Dec. 13, 2005: Fulton Machinery Sets Up Shop in Phoenix Incubator Facility

PHOENIX, NY-- Fulton Machinery, a manufacturer of machinery components for the paper, film and foil-converting industries, recently located its business in the Start-Up Facility (SUF) in the Oswego County Industrial Park in Phoenix.

The company is owned by Bernhard Plato and was formed in 2004. In addition to a part-time design engineer, Fulton Machinery currently employs three full-time employees who have more than 35 years of combined experience in the design, supply, installation and start-up of equipment for the paper, film and foil converting industry. Services provided by the company include mechanical design/engineering:

• Modifications to existing components to enhance performance, reliability and serviceability;
• Upgrades of mechanical power transmission components for integration of new electrical drive systems;
• New singular function machine components; and
• New complete production machine lines.

Manufacturing:

• Supply of raw materials and steel fabrications;
• Machining and surface preparation;
• Equipment assembly; and
• Packaging of equipment for shipment.

Field support service:

• Installation supervision of supplied equipment;
• Start up assistance; and
• Troubleshooting of supplied equipment.

Fulton Machinery recently formed a partnership with Circonix Technologies LLC, a systems integrator in the web conveyance industry, to provide complete electrical and mechanical solutions to its clients.

“Circonix has over 15 years of experience in coordinated drives and controls systems and process knowledge in the web handling and converting industry, both domestically and worldwide. This venture will provide our customers with a complete electrical and mechanical turnkey solution,” Plato said.

“As a result of the Circonix partnership and the fact that business keeps trending upward, we decided that we needed a solution for our manufacturing and office space needs,” Plato said. “Because many of our clients are from the southern United States, we could have relocated the business to the Carolinas, but we wanted to stay right here in this community. The SUF was the perfect solution for us because of its central location and its proximity to major highways.”

The 10,000 square-foot SUF is one of two business incubator facilities managed by Operation Oswego County (OOC), Oswego County’s designated economic development agency, and offers affordable rental space for non-retail, industrial and service businesses. The goal of the facilities is to help businesses achieve significant growth and development during the first few years of business with the intention of eventually moving out of the building and into private commercial space. The other occupant of the facility is My Pet Enterprises, a pet food manufacturing company. The Business Expansion Center, OOC’s incubator facility located in the city of Oswego, consists of about 10,000 square feet of office space and 9,000 square feet of factory space and a receiving dock. The BEC was established by OOC as an integral part of the Oswego Empire Zone program and potential tenants may benefit from various EZ incentives if eligible. Both buildings are ideal for hi-tech and IT businesses as they are wired for computer and telephone network capabilities.

“One of Operation Oswego County’s primary goals is to promote and develop strategic initiatives to compete for and attract new manufacturing employers to the county,” said L. Michael Treadwell, CEcD, executive director of OOC. “We are pleased to welcome a growing manufacturer like Fulton Machinery to the Start-Up Facility.”

For more information about Fulton Machinery, contact Plato at (315) 695-2699, or visit www.fultonmachinery.com.

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