Think Variant: Press Coverage
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The Scarab Vase: UV-Enabled Stereolithography and Post-Curing Produce Replica of Precious Artwork
UVEB Tech, Sept 2026
This project called for meticulous attention to the artistic details and extraordinary patience, but these are standard operating procedures for Budmen Industries and Think Variant.
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Redhouse hosts world premiere of puppet play ‘Hurt Monster’ to help kids deal with their feelings
Syracuse.com, Sept 2026
The show got off the ground with the help of a family grant from the Jim Henson Foundation, a CNY Arts grant and sponsorship from local company, Think Variant.
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GENIUS NY Cohort 8 Reflections: INVOLI Builds U.S. Momentum with Strategic Support and Syracuse Roots
Genius NY July 2025
INVOLI also engaged with local manufacturing partner Think Variant to begin outsourcing part of its hardware production to the U.S.—a key strategic move that helped shift their supply chain from Switzerland to North America. “That kind of hands-on operational support is rare in accelerators,” they shared.
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Cohort 8 Reflections: Crover
Genius NY June 2025
Our CroverMini was further refined in collaboration with ThinkVariant, improving its adaptability to customer needs and strengthening its role in agricultural research.
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GENIUS NY Cohort 8 Reflections: How Aerialoop Found Focus and Scale in the ISR Space
Genius NY July 2025
The team also collaborated with Think Variant to explore advanced manufacturing capabilities and shape their future roadmap
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Economic Development Organization Presents Annual Highlights and Awards
Oswego County, June 2025
Scott Antonacci received the 2025 Dee Heckethorn Entrepreneur Award in recognition and appreciation of his exceptional entrepreneurial spirit, creativity and dedication to starting multiple advanced manufacturing businesses
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Smart Financing Solutions Aid Small Businesses in Oswego County
Oswego County Business Magazine, October / November 2025
Think Variant is an example of a small business that utilized one of the loan programs offered by Operation Oswego County and its partners.
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Economic Development Organization Presents Annual Activity Summary, Achievement Awards
Oswego County Today, June 2025
Think Variant constructed a new 3,000 sf building to house their 3-D printing prototype and manufacturing lab.
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WOMEN IN MANUFACTURING: Stephanie Budmen
Oswego Business Journal, June 2025
“Curiosity, imagination and innovation meets manufacturing. This is one way to describe the two companies that Stephanie Budmen has helped to establish in the last decade.”
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Avoiding tariffs with a U.S. production partner
StartUpTicker, April 2025
“Through GENIUS NY, we were introduced to Think Variant — true manufacturing superstars.” Partnering with them has proven to be a great move for INVOLI”
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Why Upstate NY is the Center of the Drone Universe
Commercial UAV News, December 2024
“Think Variant, also headquartered near Syracuse, NY, has also thrived and overcome the same adversities to be a dominant force in advanced manufacturing.”
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GeniusNY Innovation Night 2024
GeniusNY, October 2024
Think Variant has collaborated with each of the GENIUSNY finalists: Aerialoop, Aviant, Crover, Flyhound, and INVOLI. Watch as those five finalists pitch for $1 Million Dollars.
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Isaac and Stephanie Budmen on leadership: It’s about people, not products
Syracuse.com, October 2024
They are inventors and co-founders of two Central New York companies, Budmen Industries and Think Variant.
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Isaac and Stephanie Budmen on leadership: It’s about people, not products
This is CNY, October 2024
“At Think Variant, we joke that the way to get us on the hook is to walk through the door and say, everybody told me this part’s impossible.”
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Blueflite Teams Up with Think Variant for Drone Manufacturing
3D Printing.com, October 2024
Blueflite has partnered with Think Variant, a New York-based leader in high-precision manufacturing.
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GENIUSNY Grand Prize Winner Partners with CNY Manufacturer to Scale Drone Production
CenterState CEO, October 2024
This collaboration leverages Think Variant’s cutting-edge additive manufacturing techniques to meet the growing demand for high-performance drones in both the commercial and defense sectors.
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GENIUSNY Grand Prize Winner Blueflite Partners with Think Variant to Revolutionize High-Volume Drone Manufacturing in Central New York
GeniusNY, October 2024 “
By leveraging Think Variant’s expertise in additive manufacturing and mass production…
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GeniusNY winner blueflite, Think Variant team up on drone manufacturing
Central New York Business Journal, October 2024
The company that won the top prize in the 2023 Genius NY accelerator at the Syracuse Tech Garden is now working with an Oswego County manufacturer to scale up production of its drones.
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GeniusNY Winner Blueflite Partners with Think Variant
Unmanned Systems Technology, October 2024
This collaboration leverages Think Variant’s cutting-edge additive manufacturing techniques to meet the growing demand for high-performance drones in both the commercial and defense sectors
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Past Genius NY winner, Oswego County company collaborate on drone manufacturing
Oswego County Business Journal, October 2024
Blueflite has announced a strategic partnership with Think Variant, a firm described as a “high-precision manufacturing specialist,” to scale up production of its drones.
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Think Variant’s Goal: Making the Impossible Possible
Oswego County Business Magazine, June 2024
Additionally, we create our own cutting-edge technologies to address unique challenges and push the boundaries of what’s possible in manufacturing,”
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Companies Are Expanding, Investing in Oswego County
Oswego County Business Magazine, February 2024
The company is growing through taking on manufacturing, testing and assembling drones for specialized medical transport uses.
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Manufacturing Growth Across Oswego County
Oswego County Business Magazine, October 2022
They have developed the Vault, a large format 3D printer with capabilities to print objects up to 7 feet by 5 feet by 5 feet, which is the largest system in the world capable of printing with two heads independently