Business First of Buffalo articles from June 1996

Business First of Buffalo archives from June 1996

Import dyes making life blue at Buffalo Color. (Buffalo Color Corp.)
June 24, 1996... Buffalo Color Corp. is for sale, and investors outside the dye industry regularly have been touring the South Buffalo plant, according to labor union sources. The company, which is the only domestic producer of the dye that makes blue jeans...

Region's theme parks ready to ride.
June 24, 1996... The battle for the entertainment dollar is a matter of Chaos vs. Popeye's Seaport vs. Whitewater Bay. With school out for summer, the amusement park business hits full stride. For the next two months, parks will promote themselves endlessly...

M&T targeting retirement homes for new branches. (M&T Bank)
June 24, 1996... M&T Bank is putting full-service branches into more homes. Retirement homes, that is. After operating one in Amberleigh Retirement Community in Amherst for eight years, the bank has applied for permission from the Federal Reserve Board to...

Auto parts chain ads pep to Union Road. (automotive parts chain Pep Boys-Manny Moe & Jack's acquisition of the former Servotronics Inc. building on Union Road, Cheektowaga, NY)
June 24, 1996... The growing popularity of Union Road as a retailing address has apparently lured another national chain. Pep Boys-Manny Moe & Jack, the national automotive parts chain that entered the market three years ago, is in the process of acquiring...

Empire wins billion dollar service contract. (Empire Financial Services' deal with United Companies Life Insurance Co.)
June 24, 1996... Empire Financial Services has landed an agreement with a Louisiana life insurance company to service up to $1.2 billion in specialized tax-deferred annuities. Under the arrangement with United Companies Life Insurance Co. of Baton Rouge,...

Invisiblle Inc. (biodegradable plastics manufacturer Novon International Inc.)
June 24, 1996... Novon International's biodegradable products - from burger boxes to golf tees - start with corn starch and end up with the worms. Three days after sending some of their product to a company in Tahiti, executives at Novon International Inc. in...

Business First joins pioneer network. (Business First establishes 30 World Wide Web sites for local businesses)
June 17, 1996... Local business news from 28 of America's most dynamic markets - including Western New York is being made available for access and retrieval through a coordinated network of 30 World Wide Web sites that will be hunched June 17 by Business...

Rite aid, East Side plaza at odds over proposed store. (Rite Aide Pharmacy)
June 17, 1996... When Rite Aid Pharmacy moved into the Towne Garden Plaza on William Street a decade ago, many hailed it as another sign of Buffalo's urban renewal. But fast forward to 1996 and the 6,000-square-foot pharmacy is out-of-date. And, while...

Sherwin-Williams tackles clean up of chemical tanks. (Sherwin-Williams Inc. cleans the chemical storage tanks of Pratt and Lambert United Inc.)
June 17, 1996... Sherwin-Williams Inc. has begun early cleanup work on the 57 chemical storage tanks at the closed Pratt & Lambert United Inc. paint plant along Scajacquada Creek. In the meantime, environmental officials are probing the condition of tanks...

Welfare outspending education: critics say N.Y. ignores job training. (New York)
June 10, 1996... Gene Bagen often sees something missing among social services clients who come to the Buffalo and Erie County Private Industry Council for job training. Many of the clients arrive ill-prepared - lacking reading, comprehension and math...

Air passenger traffic continues descent. (Greater Buffalo International Airport)
June 10, 1996... A trend toward more passengers aboard smaller planes fueled a double-digit drop in 1995 passenger traffic at the Greater Buffalo International Airport. Overall passenger levels at the airport's scheduled commercial carriers declined 13.5...

WNY economic indicators sending mixed signals. (Western New York's economy)
June 10, 1996... Observers can differ honestly about the condition of Western New York's economy. It just depends whether they would consider a water glass to be half-empty or half-full. Someone prone to the half-empty view might point out that the monthly...

Wyoming County talking trash with landfill operator. (Wyoming County, NY; Modern Landfill Inc.)
June 10, 1996... In an area where towns ban garbage disposal sites more often than not, Modern Landfill Inc. of Lewiston may lose its preferred developer status in the Wyoming County town of Eagle. At the least, the move could bring modern into court against...

ECMC will lose millions in deregulation, CEO says. (Eric County Medical Center; Chief Executive Officer Paul Candino)
June 10, 1996... Erie County Medical Center is asking to be relieved of catastrophic losses expected when the state changes the way hospitals are paid. If the public hospital is saved, private hospitals would benefit, according to ECMC CEO Paul Candino....

Millions of tourists keep Maid afloat for 150 years. (Maid of the Mist Corp.)(Company Profile)
June 3, 1996... Sure, well-established businesses with famous clients are nothing new in Western New York, but how many can look back on 150 years and a list of who's who-type customers like Teddy Roosevelt, Marilyn Monroe and Princess Diana? This year, the...

Family time: metal repairing business places employees first. (Metal Locking Service Inc.)(Company Profile)
June 3, 1996... What's going on: Metal Locking Service specializes in repairs of castings and machine parts. Breaks and cracks are "cold" repaired using metal inserts, rather than a heated fusion method of welding. The result is a zipper-look that locks and...