Business First of Buffalo articles from October 1996

Business First of Buffalo archives from October 1996

Hospital merger moving forward. (Millard Fillmore Health System; General Care Corp.; Children's Hospital of Buffalo)
October 28, 1996... Millard Fillmore's role clouded by questions The Millard Fillmore Health System says it's still in the game, though internal and public announcements have shown a disinclination to move ahead in merger talks with the Buffalo General Health...

Acquisition strengthens Cookson presence in WNY. (Cookson Group PLC's acquisition of Carborundum Co.'s refractory plant; Western New York)
October 28, 1996... Cookson Group plc plans to expand its Western New York presence in the ceramics industry by buying the Carborundum Co.'s former Monofrax refractory plant in Falconer. The parent company of both Tam Ceramics Inc. in Niagara Falls and a...

Fire safety. (David-Ulmer Sprinkler Company Inc.)(Company Profile)
October 28, 1996... Third-generation company preaches prevention What's going on: Fire protection is something few people think about until a fire hits their home or business. "Unfortunately, we are a catastrophe-driven business," said R. Steven Ulmer,...

Surfing the 'Net can help students pick their college. (Internet)
October 28, 1996... The search for a college could eventually lead to the computer and into the Internet. The key word here is eventually. Experts say before you point and click on the 'Net, you should have developed a shortlist of potential colleges, using your...

Furniture workers win Kittinger rights. (American Executive Furniture)
October 21, 1996... Court awards local group name, 'intellectual' holdings American Executive Furniture, a fledgling company made up of former Kittinger Co. workers, has won a protracted baffle for the Kittinger name, patents, trademarks and other intellectual...

Hospital merger talks suspended. (Buffalo General Health System; Children's Hospital of Buffalo; Millard Fillmore Health System)
October 21, 1996... The proposed merger between Buffalo General Health System, Children's Hospital of Buffalo and Millard Fillmore Health System has apparently run afoul. The merger talks were put on hold, effective Oct. 16, as all three entities try and sort...

Cheese producer wheys expansion. (Sorrento Cheese Company Inc.)
October 21, 1996... Production facility would be constructed along Leland Drive Sorrento Cheese Co. Inc. is preparing a 53,000-square-foot expansion of its South Park Avenue manufacturing plant. Early groundwork is being laid to buy land that abuts the...

Harness track ready to take gamble on future.
October 21, 1996... How's this for a contradiction: Buffalo Raceway General Manager Jerry Schweibel is not pleased that legal gambling is coming to Niagara Falls and Fort Erie, Ont. Yet Schweibel is a proponent of legalizing gambling in New York, even though...

Change rocks motion control companies.
October 21, 1996... Orchard Park firm takes aggressive role Finally free from the contract reviews that have dominated her work for the past month, Corporate Counsel Suzanne Stern laughs and acknowledges that change has come quickly at International Motion...

Tool producer makes strides toward gaining market share. (Stride Tool Inc.)
October 21, 1996... ELLICOTTVILLE - Specialty tool maker Stride Tool Inc. is not the kind of place where inactivity will likely surface to rust up the works. In the past 16 years the company has grown from manufacturing a single automotive crimping tool to...

Sew what. (Promotional Images Inc.) (Company Profile)
October 21, 1996... Musician financed move from garage to office for embroidered items Values acquired from his dad, James Vincent Connelly, and the family plumbing business gave James Connelly the foundation to become a successful entrepreneur. But how many...

Showing off the tonawandas: director at Riviera Theatre takes on new role. (Charles Hewitt)
October 21, 1996... Charles Hewitt is reassuring proof that old chestnuts like "Nice guys finish last" don't always ring true. After all, Hewitt, 55, is a nice guy - with a penchant for finishing on or near the top in almost everything he does. And he's done...