Where Your Global Investment Should Be
Enterprise is flourishing in Oswego County, where companies of all sizes, some new and some deeply-rooted, are growing with agile innovation and a forward focus.
At the eastern edge of Central New York, Oswego County puts 80 million people within 300 miles, offering global port access as well as rapid reach to markets across the Eastern U.S. and Canada. An educated population of 117,500 and a skilled workforce of 53,300 are supported by resources including SUNY-Oswego, Cayuga Community College and a new Advanced Manufacturing Institute for career training. Education levels are high here, and so are levels of home ownership.
88.8%
high school diploma or higher
20.4%
bachelor’s degree or higher
73.8%
home ownership (U.S. Census 2021)
A robust diversified economy provides cluster opportunities in advanced manufacturing, food processing and agribusiness, logistics, energy and tourism.
34%
businesses woman-owned
12%
veteran owned
40+
metal and fabricated metal
manufacturers supply sectors including aeronautics, automotive, military, medical and energy.
The county’s logistics network includes CSX Class I rail plus interstate routes and state and local highways. The County’s airport, adjacent to an industrial park, opens advanced manufacturing opportunities, while Port of Oswego provides global access as the first port of call on the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System.
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Port of Oswego
Foreign Trade Zone designation; highway and rail access dockside.
A robust stock of available buildings and land includes 5 industrial parks operated by the private non-profit Operation Oswego County (OOC), which also provides custom site selection assistance, financial packages, and assistance in accessing incentives.
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1,000+
Available Acres
Oswego County offers the best of all possible support—collaborative organizations coming together from multiple perspectives to assure business success. For example, employers Novelis and Huhtamaki recently partnered with Cayuga Community College in creating the Advanced Manufacturing Institute to provide the region’s employers with a new resource for cutting-edge workforce training.
Multiple entities also work in collaboration to create targeted financial and incentive assistance that speeds ROI and profitability, with tools including an Opportunity Zone, a Foreign Trade Zone, favorable lending packages and more.
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Diverse in size and sector, Oswego County’s employers are creating exciting new success every day, many by combining deep roots with agile, future-focused innovation, as exemplified by employers including:
- Constellation
Formerly a subsidiary of Exelon Energy, Constellation is the nation’s largest producer of carbon-free energy, generating fully 10% of the nation’s carbon-free energy through a mix of nuclear, hydro, wind and solar generation. The company’s Oswego County operations were established in 1969, and today it employs more than 1,300. As Forbes described the company in 2022 when it was established, Constellation is “a competitive generation and customer-facing company with the agility to adapt to a rapidly changing energy landscape as the nation’s largest provider of clean energy and leading integrated platform for sustainable energy solutions.” - Novelis Corporation
While the Novelis facility opened in 1963 to manufacture aluminum cans, the plant began supplying body panels to the auto industry in 2014; today it employs 1,150. Over the past few years, the company has invested more than $400 million in plant facilities, the most recent investment a $130-million upgrade to meet growing demand for the company’s sustainable, aluminum flat-rolled products. The upgrade increased the operation’s hot mill capacity by 124,000 metric tons, while moving the operation toward its goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Currently, Novelis is a primary provider of aluminum for the body panels on Ford’s F-150 Lightning, the all-electric version of the popular F-150 pickup. The switch from steel to aluminum shaved 700 pounds from the model’s weight. - The Fulton Companies
Founded in Oswego County in 1949 to provide vertical tubeless boilers, this fourth-generation family-owned concern today represents a group of companies providing global leadership in sales, service and manufacture of emerging heat technologies to sectors including food processing, health care and building heat. The Fulton Companies employ more than 650 people in facilities in five countries, 350 of those employees here in Oswego County. - Huhtamaki
Finland-based Huhtamaki acquired its Oswego County facilities in 1998. Formerly known as Sealright, the plant had been in operation since 1886. Today the facility, which employs 500, is part of an 18-plant North American manufacturing network producing sustainable packaging solutions to markets across the globe. Huhtamaki serves the food industry primarily, delivering products that assure the hygiene and safety for on-the-shelf and on-the-go accessibility and affordability. - Oswego Health, Inc.
Established in 1881, this non-profit healthcare system has grown to employ a staff of more than 1,200 people delivering quality care through 17 locations in Oswego County, including a 164-bed community hospital. The system also provides a diverse range of services including psychiatric acute care, behavioral health and skilled nursing. And even as it achieves an ever greater number of certifications and awards, the system is continually expanding its portfolio of facilities and services.
