HEALTHY ANGIODYNAMICS DEFIES TREND BY ADDING JOBS.(CAPITALAND RPT)

Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II Staff writer -

QUEENSBURY While manufacturing jobs have continued to evaporate in parts of the Capital Region, AngioDynamics Inc. is expanding its plant and doubling its staff over the next five years.

New product lines, soaring sales and tax breaks from the state's Empire Zone program are allowing AngioDynamics to stay in the Capital Region. The company, with headquarters near the Warren County Airport at 603 Queensbury Ave., designs, manufactures and sells disposable devices used in radiology and minimally invasive surgery.

Companies located in Empire Zones -- the Capital Region has 11 of the 71 now in New York -- receive tax breaks, discounted energy and other benefits for …