Rep. Delgado, Rep. Stefanik talk upstate manufacturing in County visits Rep. Antonio Delgado on his IOXUS tour in Oneonta on February 22. Rep. Elise Stefanik with Andela Production Manager Dave Spencer during her tour of Andela Products in Richfield Springs on February 22. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R) stopped in Richfield Springs Tuesday, February 22, for her first official visit to Otsego County since lawmakers grafted its northernmost regions into her already-sprawling 21st Congressional District. “I used to have 12 counties…
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After Downturn, Sale, Ioxus Returns To Expand Building And Workforce By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Ioxus was going strong, with manufacturing plants here and in Japan, and a growing reputation as producer of the best ultracapacitor in the world. Then, in 2019 it hit a bump: Its best-selling product, uSTART, a “smart power system” that “dramatically increases the starting reliability of trucks and heavy machines,” had to be recalled. “That set us back,” said Walton-born Chad…
Campaign Underway To Keep Ioxus Here, Zakrevsky Tells City By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Otsego Now President Jody Zakrevsky may save Ioxus. “Ioxus is in the process of being sold to XS Power Batteries,” he said, appearing Tuesday, Nov. 17, at Common Council, via Zoom. Its CEO Scottie Johnson “indicated he was planning on closing Ioxus and moving the company to Knoxville, Tenn., but we worked with him to keep the facility here.” Doing so, he said,…
Ioxus, XS Power Alliance Announced McGough To Advise Merger Process ONEONTA – Ioxus, the ultracapacitor developer and manufacturer that occupies the former U.S. Soccer Fame, “is now part of the XS Power family,” Ioxus President/CEO Mark McGough announced today. McGough described XS Power Batteries, based in Knoxville, Tenn., as “a premium battery group and one of the fastest-growing players in vehicle and stationary batter space.”…