BY MY-LY NGUYEN
Pressconnects

Endicott Interconnect Technologies announced this week that it celebrated its advancements in technological innovation with an awards ceremony Feb. 20 at The McKinley in Endicott.

EI honored 43 employees for patent applications filed, U.S. patents issued and trade secrets received last year. There were five trade secrets and 21 patents issued last year, Chief Technology Officer Voya Markovich said.

"We are not known as a former IBM company," he said. "We are known as Endicott Interconnect, a very advanced technology company."