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Apriso Accelerates Revenue Growth in Second Quarter
Revenue increases 42 percent on quarter-over-quarter and 32 percent year-over-year basis, driven by strong software license revenue growth and new customer acquisitions
LONG BEACH, CA – (August 4, 2010) – Apriso®, a leading provider of manufacturing software solutions to achieve and sustain operational excellence, today announced revenue growth has accelerated in the second quarter of 2010. Total revenue grew 42 percent on a quarter-over-quarter basis and 32 percent year-over-year basis. Software…
Quest CE Announces Promotion of Patrick Torhorst to Executive Vice President – I …
Quest CE, President and CEO Alan Krenke, announced the promotion of Patrick Torhorst to Executive Vice President of Information Technology.
“Quest is honored to have a seasoned professional like Patrick on our team,” Krenke said. “We truly understand the value of his efforts in making, superb and efficient, updates to Quest’s proprietary administration tool ‘questtrak’, as well as internal IT systems, and our Learning Management System (LMS).”
Torhorst joined Quest…
Europe Remove Offer Summer Discounts
London, United Kingdom (July 29, 2010) - Europe Remove, a London-based removals company serving clients moving to France, Spain and across the EU for domestic, business and educational purposes, are now offering considerable discounts in time for summer on trips to and from the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland.
With 30 percent off for full and part loads on vans with a generous capacity of up to 20 cubic metres, Europe Remove…
IndustryStock.com starts a co-operation with the leading Russian information age …
Cottbus, 4th. August, 2010 - IndustryStock.com is a search engine portal active world-wide for products and services from the export-oriented industrial and trade sectors. Here manufacturers and distributors can search for producers and suppliers from the most different economic sectors free of charge and at the present time in 15 different languages. IndustryStock.com's complex and intelligent company and product database provides its users with a wealth of information enabling them…
Signs Plus LEDs Debuts Custom Animation Services for LED Display Signs
Sarasota, FL, August 04, 2010 -- For small businesses, standing out from the pack of other businesses can be quite difficult. However, there are ways to differentiate from the clutter of signs, banners and promotional materials. LED signs are proven to attract new business, and adding animation to these signs only increases their effectiveness. Yet, many small businesses do not have access to talent that can design custom animation sequences…
KISSsoft AG and SABIC Innovative Plastics Help Diverse Industries Green Up for M …
BERGEN OP ZOOM, The Netherlands – July 29, 2010 – SABIC Innovative Plastics, a world leader in engineering thermoplastic solutions, has collaborated with Swiss software maker KISSsoft AG to take the guesswork out of plastic gear design. To accelerate the trend toward replacing metals with high-performance, durable and versatile thermoplastic compounds, KISSsoft is now applying gear sizing calculations for 17 grades of
SABIC Innovative Plastics’ LNP* specialty compounds, including high-temperature,…
Shanti Business School (SBS) - Launched by Chiripal Group
Shanti Business School (SBS) - an AICTE approved management institute, business school & MBA college, was launched on 30th July 2010. The inauguration was attended by top industry professionals, students, parents and the staff of SBS.
What makes SBS different from other business schools? Located on a sprawling lush green expanse of land, Shanti Business School is an AICTE approved world-class business management school/institute that creates a new generation of managers…
Virginia Basement Waterproofing Quality Waterproofing Launches Website as a Virg …
Derwood, Maryland - August 2, 2010 – Quality Waterproofing today announced the launch of qualitybasementwaterproofing.com as an information portal for Virginia area home owners and businesses to find information about waterproofing projects. With articles being added almost every day and an online monthly newsletter of waterproofing tips, the website is anticipated to quickly become Virginia’s primary resource for residential and commercial waterproofing projects.
Future plans include educational guides on selecting…
ProjectWizards Announces Merlin Training Class in NYC - August 24-25
Oklahoma City, OK Jul 30, 2010 in Project Tracking
Oklahoma City, OK - ProjectWizards today announced the first in its planned series of US-based training seminars for project management with its flagship product, merlin. Managing Projects with merlin is a two-day workshop that teaches the effective use of merlin through a traditional project management best practices approach. Some of the topics covered include: merlin overview, working with Projects,…
Solar Panels Can Save the Planet
Solar panels in the Sahara dessert may be the solution to the world’s climate changes.
easy2bid.com – 2010-07-23
In December 2009 Denmark hosted the 15th United Nations Climate Conference. The goal of the conference was to reach a legally binding agreement that would assure that the planets temperature would not increase by more than two degrees. That did not happen. Instead The Copenhagen Accord was drafted. This was a huge fiasco, one…
Way to Transform Shridhar University Pilani Gets Top Ranking ICICI Bank ATM
With newly admitted students from various parts of India all set to report at Pilani Rajasthan on August 16 -17, Shridhar University added yet another vital facility in its 70 acres sprawling campus.
ICICI bank with total assets of US$ 81 billion and a network of over 2000 branches and over 5200 ATMs including its presence in 18 countries is not only India's second largest but also one among the top…
New York Doctors Still Have Options For Medical Malpractice Insurance Says Nexus …
With recent changes in New York medical malpractice insurance rates, there are physicians who will see an increase in their insurance premiums. Although the average increase is about 5 percent, the changes in rates can be more or less depending on the area of medicine they specialize in and/or location.
This rate increase will affect physicians who are insured with Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company, Physicians’ Reciprocal…
KP TECH Analysis: Increase in M&A transactions in the European technology sector …
Acquisition activity in Q2 2010 increased by 9% compared to the second quarter of 2009. There were 706 acquisitions involving European technology companies in the second quarter of 2010, compared to 704 deals announced the quarter before. The combined value of all deals increased 8% to $29.7 billion compared to $27.5 billion the quarter earlier. There were twelve technology IPOs in Europe in Q2 2010. The number of acquisitions over…
Colorado Springs Plumber Excellent Plumbing, Heating & Mechanical Launches Websi …
Colorado Springs, Colorado - July 30, 2010 – Excellent Plumbing, Heating & Mechanical today announced the launch of excellentphm.com as an information portal for Colorado Springs area home owners and businesses to find information about plumbing projects. With articles being added almost every day and an online monthly newsletter of plumbing tips, the website is anticipated to quickly become Colorado’s primary resource for residential and commercial plumbing tips.
Future plans…
Centum Learning raises Rs 40 crores from Mayfield India Fund
Centum Learning (a Bharti associate company) today announced that Mayfield India Fund has made an investment of Rs 40 crores in Centum Learning Ltd.
Centum Learning, a leading player in the higher education domain has set up more than 130 learning centres in 90 cities across India to make a significant contribution in bridging the existing gap between academia and industry requirements. It has now launched another initiative- Centum U…
Ecospace Provide an Affordable Solution for the Current Housing Situation
London, United Kingdom (July 21, 2010) - Ecospace, a London based architectural company, offer an affordable solution for the housing problems in the UK by introducing the modular home to many gardens.
Ecospace understand that the current economic climate can be worrying, and it appears everyone is trying to find a way to cut back on expenditure. Building housing or having an extension built on to a current home can be…
Dayton Insurance Restoration Contractor Maximum General Contractors Launches Web …
Centerville, Ohio – July 29, 2010 – Maximum General Contractors today announced the launch of restoredayton.com as an information portal for Dayton area home owners and businesses to find information about insurance restoration projects. With articles being added almost every day and an online monthly newsletter of insurance restoration tips, the website is anticipated to quickly become Ohio’s primary resource for residential and commercial insurance restoration advice.
Future plans include…
QuEST Global and Rolls-Royce extend their engineering services agreement in Indi …
Bangalore, India, July 28, 2010: QuEST Global Engineering, a leading global engineering services provider, has extended its master agreement with Rolls-Royce to 2015.
Under the terms of the agreement, QuEST Global will support the engineering resources of Rolls-Royce across its business divisions through an engineering centre located in Bangalore, India.
With a workforce of over 500 engineers supporting Rolls-Royce, the relationship has grown significantly and spans civil aerospace, defence aerospace, marine and…
Costume SuperCenter Launches Their New Costume Website, plussizecostumesupercent …
Edison, NJ July 28, 2010 – Costume SuperCenter the premier online retailer of costumes and accessories for adults, children and pets has officially launched a new retail costume website exclusively for plus size costumes with plenty of time left for Halloween costume shopping.
The website is special because it offers the same costumes you’ll find on Costume SuperCenter’s and their competitors’ websites but in sizes from 14 up to 4X.…
NORMAN ZELLER PROMOTED TO SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF PROPERTY MANAGEM …
New York – July 27, 2010 - Kent M. Swig, President of Swig Equities, LLC is pleased to announce the promotion of Norman Zeller to Senior Vice President and Director of Property Management of Swig Equities, LLC, one of New York’s premier commercial real estate firms. Zeller has over 25 years of commercial real estate experience and has been serving as Vice President and Director of Property…
Bayometric to Help Maharashtra State Government in India to Help Improve Attenda …
Bayometric’s fingerprint technology is being used by Maharashtra State Government in India to empower them to cope with the falling attendance of its employees. The Fingerprint based attendance system, ANSI/INCITS 378 compliant, will be deployed in offices across the state to record attendance data.
Once fully functional, the program will cover over 750,000 office goers in the state, spread over 5000 offices. The technology, provided by Bayometric, is ANSI/INCITS 378…
Get to Know the Federal Credit Unions from Navy Federal Credit Union to the Rest …
There are more than 7,000 active federal credit unions in the United States to date, with almost 90 million citizens accounting for their membership. Although these numbers vary over time, one thing remains the same: their promise of service to their members. Service, in this case, goes beyond treating their depositors as mere customers. While they essentially provide the same financial services as banks, the service credo of credit unions…
Extensive W1 garden floor offices become available in attractive period building …
MERJS, one of London's leading commercial property agencies, is delighted to announce that extensive garden floor offices have become available in 43 Portland Place, W1. The approximate floor area is 3,153 sq ft (293 sq m), including 758 sq ft of storage space. The offices are available as an assignment of the existing lease for a term expiring on 15th February 2012. A longer term lease may be available from…
Beijing Zeefer Consulting: Musical Instruments Mfg. Industry in China on reports …
Beijing Zeefer Consulting Ltd. has published a new research report called China Musical Instruments Mfg. Industry Profile. This report provides key data and concise analyses, presents a comparative analysis on the development of musical instruments mfg. industry in 31 provincial regions and 20 major cities in visualized form of data map. As shown in this report, the major distribution areas for musical instruments mfg. industry are Shandong, Guangdong and Tianjin.…
Hanna Global Solutions Expands its Senior Management Team
California, 27 July 2010 -- Hanna Global Solutions (HGS) the niche Employee Benefits advisory and administration firm with solutions specifically directed to the multinational employer today announced the expansion of its Senior Management team.
The recent additions to the senior management team include:
Venkatesh Tadinada joins as Chief Technology Officer at Hanna Global Solutions. With dual Masters Degrees in Computer Sciences and Business Administration, Venkatesh brings a rare…
Second hand smoke may cause pet health problems—including cancer
The Columbia Daily Tribune reported secondhand smoke may be dire to pet health.
According to the source, research conducted at Tufts University and the University of Massachusetts showed a link between cats diagnosed with lymph node cancer and contact with second-hand smoke.
“Cats exposed to secondhand smoke developed lymphoma twice as often as cats in smoke-free homes,” the news source reported.
The study also revealed a probable link to other pet health…
SET 2010 is now SET 2011
A Sustainable Environment Technologies Convention, originally slotted for September 2010, has been rescheduled to March 31-April 2, 2011. SET 2011 will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center – South Hall H&J.
SET 2011, a Sustainable Environment Technologies Convention is scheduled to be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Thursday, March 31 through Saturday, April 2, 2011. SET 2010 was originally scheduled to be held on September…
Institutional Investors Hosted in San Francisco for Annual Private Equity Summit
New York, NY – 26 July, 2010 – The Opal Financial Group’s annual Private Equity Summit for Institutional Investors will be coming to the JW Marriott Hotel Union Square in San Francisco from September 15 to 16, 2010.
The summit is designed for institutional investors to address current trends in private equity, venture capital and leveraged buyouts. It will investigate a variety of investment avenues and the most…
GTbank phases out Magnetic stripe cards... Introduces Naira MasterCard
As part of efforts to continuously conform to the highest international standards and in keeping with its promise to continually offer customers security of transactions and accounts, Guaranty Trust Bank has phased out its Old Magnetic Stripe Debit and Credit cards for more secure and internationally accepted Chip & Pin alternatives. The cards to be affected under this scheme are the CashPlus Naira Debit cards and the Magnetic stripe Dollar…
Counterfeiters Clean Up by Bleaching US Currency
Port Washington, New York - July 26, 2010 - Bleaching is the newest tactic in money laundering, but the Counterfeit Detector System with ultraviolet light from DriMark Products exposes the hidden mark that even bleaching can’t remove from authentic U.S. currency.
In a ploy to circumvent sophisticated new anti-counterfeiting technologies like embedded coding in U.S. paper money, counterfeiters are resorting to solvents that remove ink. Bleached $1 and…
Oliver Wight gets Performance Improvement flowing at Watts Industries
Valve manufacturer, Watts Italy has received Class A accreditation following the implementation of an Integrated Business Planning (IBP) programme, led by business improvement specialists, Oliver Wight. The project, which is helping drive productivity and performance, is now being rolled out across Watts Industries’ European operation.
Watts’ Italian operation is one of the most important in Watts’ European and global organisations. It engaged leading business improvement consultants, Oliver Wight,…
AOC shows significant growth in the first quarter of 2010
Berlin, 23 July 2010 – AOC is amongst the winners in the European display market also in the first quarter of 2010. According to the most recent independent figures, brand display manufacturer AOC successfully continued to grow in the desktop monitor market (DTM) during the first three months of 2010. The brand shaped up especially strongly in Russia and Eastern Europe. In Turkey, AOC even managed to take the lead.
AOC…
LAS VEGAS BASED ANEXEON COMING TO AID OF UNEMPLOYED
Las Vegas Technology Company, Anexeon, offers web-based courses at a discounted rate to unemployed Nevadans to help enhance their resumes and become more attractive to potential employers
Las Vegas, NV – July 25, 2010 – According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the percentage of unemployed persons in Nevada in 2009 who did not complete high school or some college was a staggering 24.3 percent compared to those unemployed with…
Learn to Increase Productivity and Profitability with the StrategyDriven Employe …
All too often, employees possess tremendous untapped value. Leaders who more fully engaging their employees begin to unleash this value by inspiring those who work for them to apply the full measure of their creative energy and talent to performing work aligned to the achievement of organizational goals. Winning employees’ trust and commitment is no easy task. Leaders seeking the practical tools and insights to better engage…
TonerGreen Launches Eco-Friendly Printer Cartridges
TonerGreen, the eco-friendly remanufactured cartridge expert, had recently started its brand new website for all frequent printer users who are also nature lovers. Visit tonergreen.com for more details.
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Brea, CA--TonerGreen, the e-commerce store that sells eco-friendly, U.S.-made and non-patent infringing ink and toner cartridges has already unveiled its website to give high quality products and customer service to its shoppers.
The name TonerGreen may be new to printer users but…
Simplicity Admin Solutions adds Internet Marketing services to their offering
Lausanne, Switzerland – July 23, 2010
Simplicity Admin Solutions announces their successful completion of the Internet Marketing Specialist 2010 Edition Certification at VAClassroom.
Sarah Santacroce, founder of Simplicity Admin Solutions, announced that she has successfully completed the 2010 Edition of the VAClassroom Internet Marketing Training Program, an innovative, business-building course offered to Virtual Assistants and Online Professionals seeking to develop the cutting-edge skills clients are demanding in 2010.
When VAClassroom’s first Internet Marketing…
SGS Solar Testhouse official opening
SGS marks the official opening of its Solar Testhouse, the new SGS photovoltaic laboratory in Hartha, Germany.
More than 70 solar industry experts, including research centers and suppliers joined the event and experienced firsthand the high level of service, the expertise and testing equipment (http://www.ee.sgs.com/sgs-solar-test-house.htm) available at this new PV test lab. Visitors also had the chance to attend presentations on “Quality of test results” and “Product Bankability”.
Since receiving its accreditation…
Tulsa Home Plan Company The Hoge Group Launches Website as an Oklahoma Home Desi …
Tulsa, Oklahoma - July 23, 2010 – The Hoge Group today announced the launch of rickhoge.com as an information portal for Fraser area home owners and businesses to find information about home design projects. With articles being added almost every day and an online monthly newsletter of home design tips, the website is anticipated to quickly become Oklahoma’s primary resource for home design projects.
Future plans include educational guides on…
New features for the check weighers of the CWE series
Higher throughput, more precise metal detection, hardened transport rollers
Balingen, July 23rd 2010 - Bizerba has equipped the check weighers of the CWE series with new operational options. Now they can be integrated into a double-tracked packaging line as a dual track version and weigh and classify up to 800 packages per minute. Also the performance of the optional metal detectors could be increased by 10 per cent; so even the…
Businesses and employees get connected and save time with online scheduling from …
ST. PAUL, MN—July 20, 2010—thisCLICKS, LLC today launched When I Work.com—an online employee scheduling software that simplifies how managers create and manage the work schedule. Employees connect to their schedule using the web, mobile apps and text messaging. Employees know when they work with “When I Work”.
When I Work makes scheduling staff easy and fast—and puts each employee’s work schedule in their pocket via their mobile phone. Setup is simple—there’s…
Elephant Auto Insurance to Aid in Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup Efforts
Richmond, Virginia (July 22, 2010)-In an effort to help aid in the cleanup of the oil spill that is damaging the environment and wildlife in the Gulf Coast, Elephant Auto Insurance is announcing a new campaign to help raise money that will be donated to the National Wildlife Foundation.
Elephant Auto Insurance is a Virginia based company offering discount auto insurance online and over the phone. The National Wildlife Federation has…
SecurAlarm Systems Inc. Is Pleased To Announce The Addition Of James Edel
SecurAlarm Systems Inc, the premier security integrator in the West Michigan market, is pleased to announce the addition of James Edel to the SecurAlarm team.
James has had the opportunity to work with Vision Technology International for 8 years and spend an additional year with Midstate Security. His role with both VTI and Midstate included IT administration, web and graphic design, security installation, support and leading training courses. Due to his…
School Districts Join ECCO2 Program to Fight War on Carbon Emissions Reduction i …
July 22, 2010 - Austin, TX - School Districts Join ECCO2 Program to Fight War on Carbon Emissions Reduction in America
Over 90 independent school districts throughout the United States have joined ECCO2's war on carbon emissions reduction by using the ECCO2 and ECO Systems patent technology on their school buses and fossil fuel boilers within their facilities.
Currently there are over 12,000 school buses that have been using the…
MEMS Company Micralyne Appoints Former TI Manager Nancy Fares as President and C …
Micralyne Inc., a world-renowned, independent MEMS solutions company, today announced the appointment of Nancy Fares as President and CEO.
Fares brings a wealth of MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) industry experience to Micralyne. Over a period of 17 years, she held several senior roles within Texas Instruments. Her most recent appointment was with TI DLP Division as General Manager for the DLP Cinema® and DLP HDTV business units. Under Fares’ leadership, the business…
Quest CE Introduces Oklahoma 4-Hour Annuity Training Course
Quest CE is proud to announce their Oklahoma 4-Hour Annuity Training Course has been approved by the state and meets the Oklahoma Administrative Code 365:25-3-1 for a onetime, four (4) hour annuity training course.
This course provides the required training and education required by Oklahoma licensed producers who desire to sell, solicit or negotiate the sale of annuities; or currently sell, solicit, or negotiate the sale of annuities. It addresses all…
Exatec*, ULVAC Announce Technology Collaboration for Mass Production of Coating …
BERGEN OP ZOOM, The Netherlands – July 21, 2010 – Exatec*, a wholly owned subsidiary of SABIC Innovative Plastics, and ULVAC, a leader in mass-production vacuum technologies, today announced their collaboration to accelerate cost-effective, high-volume production of weatherable, scratch-resistant, plasma-coated Lexan* polycarbonate (PC) resin for vehicle windows. Under the agreement, ULVAC will manufacture turnkey mass production systems that leverage its’ expertise in high-volume vacuum equipment and Exatec’s proprietary plasma coating…
Taiwan to launch investment recruitment campaign
Following up on the signing of the cross-strait economic cooperation framework agreement, the Council of Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) briefed the Cabinet on July 15 about a global investment solicitation plan aimed at raising Taiwan’s regional competitiveness. CEPD Minister Christina Liu said that a joint-service center for global investment recruitment established by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) is scheduled to begin operation on August 8. The various ministries…
FORGE VENTURES ANNOUNCES RECRUITTORCH.COM
PITTSBURGH, PA - August, 10 2009 - The newly-established Forge Ventures, LLC announces RecruitTorch.com, a subscription-based web service designed to connect eager employers with potential employees. A job distribution portal, RecruitTorch.com is the only web-based service of its kind, streamlining the process of publishing available positions on popular job boards such as Indeed.com, Oodle.com and MySpace.
Affordable, efficient and effective, RecruitTorch.com enables job recruiters to post available positions on RecruitTorch.com.…
Offshore Group Client Company Increases its Manufacturing Footprint in Mexico
TUCSON, AZ, July 20, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Plymouth, Minnesota-based Turck, Inc. has extended its contract for manufacturing support, or "shelter" services, in Mexico with The Offshore Group through 2015, and has announced that it will expand its manufacturing footprint at the Saltillo, Coahuila production facility from its current 47,901 square feet to 69,645 square feet.
It is anticipated that this expansion will generate an additional 250 jobs at The Offshore…
Silver Bridge Agrees to Buy San Francisco Firm
BOSTON, MA (July 20, 2010) – Silver Bridge, an independent wealth advisory firm that provides thoughtful, integrated wealth management solutions, announces it has agreed to acquire H&S Financial Advisors (“H&S”), a San Francisco-based wealth advisory boutique. Martim de Arantes Oliveira, the former head of H&S, will run the West Coast operation for Silver Bridge, as Regional Director, with a focus on multi-generational and entrepreneurial wealth. Oliveira, who has over 20…
