[caption id="" align="alignright" width="313"] New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announces a California LED lighting company named Soraa will create 420 jobs in DeWitt, N.Y., at a news conference Oct. 29, 2015 at the Central New York Hub for Emerging Nano Technologies. (Stephen D. Cannerelli | scannerelli@syracuse.com)[/caption]

A California-based LED lighting company called Soraa is moving to Collamer Road in DeWitt, where it will create 420 high-tech jobs, the company announced Thursday with Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The company intends to build a manufacturing building in a new office park next to the new film hub, where the announcement was made.

Cuomo said Soraa is a $1.3 billion enterprise that was founded by the 2014 co-winner of the Nobel prize for physics, Shuji Nakamura.

"They want to be here, first because New York is the best place to be. Number 2, because we have developed this cluster of energy, clean-energy high-tech nano businesses," Cuomo said.

"420 jobs. That's what this is all about, my friend. It's about creating jobs for the future so our young people stay," Cuomo said.

Soraa CEO Jeff Parker thanked the governor for his vision in setting up high-tech hubs across the state.

"Why are we in Syracuse today? There's 3 reasons. One is the innovative strategy and vision of gov. Cuomo to set up the surroundings that can help our company innovate. We believe in this area we can attract the best scientists and engineers."

He said the company has a proprietary high-tech product, and it believes its partnership in New York with SUNY Polytechnic Institute will help it control the quality of its product.

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