaughter and U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer confirmed the selection this morning.
Slaughter says the TAP will be the only such facility in the country, dedicated to developing workable photonics technology for computers and other systems, and packaging it into the form of useable products.
The choice of Eastman Business Park for the new facility followed a three-month evaluation process. The building is currently occupied by ON Semiconductor. The Photonics Institute is leading space because the site already has a clean room and all the necessary lab and technical facilities.