Office of Economic Development | Town of Islip

Islip, NY – More than $5 million will be invested, nearly 20 new jobs created and 40 jobs retained, thanks to the unanimous approval of two separate Industrial Development Agency [IDA] inducement resolutions by Islip Town Board members today that will make way for one company to relocate and expand its business to Islip Town, while another, already doing business in Islip, plans to expand. These actions by the Islip Town Board are just the latest measures they have taken to attract and keep businesses in Islip.

FTZ Occupancy Rate at an All-time High Thanks to Aggressive Marketing Efforts

Ronkonkoma, NY - The Town of Islip Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) will see a major expansion in 2014, with the construction of a 36,000 square-foot facility---the first new building in the Zone since 1990. The project will be the future home of AA Technology, a “one stop electronic contract manufacturer”, who provides PCB assemblies, wires harness and box builds. AA Technology has been located in the FTZ since 2004. Islip Town Board members and the FTZ Board recently gave the green light for AA Technology’s multimillion project that is expected to break ground sometime in 2014.

Islip, NY – Universal Photonics, an international maker of specialized surface preparation materials for the optical industry, will soon move and expand its company headquarters to Central Islip, bringing with them, 60 high-tech jobs with competitive salaries that could have been lost if company officials had chosen to relocate out of state. The fruition of this nearly $3.8 million expansion project in Islip Town, is one step closer with the recent approval of an Industrial Development Agency Inducement Resolution by Islip IDA Board members, marking the seventh such IDA project approved by the pro-economic development board this year.

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