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www.HartfordBusiness.com March 13, 2017 • Hartford Business Journal 7 WHAT'S AHEAD: ■ 3/20 Focus: Government ■ The List: Highest-paid State Workers ■ Nonprofit Profile: Community Partners in Action CALENDAR THURSDAY, MARCH 23 CBIA 2017 Human Resources Conference The Connecticut Business and Industry Association is hosting a day-long human resources conference March 23 at the Radisson Hotel Cromwell, 100 Berlin Road. The conference, which runs from 8:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., will feature David O'Brien, president of WorkChoice Solutions LLC, as the keynote speaker. There will also be a dozen breakout sessions to choose from on topics ranging from ADA compliance and conflict management to marijuana at work and managing the transgender employee. There will also be a state legislative update on HR issues. Cost to attend is $186.11 for members; $244.61 for nonmembers. For more information or to register go to: https://www.cbia.com/. F O R A C O M P L E T E L I S T O F G R E A T E R H A R T F O R D B U S I N E S S E V E N T S , G O T O W W W . H A R T F O R D B U S I N E S S . C O M A N D C L I C K O N ' C A L E N D A R . ' A L L C A L E N D A R I T E M S M U S T B E S U B M I T T E D E L E C T R O N I C A L L Y V I A O U R W E B S I T E , H A R T F O R D B U S I N E S S . C O M . TOURISM Tribes unveil rendering, economic impact of E. Windsor casino The Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot tribes have released a rendering of their proposed East Windsor casino as they lobby lawmakers to approve the project, which they say would generate $10 million for the state's annual tourism promotion budget. The rendering shows a 200,000-square-foot gaming and enter- tainment facility emblazoned with the tribes' respective casinos, Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods. The modern buildings in the render- ing — at the site of the former Showcase Cinemas — are cap- tured in the diminishing light of dusk, adding luster to the image. The proposed development would include 2,000 slot machines and up to 150 table games. The facility would pay a 25 percent tax on both slots and table games, the tribes said, noting that's "on par with Massachusetts tax rates." Working together as MMCT Venture, the tribes touted the benefits of Senate Bill 957, which spells out how the slot and table game rev- enues would be calculated, yielding the statewide tourism funding. MGM International Resorts, which is building a casino in Springfield, Mass., has challenged the tribes' legal standing to select a location for and operate a third casino. MGM lobbyists recently told Gov. Dannel P. Malloy that, accord- ing to a solicited opinion from former Interior Secretary Kenneth Salazar, the proposal would jeopardize the state's revenue-shar- ing agreement with the two tribes for their existing casinos. 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R E N D E R I N G | T E C T O N A R C H I T E C T S TECHNOLOGY Branford's Core Informatics bought by Mass. company A Branford tech/bioscience company, Core Informatics, is being acquired by Waltham, Mass.-based Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. Core Informatics provides a cloud-based software that supports scientific data management. Core Informatics partners with customers in biopharma, genomics, and other industries to deliver lab informatics to analyze scientific data. Karen A. Kirkwood, vice president of corporate communications for Thermo Fisher Scientific, said Core Informatics' business and its approximately 100 employees will remain in Branford. Core Informatics has been recognized as a growing tech com- pany in Connecticut being named to Hartford Business Journal's "Best Places to Work" list and a Marcum Tech Top 40 company. MANUFACTURING Barnes Group plans to buy Va. plastics systems maker Bristol-based Barnes Group Inc., an industrial and aerospace manufacturer, has entered into an agreement to acquire privately held Gammaflux L.P., of Sterling, Va. Financial terms were not disclosed. Gammaflux, which supplies temperature and valve gate control sys- tems to the plastics industry, also has offices in Illinois and Germany. The transaction is anticipated to close in the second quarter of 2017, the company said. At that point, Gammaflux will operate as a business within Barnes Group's industrial segment, in the molding solutions stra- tegic business unit.