Business First of Buffalo articles from June 1999

Business First of Buffalo archives from June 1999

Sinclair chooses Amherst for headquarters.(Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.)
June 7, 1999... After sending out signals for months that downtown Buffalo was its first choice, it now appears that Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. is close to signing a deal to move its headquarters to one of Amherst's more prominent office parks. Sources...

Local HMOs make the grade in statewide survey.
June 7, 1999... Western New York's health maintenance organizations did well in a statewide report card compiled for employers to use when they're shopping for health plans. In most of the 10 categories making up the New York State HMO Report Card, the...

Day-by-day: demand grows for labor temps.
June 7, 1999... At 5 a.m. a line of about 30 forms outside Labor Ready Inc. off Hertel Avenue. At 5:20, Steve Moran, branch manager at the temporary labor company, pulls up, unlocks the door and the line files inside. The scene is the same each Monday...

Digicon signs on as Trico building's first new tenant.
June 7, 1999... Less than one week after buying the former Trico Products Corp. building in Buffalo, the facility's owners have landed a significant commercial tenant. Digicon Imaging Inc., the West Seneca-based digital communications company, has signed...

NHL playoffs paying off for Sportservice in Buffalo.
June 7, 1999... The Buffalo Sabres-Toronto Maple Leafs playoff series had executives from Sportservice Corp. singing "O Canada." The two games hosted by the Sabres, a prelude to the team's first Stanley Cup final appearance since 1975, set revenue records...

Developers roll out plans for old Dunlop Tire offices.
June 7, 1999... The former Dunlop Tire Corp. headquarters building on Grand Island, vacant for the better of the decade, has been sold and will soon find life as a senior citizen living complex. A team of area businessmen, including developer Harry Konst,...

Hot sales ignite Delphi Harrison.(Delphi Harrison Thermal Systems)
June 14, 1999... Ties to GM are just as strong in aftermath of recent spin-off After 81 years, General Motors Corp. no longer owns Delphi Harrison Thermal Systems. But the Lockport company still has its wagon hitched to GM. Good thing, too. Western New...

Symoniak quits Realtors group, joins Stovroff.(Dan Symoniak, vice-president of Greater Buffalo Association of Realtors Inc.; Stovroff and Potter Real Estate Inc.)
June 14, 1999... Dan Symoniak, longtime executive vice president of the Greater Buffalo Association of Realtors Inc., will join the administrative staff of Stovroff & Potter Real Estate Inc., the area's largest residential real estate firm. Real estate...

Developer wants to build better reputation for industry.(Special Report: Residential Real Estate)(Richard Bergman, president of Heartland Homes Construction Inc.)
June 14, 1999... Richard Bergman is in a tough spot. As president of Heartland Homes Construction Inc., he runs a company that helps customers fulfill the proverbial "American Dream" - owning their own home. As current president of the Niagara Frontier...

On a roll: Dunlop, Goodyear cement global alliance.(Dunlop Tire Corp; Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.)
June 21, 1999... Dunlop, Goodyear cement global alliance Goodyear Tire Co. and the Japanese parent company of Dunlop Tire Corp. have signed the complex final agreements for their previously announced global alliance. At the core of the partnership...

Judy Benjamin retiring from Stovroff & Potter.(Stovroff and Potter Real Estate Inc.)
June 21, 1999... Judy Benjamin, a leader in the Buffalo real estate industry, is retiring this fall from Strovroff & Potter Real Estate Inc., a company she helped form and grow. Benjamin retires Sept. 30, giving up her vice president's title in Western New...

Proceeds from bank's IPO earmarked for new YMCA.(Financial Institutions Inc.)
June 21, 1999... Financial Institutions Inc., the parent of Wyoming County Bank, plans an initial public stock offering that will have a unique social benefit for its hometown of Warsaw. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the...

Delaware North moving headquarters to Key Center.(Delaware North Companies Inc.)
June 21, 1999... After months of speculation, Delaware North Cos. Inc. has confirmed that it will move its corporate headquarters to the Key Center at Fountain Plaza. The food service and concession industry giant, one of the region's largest privately...

Frito-Lay plans expansion at WNY distribution center.(western New York)
June 21, 1999... An expansion by Frito-Lay Inc. that will see the snack food giant more than double its area warehousing and distribution network heads up a lengthy agenda for the Amherst Planning Board. The planning board, at its June 17 meeting, is...

Canadian aircraft builder awards contract to Moog.(Bombardier Inc.)
June 21, 1999... Moog Inc. has been awarded a multimillion dollar, long-term contract by a Canadian company that launches the East Aurora-based aerospace contractor into a significant new market. The order from Bombardier Inc. of Montreal calls for Moog to...

Deal to preserve rail line boosts Falconer refractory.(Norfolk Southern Corp. to continue serving line used by Monofrax Inc.)
June 21, 1999... Rail service vital to a Southern Tier manufacturer will continue for the next year under an agreement between New York state and Norfolk Southern Corp. The Norfolk Va.-based railway agreed to continue service along a line serving Monofrax...

Asian market fuels expansion at Dexter.(Dexter Electronic Materials)
June 21, 1999... OLEAN - Dexter Electronic Materials should be feeling good about itself with expanded production capabilities and a new satellite plant overseas that has just started. The Olean facility was named "Plant of the Year" by its parent company, The...

Expert says oil and gas industry still doing well in WNY.(Special Report: Energy & The Environment)(Brad Gill)
June 21, 1999... Brad Gill no longer stalks black bear or wild boar. Instead, he hunts for energy - oil and natural gas, that is. He traverses the fields and valleys of Western New York as a certified petroleum geologist looking for telltale substrata and...

Thomas C. Perry.(The Upstate New York 1999 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Program)(chairman and CEO of Perry's Ice Cream)
June 21, 1999... CHAIRMAN AND CEO PERRY'S ICE CREAM AKRON Thomas Perry represents the third generation of his family to own and operate Perry's Ice Cream Co. in Akron. The company began in 1918 when his grandfather paid $600 for a retail milk business and...

Eugene O'Donovan.(The Upstate New York 1999 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Program)(president of Montana Mills Bread Co.)
June 21, 1999... PRESIDENT MONTANA MILLS BREAD CO. ROCHESTER It's a long road from growing up on a farm in Ireland, pursuing an accounting career stretching from the United Kingdom to Denver and New York, to running a growing chain of bakeries, but that's...

Landing fees at Buffalo Niagara coming down.(aircraft landing fees at Buffalo Niagara International Airport in New York)
June 28, 1999... Aircraft landing fees at Buffalo Niagara International Airport are going down - easing the burden to airlines using the facility - but still remain the highest among upstate airports. Fees are set to decline 7.2 percent July 1 to $2.56 per...

Patients now have options when insurers won't pay.(the implementation of External Appeal Law beginning July 1, 1999, in the state of New York)
June 28, 1999... Beginning July 1, patients in New York state will have access to an additional appeals process if their health plan refuses to pay for care that has been deemed not medically necessary or is considered experimental. The External Appeal Law...

Sabres NHL playoff run pays off for Sportservice.(the effect of the National Hockey League playoff run by the Buffalo Sabres to the profitability of Sportservice Corp.)
June 28, 1999... The just completed Buffalo Sabres playoff run, which saw the National Hockey League team make the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1975, proved to be a financial windfall for Sportservice Corp. Sportservice, the food service and...

Bristol Mountain adding lift, restaurant, golf course.(Bristol Mountain Ski Resort in New York)
June 28, 1999... Bristol Mountain Ski Resort is planning a $4.2 million expansion that includes a new mountaintop restaurant and golf course. The South Bristol ski resort, which has the area's tallest vertical drop, begins a series of projects this summer...

Firm sells are businesses on potential of WNY labor.(profile on Taylor Staffing of Amherst, New York)
June 28, 1999... Thanks to a relatively healthy economy, the Buffalo area employment market is good for anyone ready, willing and able to hold down a job. "If people are not working, it's because they don't want to; there is a job out there if you want to...

Business is a breeze.(profile on Obersheimer's Sailor Supply of Buffalo, New York)
June 28, 1999... What's going on: Obersheimer's manufactures sails and offers a complete line of products for the marine industry, including power and sailboat products. The company also sells canoes, kayaks, paddleboats, rowboats, inflatables and small...

Shopping for a new look.(the redevelopment of the University Plaza in Buffalo/Amherst border in New York)
June 28, 1999... University Plaza throws away the old to reinvent itself on a prime piece of real estate Larry Silver doesn't mind the dust and rubble that neighbors his Record Theatre store in the University Plaza. Silver, executive vice president of...

Focusing on mechanical and electrical design work.(profile on Buffalo Engineering P.C. of Cheektowaga, New York)
June 28, 1999... What's up: Buffalo Engineering P.C. is a mechanical and electrical engineering design firm. "We felt there was a place in the marketplace for a company to be positioned in the middle," said principal Walid Daham, explaining the firm's dual...

Sing that song.(profile on Paul Cohn of Hastings and Cohn Real Estate of New York)
June 28, 1999... Local real estate guy rocks with release of his first CD During working hours, when Paul Cohn hums a song it's usually to the tune of "Let's Make A Deal," and as a partner in Hastings & Cohn Real Estate, that's good. After hours, Cohn...

The whole idea is to lower property taxes on your house.(profile on Federal Tax Reduction Association of Williamsville, New York)
June 28, 1999... What's up: Two local entrepreneurs teamed up in 1997 to form FTRA, the Federal Tax Reduction Association. The company reports that it reduces homeowners' taxes by an average of more than $800 yearly. Who's who: FTRA's partners are...