Detox Your Wardrobe
NYS Manufacturing Now
The fashion industry uses dyes, petroleum-based plastics, and toxic chemicals to produce clothing that looks good on us but isn't great for the environment. In fact, pollution from the textile industry is a growing global concern. Valentina Gomez of Werewool is aiming to become part of the solution. The New York City company that she co-founded is developing biodegradable textile fibers with tailored properties for aesthetics and performance. Tune in and learn how nature creates the function and color that a cleaner, greener wardrobe needs.
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Generating a Breath of Fresh Air
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Farm to Flame Energy of Syracuse, New York has developed a scalable 10 to 30 KW generator that uses plant-based feedstocks for electricity generation that’s smokeless and odorless. That’s a breath of fresh air in places like Ghana, where many people use diesel-powered generators to produce electricity for daily life. Join FuzeHub for a conversation with Kwaku Jyamfi (KJ), Farm to Flame Energy’s president and CEO. This first generation American explains why he’s committed to bringing clean energy to everyone – and how his company is getting the job done. Farm to Flame Energy was the...
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Airway Management is Epic
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Epic Airway Systems, Inc. is a medtech startup in Schenectady, New York with a game-changing technology for emergency medical care. The company’s product, , is easier to use than traditional airway management devices and addresses two pressing problems: the loss of pre-hospital tracheal intubation skill sets, and a decline in procedure success rates. Join FuzeHub for an engaging conversation with Dr. Eric Moses, the company’s co-founder, CEO, and CMO. Keith McKenna, COO, also provides valuable insights, especially in the areas of prototyping and manufacturing. Epic Airway...
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FuzeMoves
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FuzeHub is moving New York State manufacturing forward with three new programs plus exciting new developments in the Jeff Lawrence Innovation Fund and the annual Innovation Summit. Elena Garuc, FuzeHub’s Executive Director, joins the podcast to explain what’s new and how FuzeHub’s growth can help your business. From to , FuzeHub and its partners from ESD, NY MEP, and beyond are advancing microelectronics through programs that can strengthen NYS manufacturers and U.S. national security. There’s also a new Equity in Manufacturing initiative for historically...
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Put Your Best Foot Forward
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Do you have an idea for a new product? Then put your best foot forward like Jialin Ke of . This Brooklyn-based company overcame tough design challenges on its way to a successful product launch and was a 2023 FuzeHub Commercialization Competition winner. Soulo’s product, an ergonomic toenail trimmer, may be quite different from yours. However, the advice that Jialin shares can help you go from idea to prototype to reality. From focus groups to FDM, and from multiple iterations to molding, this podcast provides real-world lessons for entrepreneurs.
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Breaking Out of the Box with Robotics
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The finishing department at many small-to-medium manufacturers is a “black box” with manual operations and limited production insights, explains David Pietrocola, the co-founder and CEO of . Pietrocola, an ex-CIA Tech Officer, spied an opportunity to help these companies and is developing the Smart Finishing™ Robotic Workcell for high-mix sanding, grinding, and polishing operations. FuzeHub and ITAC, the NY MEP center for New York City, are supporting Cohesive Robotics in its development of this exciting new product, which includes autonomous 3D vision scanning. Last year, Cohesive...
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Healthy Soil, Healthy Food
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Most of what we eat comes from soil, but experts predict we have just 50 years left to grow food on arable land. Around the world, the excessive use of chemical fertilizers and non-regenerative agricultural practices have stripped soil of vital essential nutrients. An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but would you want to eat five pieces of fruit just to get some basic nutrition? For Sashti Balasundaram, the founder and CEO of , the solution to degraded soil involves a systematic, data-driven approach to improving soil nutrient levels. The company’s technology helped it win a...
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From Oppenheimer to the Energy Transition
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of Flushing, New York designs and manufactures power supplies for industries that include offshore wind and solar power. As Mark Kupferberg, a Kepco owner, explains, the company was founded in 1946 by family members with connections to Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project. Today, Kepco serves military and civilian markets and makes power supplies that do more than supply electric power to an electric load. That’s because this New York State manufacturer specializes, as Kuperberg says, in "breaking bottlenecks" that slow down labor-intensive electronic...
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The Taste You Missed
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Vitality in the Valley 2024 featured a pre-event reception for exhibitors with fantastic food and drink from New York State’s Mohawk Valley. Two exhibitors took a break from the action to join FuzeHub’s Steve Melito for a podcast (and video) that provides a taste of what you may have missed in Herkimer. Our first guest, , is the Executive Director for the Center of Excellence (COE) for Food and Agriculture at in western New York. Tune in to find out what the COE does and how it’s helping food and beverage startups to scale-up with offerings that include a food innovation...
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A2A All the Way
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The Advance 2 Apprenticeship (A2A) program is an employment initiative that’s improving access to apprenticeship programs for people with intellectual and development disabilities. It’s also providing a non-traditional source of talent to NYS manufacturers who are facing workforce challenges. In the Empire State, apprenticeship programs for people with disabilities have a record of success, as shown in . Yet misconceptions remain, beginning with the word “disabled” itself. Join host Steve Melito as he interviews this dedicated team of workforce professionals: Colleen Blagg is the...
info_outlineVitality in the Valley 2024 featured a pre-event reception for exhibitors with fantastic food and drink from New York State’s Mohawk Valley. Two exhibitors took a break from the action to join FuzeHub’s Steve Melito for a podcast (and video) that provides a taste of what you may have missed in Herkimer.
Our first guest, Catharine Young, is the Executive Director for the Center of Excellence (COE) for Food and Agriculture at Cornell Agritech in western New York. Tune in to find out what the COE does and how it’s helping food and beverage startups to scale-up with offerings that include a food innovation lab for product development. You’ll also get a preview of a special announcement that’s sure to delight farmers in Washington County and the eastern part of the Empire State.
Our second guest, Tina Douglas of Old Homestead Farm, traveled to Vitality in the Valley along historic Route 20 from Richfield Springs, New York. Tina and her husband, who also runs Farm Boyz Construction, raise cattle and sell beef. You’ll also find pork, chicken, eggs, milk, barbeque sauces, seasonings, and rubs at their farm store. Tina brought two delicious roasts to the pre-event reception and shared her plans to add agriculture tourism and education to the family farm.
Listen to the podcast or watch the video to learn more, and don’t miss Vitality in the Valley at Herkimer College in Herkimer, New York in June 2025.