University at Buffalo (UB)
Release Date: April 9, 1999 This content is archived.
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Center for Industrial Effectiveness (TCIE) in the University at Buffalo Business Alliance, assisted four local companies in receiving more than $336,000 in training grants from the Economic Development Fund (EDF) of New York State in the fourth quarter of 1998.
The UB Business Alliance now is the largest recipient of New York State training grants of behalf of its customers. In the past four years, 95 percent of the applications submitted for local companies by the UB Business Alliance received funding from the state.
The recent grants were awarded through the Empire State Development Corporation to Buffalo China, Ingram Micro, Protective Closures Co. and Life Technologies, Inc., which are using the funds for capital improvements, skills upgrades for existing employees and strengthening the quality of internal trainers and training programs.
The $38,130 training grant awarded to Buffalo China is allowing the company to compete more effectively in the tableware industry by providing training initiatives for management and skilled-trades employees following an incentive from the state that prompted Oneida Ltd. to consolidate distribution at Buffalo China.
The $169,783 JOBS Now training grant awarded to Ingram Micro is enabling the company to strengthen its internal training program through facilities expansion and trainer certification programs.
Life Technologies, Inc., which recently revolutionized its worldwide distribution system by centralizing order entry operations at its Grand Island facility, will be able to implement the new process by using the $49,952 grant to train customer-service and manufacturing employees.
The $78,426 grant awarded to Protective Closures Co., a division of Mark IV Industries, will assist the management team's focus on quality and long-term planning issues as the company expands its facility on Elmwood Avenue.
For more information on the UB Business Alliance's training grant administration program and other programs designed to assist businesses, call 716-636-2568, send email to prv-TCIE@buffalo.edu or visit its Web site at www.uballiance.buffalo.edu .