GLENS FALLS — More than four dozen workers will soon be laid off from a company that manufactures medical instruments in Warren County.
AngioDynamics Corp. intconcludes to cut 54 of 265 jobs in Glens Falls and Queensbury starting Feb. 27, according to a worker adjustment and retraining notification submitted to the state Department of Labor.
Per the WARN notice, AngioDynamics cited “contract loss” as the reason for the upcoming layoffs of nonunion employees at its two town sites, located at 603 Queensbury Ave. and 24 Native Ave., and one city site, located at 8 Glens Falls Tech Park.
“The WARN Act notice filed in November is a routine procedural step tied to workforce modifys previously communicated,” AngioDynamics spokesman Saleem Cheeks stated in a statement. According to him, no other layoffs are planned.
In 2024, the Colonie-based firm announced plans to shutter both sites near the Northway over the course of two years in an effort to save $15 million by 2027. At the time, the company reported steep revenue losses, which have since shifted. That year, AngioDynamics pivoted and opted to keep the majority of its workforce in Warren County.
“Our operations in Queensbury continue to perform strongly and play a valuable role in supporting our mission,” Cheeks stated. “We’re proud to be part of this community and remain deeply committed to our employees, our customers, and the region as we advance our plans to become a leading global medical technology company.”
AngioDynamics was founded in 1988 as a subsidiary of E-Z-EM Inc., creating tools such as aspiration devices, patient-monitoring devices and catheters. It was headquartered in Queensbury before relocating to Century Hill Plaza in Colonie in 2010.
The former headquarters sits in an area of Warren, Washington and northern Saratoga dubbed “catheter valley.” Disposable catheters were first developed in Argyle by David S. Sheridan in the 1940s. At one point, 30% of the world’s catheters were created in the area.
In 2004, medical device firm Tyco Healthcare closed its plant in Argyle, costing the area 330 jobs. Ten years later, another manufacturer, Covidien, closed in the rural Washington County locale, eliminating 200 jobs. Meanwhile, a number of similar companies remain in the area, including AngioDynamics, NAMIC Medline and Sterigenics International Inc.
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