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Senator Clinton Vows Continued Support After Meeting with ITC Collaborators

Canandaigua, NY, January 2006

U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton of New York recently spent more than an hour meeting at the Infotonics Center of Technology (ITC) with business executives, local government officials, and ITC's management.

The executives represented many of the companies currently doing business at ITC. They included: Alan Morrow, Binoptics; Mike Potter, Elecsci; Jack Prendergast, Ferro Corp.; Mary Maida, Medingen; Dave Henderson, New Scale Technologies; Edwin Petrazzolo, OhmCraft; Karen Moore, Photonic Controls; Mike Morris, RPC Photonics; Jose Suro, Thales-Optem; and Joel Grover, Thermal Gradient. Other guests included Mike Manikowski, Ontario County Economic Development Director; Ellen Polimeni, Mayor of Canandaigua; and Sam Casella, Supervisor of Canandaigua. Senator Clinton discusses ITC's work with the Center's management.

After a lively exchange of information and ideas with the business leaders, Sen. Clinton toured the ITC facility before making a short address to a gathering of media and ITC employees.

"The revolutionary work underway at the Infotonics Technology Center is truly state-of-the-art and a great source of pride for Greater Rochester and all of New York," said Sen. Clinton. "I will continue to work to secure the kind of meaningful federal investments the Center needs to continue to thrive."

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