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County
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Aceto Corp
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Nassau
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06-06-2006
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Aceto Corp. of Lake Success (Nassau) announced a plan to build a pharmaceutical
distribution facility in Mumbai, India and to expand its current Indian
sourcing and regulatory staff of 10 to include graduate-level analytical
chemists and pharmacologists. The India expansion mirrors Aceto’s efforts in
China, where the company successfully worked its way into the pharmaceutical
market. (Long Island Business News – June 5, 2006) & (Newsday – June 6,
2006)
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Lowe's Home Improvement
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Nassau
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06-14-2006
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Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse is planning to build a new store in
Hicksville (Nassau) pending approval from the Town of Oyster Bay Zoning Board.
If approved, this will be Lowe's fifth Long Island location. Currently
under construction are sites in Bay Shore and Farmingdale (both Suffolk).
(Long Island Business News – June 14, 2006)
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Netsmart Technologies
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Suffolk
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06-07-2006
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Great River (Suffolk) – based Netsmart Technologies, a health and human
services software provider, won a contract worth $2 million from Community
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, a Michigan-based firm. Under a
five-year agreement Netsmart will provide licensed software as well as
maintenance and support services to the Kalamazoo agency, which serves more
than 7,000 consumers with mental health and developmental disabilities. (Long
Island Business News – June 7, 2006)
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Orbit International Corp.
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Suffolk
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06-16-2006
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Hauppauge (Suffolk) – based Orbit International Corp. received a contract worth
$3.1 million to continue to provide remote-control units for military ships,
airplanes, and helicopters. (Newsday – June 16, 2006)
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Pall Corp
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Suffolk
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750(Est.)
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06-03-2006
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Pall Corp.,an East Hills (Nassau) – based manufacturer of filtration,
separations and purification systems, announced that Health Canada, the
government agency that oversees health care in that country, has approved the
use of Pall's Acrodose PL, a system for testing blood platelets for
bacteria. The approval also marks a major growth opportunity for Pall, since
it will open the door for the use of other products that the company produces
by Health Canada. (Newsday – June 20, 2006)
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Peconic Bay Medical Center
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Suffolk
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06-08-2006
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The Peconic Bay Medical Center (formerly known as Central Suffolk Hospital) in
Riverhead (Suffolk) is undertaking a two-part expansion, including a new
emergency room and a "Center for Advanced Surgical Services",
expected to be completed in 2007. The hospital, first opened in 1951, was
originally designed to treat 15,000 patients per year; in recent years the
figure has increased to more than 26,000. (Newsday – June 8, 2006)
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County
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JC Penney
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Nassau
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100(Est.)
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06-27-2006
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JC Penney will shutter its store in the in the Lake Success Shopping Center in
New Hyde Park (Nassau) on November 18, 2006. The store originally opened in
1956. (Newsday – June 26, 2006)
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Kmart
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Suffolk
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80(Est.)
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06-26-2006
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Kmart is closing its Middle Island (Suffolk) store some time in August. The
company hopes employees there will find work at other Kmart and Sears
(Kmart's corporate parent) stores in the region. (Newsday – June 26,
2006)
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Konica Minolta Graphic
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Nassau
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145
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06-14-2006
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Konica Minolta Graphic Imaging USA Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of
graphic arts supplies originally known as Chemco, will close its Glen Cove
(Nassau) plant by the end of this November, bringing to an end a business that
has operated in the city since 1899. The company plans to lay off 145 of its 180
employees; the other 35 will be relocated to other Konica Minolta plants.
(Newsday – June 14, 2006)
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Saturn of Medford
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Suffolk
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45(Est.)
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06-23-2006
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Marking the sixth Saturn closing on Long Island in the past 6 years, the Saturn
of Medford (Suffolk) car dealership will close its doors for good at the end of
June 2006 due to foreign competition and weak sales. The Medford closing
leaves only one Massapequa and two Hempstead (both Nassau) Saturn dealerships
(and a service-only facility in Hicksville (Nassau)) still in businss on Long
Island. (Newsday – June 23, 2006)
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