out of Liverpool. The company currently has 95 stores and showrooms throughout the Northeast, and is one of the biggest furniture retail chains in the U.S.
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Syracuse VA Medical Center Principal Executive: James Cody Director Address: 800 Irving Avenue Syracuse, NY 13210 Phone: 425-4400 or 1-800-792-4375 Fax: 425-4375 Website: www.1va.gov Total employment: 1,400 � Operations: The Syracuse VA Medical Center is a University-affiliated teaching and tertiary care facility. The center provides healthcare services to over 40,000 veteran men and women who reside in the 13-county area of Central New York. The facility opened in 1953. It expanded through the years, currently operating and supporting eight additional Community Based Outpatient Clinics located in Auburn, Binghamton, Carthage, Cortland, Ithaca, Massena, Oswego and Rome. Each outpatient clinic provides both complete primary care and mental health programs. Over 750 University residents, interns and students are trained at the facility each year. The center has 235 authorized beds. � What’s new: A newly funded 30-bed project for a spinal cord injury/disease center has been approved and is projected for completion by 2012. The project is coupled with two additional floors that have been added to the parking garage, to make eight levels of parking. Two hundred-seventy spaces will be added on the sixth floor spinal cord. The spinal cord addition will include seven additional operating rooms, a therapeutic pool, an expanded dialysis unit and expanded outpatient services.
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Carrier Corporation Principal Executive: Darnis Geraud President Address: Carrier Parkway, P.O. Box 4808 Syracuse, NY 13221
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Phone: 432-6000 Website: www.carrier.com Total employment: 1,300 � Operations: Carrier Corp. began manufacturing refrigeration products in 1922 after the company’s founder invented the centrifugal refrigeration machine. The company also produces units and parts for air conditioning systems. Carrier Corp. is a division of United Technologies Corp. The Dewitt plant has since outsourced many of its manufacturing divisions to Singapore and China although it currently maintains a research and development presence in Onondaga County. � What’s new: In October 2010, carrier released a new WeatherMaster packaged heat pump with Puron refrigerant. These new pumps deliver the highest EER ratings in the industry in the-three-to-five ton range.
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Welch Allyn Principal Executive: Andy Clapper Operations manager Address: 4341 State St. Road Skaneateles, NY 13153 Phone: 685-4100 Fax: 685-1769 Website: www.welchallyn.com Total employment: 1,300 � Operations: Welch Allyn, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of technological products for the medical and data collection industries. The Skaneateles Falls plant produces diagnostic medical instruments, data collection scanning and decoding bearings, automotive material handling devices, inspection systems devices, specialty lamps and fiber optics.
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United Parcel Service Principal Executive: Judy Henry District manager Address: 6712 Brooklawn Parkway Syracuse, NY 13211 Phone: 431-8100 Fax: 431-8343 Website: www.ups.com
Total employment: 1,230 � Operations: UPS is a $30 billion global package delivery service company and a leading provider of specialized transportation and logistics services. UPS’ forerunner, the American Messenger Company, was established in Seattle with $100 by James Casey. When the company expanded into California in 1912, its name was changed to United Parcel Service to reflect the unity between its interstate operations.
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Verizon Principal Executive: Kim Street Regional director Address: 6360 Thompson Road Syracuse, NY 13206 Phone: 459-5691 Fax: 459-2252 Website: www.verizon.com Total employment: 1,100 � Operations: Verizon Communications provides local and regional telecommunications service to business and residential customers. Their service area includes the U.S. Verizon Communications formed in 2000 through a merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE. Verizon is the first RBOC (regional Bell operating company) to offer long distance service. Central New York is now 100 percent digital through Verizon. The Syracuse suburbs were chosen as a test market for Verizon FiOS, a service that delivers high-speed Internet between 10 to 30 megabytes per second.
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Community General Hospital Principal Executive: Thomas P. Quinn President and CEO Address: 4900 Broad Road Syracuse, NY 13215 Phone: 492-5011 Fax: 492-5993 Website: www.cgh.org Total employment: 1,080 � Operations: Community Hospital
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