Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente, Senator Joseph Griffo and Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi have issued a joint statement regarding the announcement that Austria-based AMS is coming to New York.

The officials say the Marcy Nano Center site is the number one destination for a nano chip fabrication plant in all of New York State.

Picente, Griffo and Brindisi say they're confident that when all the i's are dotted and the t's are crossed, the region will be home to the next Chip Fab plant in New York.   They say here in Oneida County, they have worked together as a collective local team and are now seeing the fruits of over 10 years of investment, preparation and potential for this region

AMS has announced an agreement with New York State to build a plant in New York's Tech Valley.

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