The IDA has approved a Payment in Lieu of Taxes agreement for the project, which will move the firm’s Utica facility to Schuyler, according to Piseck. This is a local company that’s expanding and growing, he said. “That’s what these PILOT agreements are for.”
The Fountainhead Group, based in New York Mills, introduced the first compressed air sprayer in 1888, according to the company’s website. Today it manufactures high-quality pump sprayers, backpack sprayers, mosquito foggers and more for home and professional use under the Roundup, D.B. Smith, Field King and Indian brands, while foggers are sold under the Black Flag, Burgess, Cutter and Repel brands.