Somewhere Else International
Albany International told its remaining Albany employees this week that it's moving most of their jobs to sites in New Hampshire (where the corporate headquarters is now), Wisconsin, and South Carolina. The company is aiming to make the transition by 2013. Albany International was founded in 1895 as Albany Felt Company, moved to its building on Broadway on the Albany/Menands border in 1902. So... do they change the name of the company now?
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must be more of that business friendly climate upstate new york is so famous for!
Oh well, at least we've got Dr. kaloyeros' incubator ! Giving one man an ever increasing fiefdom funded primarily by the state is "economic development", right?
... said ike on Nov 18, 2011 at 4:55 PM | link
Damn....we're just too labor friendly here in NYS. I knew the Legislature should have passed that bill last year allowing indentured servitude.
... said Bob on Nov 18, 2011 at 6:49 PM | link
Maybe we could compete with that economic powerhouse of New Hampshire if we had a better slogan for our license plates. How about "Live free market or die"?
... said Bob on Nov 18, 2011 at 6:53 PM | link
I doubt there'll be a change, but who knows? Troy-Bilt, everywhere else I've ever lived, still gains sales based on the *mis*perception that they are still based in the home of Uncle Sam.
... said James on Nov 21, 2011 at 10:48 AM | link