New York’s Public Authorities Control Board has released the first $78 million of the state’s commitment to the AIM Photonics Institute in Rochester. Empire State Development approved the payment last week. The Control Board action means the public-private partnership can begin spending the money. It’s the first installment of $106 million the institute’s governing […]
The New York State Photonics Board has approved $106 million in funding for the American Institute for Manufacturing Photonics in Rochester. It’s part of the money New York has pledged to the AIM Photonics Center, which is supposed to receive $600 million over the next four years from a consortium of industries and the federal […]
The 2017 Defense Appropriations Bill being debated in the House of Representatives this week includes more than $25 million for Rochester’s Photonics Institute. It’s one of eight specialized manufacturing institutes across the country being funded under the bill. Congresswoman Louise Slaughter says it’s a national security priority that the United States be able to produce […]