Amazon has arrived in rural South Buffalo. An outdoor mini-distribution center opened in mid-October in the rear parking lot of the township professional building inside RIDC Armstrong Innovation Park. Township supervisors unanimously approved a lease agreement this fall with Amazon, permitting it to operate from the parking lot. The township
The Indiana University of Pennsylvania branch campus in the Northpointe Industrial Park might become the next South Buffalo Township Municipal Building. That’s if the university accepts the township bid of $400,000. Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s branch campus at Northpointe sits on nearly 5.5 acres of land. Its lone building includes
South Buffalo Township officials have added a familiar face to their police department and raised hourly pay for public safety. Christopher Kovacs, 33, of Penn Township was unanimously hired as a full-time patrolman Monday night. He was selected out of a dozen candidates and four finalists. Supervisor Paul Bergad administered
Armstrong County Company Creates Foam For Revolutionary Coronavirus-Killing Face Shield
CBS Pittsburgh 2/8/2021 Syndicated Local – CBS Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Revolutionary, innovative and made right here in Pennsylvania. A new coronavirus-killing face covering hopes to change the way we think about disposable masks.
Ramshield, Inc., a company based in Exton, Pennsylvania, created the AVF Shield, but it only works because of a one-of-a-kind foam invented at Bergad Specialty Foams in Armstrong County.
“Many of our customers will come to us looking for a material that doesn’t exist,” said Paul Bergad, owner of Bergad’s Specialty Foams.
Bergard’s company invents and produces foams for all kinds of things from wheelchair cushions to surgical pads to custom cooling foam for the ear-pieces of headphones.