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Absolute Energy Inc.
2680 Grand Island Boulevard, Suite 2.Grand Island, NY 14072
716-774-1341
www.absoluteenergy.net
Absolute Energy Inc. focuses on Managed Energy Services and project management for the Energy Industry. They provide the following services to their clients: energy consulting services, enrollment as a direct buying member of the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), bill analysis, energy related database design & analyses, backroom energy services, demand-response program administration, hedging strategy development, and “Green Power” acquisition. Theses services provide their clients with cost-effective, flexible Managed Energy solutions that support their strategic objectives. Absolute Energy, Inc. was a member of the incubator from Summer 2004 through May 2008.
Aquasol Corporation
80 Thompson St.
North Tonawanda, NY 14120
716-564-8888
www.aquasolcorporation.com
The Aquasol® Corporation is committed to advancing welding technology through the introduction of products that enhance welding efficiency. The corporation has thrived on developing products that solve technical problems related to purging. Aquasol Corporation has been a member of the incubator since Spring 2004.
ATTO Technology, Inc.
Website: www.attotech.com
155 CrossPoint Parkway
Amherst, New York 14228
E-mail: mkt@attotech.com
Tel: 691-1999
Period in UB Incubator: 2/89-8/93
ATTO is a state-of-the-art designer and manufacturer of high performance hardware and software SCSI storage solutions. The company distributes its products worldwide through a variety of channels, such as OEMs, distributors and systems integrators. ATTO designs its award-winning products for SCSI and Fibre Channel based workstations (such as Sun, DEC, HP and IBM), Apple Macintosh and IBM compatible platforms. ATTO provides customers with cost-effective and technologically advanced products. Its products reduce system wait time and man-hours per project, increasing productivity. ATTO's storage solutions include Solid-State Caching, Solid-State Drives, Expansion Units, Conversion Units, Workgroup Solutions, RAID Solution Kits, Host Adapters and RAID software.
AZtech Inc.
Website: www.wnyilp.org
3108 Main Street
Buffalo, New York 14214
E-mail: jfossa@aztech.wnyilp.org
Tel: 836-0822
Period in UB Incubator: 7/96-7/98
Aztech, Inc. is an industry leader specializing in market research and commercialization of products in the field of assistive technology for the disabled and elderly. Services include market research, commercialization services, product evaluation, product testing, surveys and focus groups. Aztech works in partnership with UB's Center for Assistive Technology and the Independent Living Center of Western New York.
Bio Med Sciences
1111 Hamilton Street
Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101
Tel: 610-432-8220
Period in UB Incubator: 11/88-4/90
Bio Med Sciences develops products that aid the medical profession in healing wounds of the flesh, such as skin grafts and burns.
Bion Technologies, Inc.
8899 Main StreetAmherst, New York 14221
Tel: 633-4674
Period in UB Incubator: 9/91-10/96
Bion Technologies designs, installs and operates advanced biological waste and wastewater treatment systems. By the use of carefully controlled wetland-like systems, Bion, through the application of its patented and proprietary technologies that use naturally occurring microbes, transforms waste created by the livestock industries into an organic, nutrient-rich topsoil-like material. The material, BionSoil, is sold to the agricultural and gardening industries as a soil enhancement and enrichment product. BionSoil is available in local nurseries and garden stores.
Brilliant Optical Networks, LLC
Tel: 716-228-2288Email: qiao@computer.org or jrstaley@earthlink.net
Period in UB Incubator: 05/01 - 12/02
Founded with the goal of developing and patenting optical networking architectures and technologies that will enable the next generation optical internet as the backbone for converging the transport of data, voice, video, wireless and yet to emerge high bandwidth services across a common optical core.
C.J. Brown Energy, Inc. P.C.
4245 Union Road, Suite 204
Cheektowaga, New York 14225
E-mail: cjbrown@buffnet.net
Tel: 565-9190
Period in UB Incubator: 12/86-9/88
Energy conservation and management consultant using a balance of high technology design methods and traditional engineering practices.
Chodorow Associates, Ltd.
One NFA Park
Amherst, New York 14228-1149
Tel: 633-8338
Period in UB Incubator: 12/89-10/92
Public relations company.
Columbia Laboratories, Inc.
106 Westfield Rd.
Eggertsville, New York 14226
Tel: 873-0725
Period in UB Incubator: 3/87-11/93
Performs specialized biomaterials testing and manufactures patented biomaterials test equipment. Products and services include physical, chemical and mechanochemical evaluation of materials. Produces mechanochemical test equipment and small angle light scattering instruments. Columbia Laboratories has been awarded a Phase I SBIR grant from the National Institute of Health.
Conserval Systems, Inc.
Website: www.solarwall.com
4242 Ridge Lea Road, Suite 28
Amherst, New York 14226
E-mail: solarwallUSA@solarwall.com
Tel: 835-4903
Period in UB Incubator: 5/90-11/93
Conserval designs, has fabricated, then installs the award-winning SOLARWALL, a solar pre-heater for ventilation air. This system has over 150 installations worldwide. The company was recently one of eight successful organizations in a field of over 400 to win a U. S. Department of Energy commercialization contract worth $1.2 million to expand operations and bring manufacturing in-house in Western New York. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has also provided $47,000 for the project. Conserval has won many awards, including the R&D 100 Award, the Manning Award and the Popular Science Top 100 New Technologies.
Dakmed, Inc.
693 Seneca Street
Buffalo, New York 14210
Tel: 825-3301
Period in UB Incubator: 9/88-11/91
Produces the thrombic-free pumps for continuous micro sampling of blood.
DINE Systems, Inc.
Website: www.dinesystems.com
586 N. French Road, Suite 2
Amherst, New York 14228
E-mail: dine@dinesystems.com
Tel: 688-2400
Period in UB Incubator: 3/85-10/89
Dine Systems is the premier multimedia publisher of diet improvement and nutritional software. The company's products - DINE Healthy for secondary school and college students and Pyramid Challenge for elementary, middle and junior high school students - are the finest, most comprehensive, interactive nutrition education programs developed. DINE Healthy is endorsed by the American Association for Health Education and Pyramid Challenge was funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
EB Associates
150 Wales Avenue
Tonawanda, New York 14150
Tel: 743-9378
Period in UB Incubator: 6/84-9/88
Analytical chemistry services including materials characterizations, components analysis, contaminant detection, quality control and quality assurance, and research and development aid.
Fray Products Corporation
Website: www.frayproducts.com
2495 Main Street
Buffalo, New York 14214
E-mail: sales@frayproducts.com
Tel: 837-2461
Period in UB Incubator: 8/92-8/95
Fray manufactures disposable biopsy punches and ear curettes. The company has received a U.S. government contract for supply of products.
Fredwal, Inc.
P.O. Box 825
Lockport, New York 14095
E-mail: fredwalinc@aol.com
Tel: 433-1100
Period in UB Incubator: 8/84-10/92
Consulting, design and production of military electronic hardware.
Gencyte, LLC
Website: www.gencyte.com
847 Main Street
Buffalo, New York 14203
E-mail: mail@gencyte.com
Period in UB Incubator: 01/96 -1/02
A biotechnology company that moves promising innovations for cancer diagnosis and treatment to readiness for commercialization. Gencyte is currently developing a serum diagnostic assay for early detection of breast cancer. In addition, the Company is engaged in the pre-clinical development of a novel biopharmaceutical product to treat breast cancer. These technologies have emerged from discoveries made by Gencyte scientists.
HVR/Advanced Power Components
3380 Sheridan Drive, Suite 410
Amherst, New York 14226
Tel: 693-4700
Period in UB Incubator: 11/93-10/97
Designs and manufactures high-energy ceramic resistors used in power lines as surge protectors. Customers include manufacturers of industrial motor controls, lighting systems and electronic transportation equipment.
Kristal Systems, Inc.
Website: www.kistler.com
75 John Glenn Drive
Amherst, New York 14228
E-mail: sales.us@kistler.com
Tel: 691-5100
Period in UB Incubator: 7/90-3/91
A subsidiary of Kistler Instrument Corporation, Kristal Systems developed an exercise treadmill equipped with force sensors to help patients regain walking skills after hip replacement surgery.
Lynx Technologies
2680 Grand Island Boulevard, Suite 2
Grand Island, NY 14072
716-774-1341
www.lynxtechnologies.net
Lynx Technologies specializes in data storage, back-up, and disaster avoidance solutions. Their services provide companies managing large network computing environments with high availability, high reliability systems. Lynx Technologies was a member of the incubator from Summer 2004 through May 2008.
Lyotropics
15310 Fox Briar Lane
Midlothian, VA 23112
Tel: 804-739-0708
Period in UB Incubator: 5/95-9/96
Development of lyotropic liquid crystal structures that form microporous three-dimensional lattice structures.
Nanogenesys, Inc.
Website: www.nanogenesys.com
P.O. Box 505
Kenmore, NY 14217
E-mail: nanogenesys@email.com
Tel: 716- 207-2504
Period in UB Incubator: 08/01 - 11/02
Nanogenesys, Inc. was founded in April 2000 and is a small, high-tech company dedicated to producing miniaturized devices for biomedical analysis. Our products in nanospray mass spectrometry were developed in the Department of Chemistry at the University at Buffalo in the laboratories of Dr. Troy Wood.
Omnipharm Research/Therex/Snyder Seed Corporation
Website: www.hotbirdseed.com
255 Great Arrow Avenue
Buffalo, New York 14207
E-mail: info@hotbirdseed.com
Tel: 873-1477
Period in UB Incubator: 11/92-8/99
Omnipharm/Therex are new bio-pharmaceutical companies that acquire and develop novel chemical compounds for diseases with large markets and generally unmet needs. Products in development include proprietary drugs for the treatment of gingivitis, acne, bacterial ulceritis, breast cancer, HIV and Hepatitis C.
Snyder Seed Corporation is a bio-agricultural company that discovers, develops and markets products for the humane and ecological management of mammalian pests. The company's "Squirrel Free" TM brand products contain squirrel repellent concentrations of ground pepper that make them taste hot to mammals but not to birds.
P.C. Assistance Incorporated
Website: www.pc-assistance.com
Airport Commerce Park
455 Cayuga Rd., Suite 200
Williamsville, New York 14225
Tel: 632-5881
Period in UB Incubator: 9/89-5/92
Computer consulting company specializing in custom software development, networking, Internet services, training, and hardware/software sales and service.
Productivity Management Group, Inc.
(Division of The Gartner Group)
160 Lawrence Bell Drive, Suite 122
Williamsville, New York 14221
Tel: 633-0621
Period in UB Incubator: 2/90-6/94
Consulting firm that provides measurement and evaluation techniques for information systems project management. PMG specializes in capturing and measuring data, or "function points", which is a critical first step in measuring productivity and software functionality of data processing projects. Sold by founders to The Gartner Group for $2.5 million in 1996.
Programmable Life
E-mail: rhdownie@islechem.comTel: 716-773-8420
Period in UB Incubator: 01/99 - 4/02
Develops and markets DegraNOVON, a family of patented additives and compounds which facilitate oxidative as well as bio- and photo-degradation in polyolefin based molded, blown or extruded end products. End products include mulch, film, twine, compost bag and shopping bags. Another innovation, AquaNOVON represents a more specialized product, which dissolves in water.
Quest Diagnostics
Pathobiomaterial Laboratories
1 Sylvan Parkway
West Amherst, New York 14228-1134
Tel: 568-5200
Period in UB Incubator: 1/86-11/88
Histopathology services to medical, dental and industrial communities.
RCS Performance Systems Inc.
4455 Genesee Street, P.O. Box 400
Buffalo, New York 14225
E-mail: rcspsi@aol.com
Tel: 634-8016
Period in UB Incubator: 12/88-12/93
Offers over 15 years of experience in the development of technical skills training programs. RCS specializes in client-specific training in support of equipment operation, maintenance, safety, orientation, quality and basic industrial skills. Human factors expertise includes the creation of process documentation, job/task analysis and ergonomic consultation. RCS is a certified value-added reseller (VAR) for Asymetrix Toolbook II multimedia authoring tools and is an approved consultant for the New York State Industrial Effectiveness Program.
Sensor Plus Inc.
Website: www.eesensors.com
4240 Ridge Lea Road, Suite 41
Amherst, New York 14226
E-mail: designer@eesensors.com
Tel: 837-8719
Period in UB Incubator: 5/90-11/93
Primary business is the engineering development of electronic and sensors and instruments. Over 12 new sensors have been developed at Sensor Plus, including an x-ray imager, capacitance and fiber optic sensors as well as signal conditioners and electronic instruments. These sensor technologies are available for license for specific applications or markets. Sensor Plus also does custom development and some specialized manufacturing. Sensor Plus has received five SBIR Phase I awards, two SBIR Phase II awards, and other outside grants to fund its projects.
T & B Bioclone, Inc.
Department of Molecular Immunology
Elm & Carlton Streets
Buffalo, New York 14263
Tel: 845-5892
Period in UB Incubator: 10/85-11/93
Development and production of immunoassay kits for cancer detection.
Technicor, Inc.
www.technicor.net
80 Thompson St.
North Tonawanda, NY 14120
Tel: 716-564-8888
Specializes in the development of proprietary systems for the packaging and handling of fluids for application in the biomedical marketplace. Technicor has been a member of the incubator since 2000.
Teeter Marketing Services, LLC
716-510-1408
www.teetermarketing.com
Veritay Technology, Inc.
Tel: 716-689-0177Period in UB Incubator:
www.veritay.comPeriod in UB Incubator: 1993-2003
Specializes in contract research and development in gun propulsion and other technologies. Veritay has test facilities at the Nike Base located at 4845 Millersport Highway, and used the UB Technology Incubator for electronics and chemical laboratories.
Waste Stream Technology, Inc.
Website: www.sevenson.com
2749 Lockport Rd.
Niagara Falls, New York 14305
Tel: 284-0431
Period in UB Incubator: 2/88-2/89
Waste Stream Technology is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sevenson Environmental Services, Inc., and provides analytical testing and treatability study services.
