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September 29, 2006

Pointer Wireless and MIT Announce Distribution Agreement

Pointer Wireless a smart wireless automation OEM provider signs distribution agreement with MIT.

(PRWEB) September 29, 2006 -- Pointer Industries LLC, a Colorado based Limited Liability Company, announced today the execution of a distribution agreement with MIT, Inc. a Texas Corporation. The agreement will include the entire Pointer Wireless smart wireless automation product portfolio. Pointer Wireless designs, manufactures and markets smart wireless automation products for various industry groups including: utilities, information technology, mass notification, emergency notification, Homeland Security,and emergency first responders.

"Pointer Wireless is very excited about its continuing relationship with MIT. MIT brings a wealth of industry experience and networking capability to Pointer Wireless. We look forward to the revenue impact the MIT relationship will have for our Company," stated Jeff Bell CEO/Chairman for Pointer Wireless.

Pointer Wireless LLC is a Colorado Limited Liability Company based in Centennial, Colorado. Pointer Wireless is a Pointer Industries Company and is a Veteran Owned Small Business. Pointer Industries companies also include EOJT, a manufacturer of proprietary electronic countermeasure gear and Pointer Services an engineering and management consulting firm.

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PerfectDisk® Defragmentation Software Selected to Boost CPU Performance for Studio F Productions

Studio F Productions receives fast payback from disk defragmentation software. CPU performance in boot time, application launch and other key actions improved.

GAITHERSBURG, MD (PRWEB) September 26, 2006 -- Raxco Software, the leader in disk defragmentation software, announced today that PerfectDisk® software has been chosen to improve CPU performance by Sarasota-based Studio F Productions, Inc., a digital content design company.

The staff at Studio F creates original digital content for corporations, as well as ready-to-license PowerPoint® templates and video backgrounds for the consumer market, using large graphics files within the Adobe® design and production suite to create their products each day. As a result of working with these large files, their hard drives fill up – and slow down – remarkably fast.

Studio F runs Windows® XP, NT and 2000 systems, and its designers had found that the built-in utility was no longer capable of resolving the sluggish performance that resulted from creating and modifying graphics files on a daily basis. The company sought a solution that would deliver both immediate CPU performance improvement and long-term computer health.

PerfectDisk’s single-pass defragmentation answered those needs by improving performance in boot time, application launch and other key actions, while the tool’s Space Restoration Technology™ consolidates free space to slow the rate of refragmentation, keeping the system running faster, longer. This results in more productive users.

"As a growing graphic design firm serving major corporations across the US, application speed is critical to our workflow, so it is a high priority for us to keep the machines on our network defragmented," said Joye Argo, vice president of business development at Studio F. "PerfectDisk delivered results immediately, is easy to use and doesn't install anything we don't need on our machines, and the entire customer service experience was nothing short of amazing. We were given prompt and courteous telephone assistance - even when Raxco’s offices were officially ‘closed’ over a holiday weekend."

Studio F Productions had originally purchased a single user license for PerfectDisk, but has recently expanded to a multi-user license for its staff.

"Studio F Productions is a terrific example of a small business whose technological capabilities and customer base are far-reaching," said Joe Abusamra, Raxco Software’s vice president of operations. "We designed PerfectDisk to meet the needs of growing businesses like Studio F, as well as large enterprises and home office users, all of whom require high levels of performance from their machines when accessing and managing files such as graphics, videos and databases. We are pleased that Studio F has chosen PerfectDisk and that they’ve seen such great results immediately."

About Studio F Productions, Inc.
Studio F Productions, Inc., has been designing original digital graphics and PowerPoint templates for software companies and consumers since the early 1990’s, and licensing content on the Internet for over six years. Its PowerPoint templates are marketed to consumers under the PowerFinish™ brand at www.powerfinish.com. Other original content from Studio F appears under their licensees’ many recognizable brand names. Whether developing a private label collection for a company or consumer products for the Internet and retail stores, Studio F ensures that its products meet the highest artistic and functional criteria. For more information, visit www.powerfinish.com.

About Raxco Software
Raxco Software has been helping large enterprises, small businesses, and consumers with their CPU resource management needs for more than twenty-five years. Its PerfectDisk is Windows® Certified by Microsoft®, and optimized for Windows XP. The PerfectDisk line has a long award-winning history, most notably its perfect 5-star review from CNET Download, winner of the Windows IT Pro 2005 and 2006 Readers’ Choice Awards for Defragmentation Utility and Storage Management Tool, and Redmond Magazine’s Best of the Best Award for 2005, and having won PC Magazine’s Editors Choice award for the past two years. In addition to its PerfectDisk line, Raxco also produces PC optimization software, including system recovery and disk repair products for Windows operating systems and HP’s OpenVMS operating system. Raxco Software can be found on the Web at www.raxco.com.

Copyright 2006, Raxco Software, Inc. All rights reserved.

PerfectDisk and Space Restoration Technology are trademarks or registered trademarks of Raxco Software, Inc. PowerFinish is a trademark of Studio F Productions, Inc. Windows, PowerPoint and Microsoft are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Adobe is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems, Inc. All other trademarks or trade names are the property of their respective owners.

For more information about PerfectDisk defragmentation software and CPU performance, please contact:

Meghan Searles
LEWIS PR
617-226-8844

Sherry Murray
Raxco Software, Inc
301-519-7836

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No More Binders: Cancer Center Committees Go Paperless with New Oncore Module

Three premier cancer centers have bid farewell to heavy binders, hours standing at the photocopier, paper memos, and treks across campus. This fall, they are revolutionizing the management of their Protocol Review and Monitoring Committees with something new. It's called ePRMS (Electronic Protocol Review & Monitoring System) and it is the result of a concerted effort to address a fundamental challenge facing today's cancer research facilities.

(PRWEB) September 29, 2006 -- Three premier cancer centers have bid farewell to heavy binders, hours standing at the photocopier, paper memos, and treks across campus. This fall, they are revolutionizing the management of their Protocol Review and Monitoring Committees with something new. It’s called ePRMS and it is the result of a concerted effort to address a fundamental challenge facing today’s cancer research facilities.

News Facts:

• ePRMS is a beginning-to-end system for submitting, tracking, reviewing, revising, and approving scientific reviews for the lifetime of a protocol.
• Three NCI designated cancer centers collaborated with PercipEnz Technologies to develop the new module: The Karmanos Cancer Institute, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, and the Indiana University Cancer Center.
• About one year after the September 2005 project kick-off, ePRMS is being actively used by all three collaborators.
• The new module is seamlessly integrated and comes standard with PercipEnz’s flagship product, Oncore™.
• With improvements to every step in the process, ePRMS reduces the time it takes to open a new protocol―a key barrier to accrual.
• Users can be geographically dispersed. The on-line submission feature offers immediate availability of protocol documents to committee members as they access their assignments over a secure Internet connection.
• ePRMS "understands" the workflow of protocol review & monitoring committees (also called scientific review committees). It streamlines review procedures for the lifetime of a protocol largely through improved control and automation of committee coordination tasks.

To request access to a video presentation, click here

To download an eBook on this topic, visit: www.onsemble.net

Quotes:

• "We have had our second meeting with the ePRMS system, and committee members are very pleased with the ease in which reviews can be completed. The meetings run smoothly and are on time." ― Beth Golden, RN, BSN, Director, Clinical Trials Office, Karmanos Cancer Institute.
• "We just had our first SRC meeting using ePRMS and the response was overwhelmingly positive. We are now one hour past the meeting and we have every reviewers’ notes except one—this typically takes a week or longer!" ― Erin Pennington, Protocol Development Coordinator at Indiana University Cancer Center
• "You can tell how well the collaboration went by the fact that the system is now working at three centers. ―Dr. Henry Durivage, Director of Human Research Services at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey.

About the Oncore People:

PercipEnz Technologies, Inc. develops and markets specialized informatics solutions for managing the clinical and translational research enterprise.

By adopting a highly collaborative product development process, PercipEnz gathers, distills and fine-tunes the best ideas from world-class research institutions to deliver solutions addressing key operational challenges.

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Debt Management Gaining Popularity As Small Businesses Face Tougher Economy

Chicago-area debt negotiator Performance Source Inc. sees business accelerating as small firms face higher interest rates and energy costs, and new bankruptcy rules.

Highland Park, IL (PRWEB) September 29, 2006 -- In a sign that the slowing U.S. economy may be catching up with small businesses, a leading debt-management firm says that this year it achieved its first $1-million in debt savings for its small-business clients earlier than in any other year in its 43-year history.

Performance Source Inc. (PSI), based in suburban Chicago, reported that the milestone was reached this year in the second week of May, instead of July as usual. The fact that PSI has not advertised or added staff this year further suggests that small companies increasingly are struggling with their debts.

For over a year now, rising interest rates and fuel prices have hit these companies’ cash flow and profitability especially hard, causing some to fall behind in paying their loans, leases, suppliers, and other creditors, as well as amounts owed in judgments and lawsuits. All of these debts are the focus of PSI’s negotiating efforts for clients.

Another reason PSI reached $1-million in savings earlier this year is because larger firms are now choosing to use its services. "Bigger companies tend to have more debt," notes PSI President Jim Herst, "and these companies are discovering professional, third-party debt negotiators, such as ourselves, as a solution to their problems." Instead of consolidating a client’s debts, PSI deals with each creditor individually, negotiating settlements which typically reduce the client’s total debt load by up to 80%. PSI works on a client-approved contingency basis as its sole source of revenue.

It’s no surprise that small businesses increasingly are turning to debt management. The new Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, which went into effect in October 2005, places strict new limits on disposal of debts, both business and personal. "The downside of this law is that it makes it harder for people to get out from under business debts," says Lloyd Chapman, president of the American Small Business League.

Small businesses are vital to the U.S. economy. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration ("Small Business by the Numbers," June 2004), small firms represent more than 99% of all employers and 50% of the private-sector workforce. They provide about 75% of the net new jobs added to the economy each year, and more than half of the non-farm private gross domestic product, or a GDP of roughly $6-trillion.

About Performance Source Inc.
Since 1963, Performance Source Inc. (PSI) has helped small businesses nationwide improve their cash flow, and in many cases avoid bankruptcy, by negotiating with their creditors to reduce their business debts by as much as 80%. PSI has helped thousands of clients save tens of millions of dollars and satisfy their creditors without borrowing additional money. Under the company’s risk-free process, clients decide which payables they want PSI to negotiate, they approve (or decline) all proposed settlements in advance, and owe PSI nothing if a settlement is not reached or not accepted. And because the company also handles all contact with clients’ creditors, clients are able to focus on growing their businesses. For more information about PSI, please call 800/883-5080 or visit www.performancesourceinc.com. Performance Source Inc. is not affiliated with Performance Source II, Ltd.

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Profitable Business and Peace of Mind — Fairy Tale or Reality?

Enlightened management consulting, increases cash flow, lowers cost, cuts turn-over and brings peace of mind to both managment and employees

Portland, OR (PRWEB) September 29, 2006 -- A-TEAMS Performance Technologies, www.a-teams.us a management consulting group, is expanding its services internationally to assist CEOs Presidents and entrepreneurs on growing their companies in a more "enlightened fashion". A-TEAMS' business mangement services are designed to increase cash flow, lower costs, cut turn-over and bring peace of mind to both executive management as well as employees.

Michael Shenker, A-TEAMS President, has spent the last twenty five years intertwining Eastern philosophy with Western motivational techniques to Fortune 500 companies, new business start-ups and everything in between. Fundamental to Shenker's philosophy is "treat your employees like they're family and treat your customers like your employees."

One of the distinguishing aspects of the A-TEAMS www.a-teams.us management consulting strategy is the use of "teams" or mastermind groups for implementing change. According to Shenker, "By creating an environment that exploits traits that are hard-wired into the human psyche, combined with the dual dynamic of team support and peer-group pressure, peak-performance becomes the norm and achievement skyrockets." "The use of teams works, because everybody wants to be better than they are and people have better ideas and more courage for one another than they do for themselves. It also adds an element of fun to the organizational development process," says Shenker

In order to serve its expanded client base, A-TEAMS primarily works with its clients via teleconferencing and e-mail. This efficient executive coaching process saves everyone time and money and allows A-TEAMS to conveniently traverse time zones.

About A-TEAMS Performance Technologies www.a-teams.us:
A-TEAMS was formed in February 1996, after Michael Shenker, A-TEAMS founder, created the program for First Consumers National Bank (FCNB). The bank was in the midst of a buy-out by Spiegel (Spiegel Catalogs) and was concerned about their marketing team falling apart and loosing their $42 million per month revenue stream. Shenker, a business managent consultant, was brought on board to solve the problem. In a matter of months, the buy-out was complete, the revenue stream was maintained and according to Patti McCoy, FCNB's Executive Vice President, the marketing department was celebrating the "profound birth of a new marketing era". The A-TEAMS program was so successful, Shenker turned it into a stand-alone process for implementing change in companies whose management is looking for a better way to travel.

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Back-to-Back MBS U.S. Partner of the Year Iteration2 Applauds Selection of Satya Nadella to Lead Microsoft Business Solutions Group

Iteration2 is confident that Satya Nadella will continue the momentum of MBS growth, innovation providing a bright future for Microsoft Dynamics partners and customers

Irvine, California (PRWEB) September 29, 2006 -- Iteration2 (www.iteration2.com), the award winning provider of enterprise-wide business solutions announced it’s enthusiasm with Microsoft’s selection of Satya Nadella to lead Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS). Satya Nadella will replace Doug Burgum, the industry luminary who successfully led the MBS group to dynamic product innovation, deep integration with other Microsoft products, and the development of the industry’s most loyal partner channel.

“I am really excited that Microsoft has selected Satya Nadella to lead the next phase of growth and innovation for MBS. Satya’s leadership and knowledge of Dynamics gives us tremendous confidence that our investment in the Microsoft Partner Program will continue to grow in value. He has the vision, passion and commitment to empower people by delivering strong and innovative software products. He also has a proven track record and relentless focus on customers and partners” says Mike Gillis, President of Iteration2. “Microsoft continues to prove that they are a true innovative leader in business technology and this selection confirms their stake in the business application market. Microsoft has the right leadership, principles, strength and market position to provide amazing opportunities and value for partners. We are proud to be their business partner and continue to enable people and businesses throughout the world to realize their full potential.”

Gillis concluded emphatically “as a loyal partner, the continuity of strong leadership at Microsoft Business Solutions protects our investment…there could not be a stronger or more qualified choice than Satya for this job.”

About Iteration2
Iteration2 provides its clients with a superior enterprise software implementation experience that is easier to use, less complex, and more affordable than solutions from SAP and Oracle. Combined with Microsoft’s integrated technology stack and unsurpassed financial strength, this provides a growth platform for today and tomorrow. Iteration2 is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, a leading provider of Microsoft Dynamics AX (formerly Microsoft Axapta), and both the 2005 and the 2006 US MBS Partner of the Year

Iteration2’s industry focus, enterprise software domain experience, and exceptional capabilities with Microsoft’s Dynamics product suite and Microsoft’s platform tools provide its clients with clear strategic business advantage. Iteration2 is based in Irvine, CA and has sales offices in strategic locations throughout the United States. Please visit the company’s website at www.iteration2.com.

For more information:
Greg Sad,
Marketing Director
Iteration2
(949) 789-1020

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ClearForest Rated Highest for Analysis & Production by Fuld & Company in New Competitive Intelligence Report

ClearForest, a leading provider of text analytics solutions, announced today that analyst firm, Fuld & Company, has rated ClearForest highly in its annual review of competitive intelligence solutions.

Waltham, MA (PRWEB) September 29, 2006 -- ClearForest (www.clearforest.com), a leading provider of text analytics solutions, announced today that Fuld & Company has rated ClearForest highly in its annual review of competitive intelligence products.

The annual Fuld & Company survey included a review of 17 software packages, employed over 120 criteria, and ranked products across each of the five steps in the Competitive Intelligence Cycle. In the report, ClearForest scored highest of all vendors evaluated in Analysis & Production, the “intelligence generator” step where an analyst transforms the collected data points into a meaningful assessment that uncovers both implications and possible outcomes. As stated in the report, “this phase of the intelligence cycle is where ClearForest stands out among competitive intelligence solutions.” ClearForest also ranked above average in four out of the five steps.

Since the last Fuld review in 2002, ClearForest’s text analytics software has matured, now offering role-based analytic interfaces and out-of-the-box extraction modules that are intuitive and easily adaptable for competitive and market analysis. ClearForest’s solution is ideal for competitive intelligence professionals who are looking to extract a variety of vertical, functional and business problem oriented concepts and relationships.

“We are happy to be included in this report and enthusiastically support Fuld & Company’s emphasis on the need for not just technology alone, but technology which complements both people and process,” says Jay Henderson, Director of Product and Corporate Marketing at ClearForest. “For companies with the right people and processes in place, text analytics software, like ClearForest, can significantly enhance the value that competitive intelligence brings to organizations,” Henderson says.

To see the new Fuld report, please visit: http://www.fuld.com/Products/ISR2006/HomePage.html

About ClearForest
ClearForest Corporation is a provider of text analytics solutions, supplying the analytical bridge between two previously disconnected worlds of information--unstructured text and enterprise data. In allowing both to be analyzed simultaneously, ClearForest makes unified business intelligence a reality. Our award-winning solutions enable text driven business intelligence for customers such as Eastman Chemical, Reuters, Elsevier Science and International Finance Corporation to turn large volumes of contextually-based information into proactive business intelligence.

Corporate headquarters are in Waltham, MA. For more information, please visit http://www.clearforest.com. ©2006 ClearForest Corp.

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SafetyXChange.org Hosts Great Debate: Is a Workplace Injury an Accident or an Incident?

Online community of safety professionals voice strong opinions on whether a workplace mishap is an accident or an incident.

Stamford, CT (PRWEB) September 29, 2006 -- SafetyXChange.org (http://www.safetyxchange.org), the online community for safety professionals, has been turned into an arena for one of the most hotly contested topics in occupational safety: the great “accident” vs. “incident” debate.

The debate involves whether the word “accident” should be used to describe workplace mishaps, particularly those involving personal injury or property damage. Critics contend that the word “accident” implies a certain inevitability and breeds a passive acceptance of risks that directly contributes to the occurrence of accidents; defenders contend that the word “accident” is linguistically and clinically appropriate and that attempts to substitute the word “incident” artificially manipulate the language and distance the safety profession from the real world.

Does any of this matter? “To an outsider, this might all seem like a battle over semantics and the splitting of hairs,” notes Glenn Demby, Editor-in-Chief of SafetyXChange.org. “But for safety professionals, it goes right to the soul of workplace safety and the role of the professional in protecting workers against risks.”

The response of safety professionals seems to bear Demby out. In response to the debate, (which was initially triggered by the article, “The Real Cause of Accidents” written by SafetyXChange Advisory Board Member Wayne Pardy and the rebuttal by Calgary HSSE director Greg MacDonald), more than 50 safety professionals from the U.S., Canada and other parts of the world have written to SafetyXChange.org to express their views. And two days later, the responses are still coming.

SafetyXChange.org was planning to publish all of the responses on October 4 in its regular Wednesday Safety Economics newsletter. But the sheer volume of responses has caught them off guard.

Says Demby, “This newsletter is supposed to be a short and quick read and I don’t see how we’re going to be able to do justice to all the respondents in such a format.”

Still, Demby admits it’s a pleasant problem to have. “Provoking thoughtful debate and discussion is what SafetyXChange is all about. How can I complain about the zeal and passion being exhibited by the members of SafetyXChange.”

To read the original article and join the debate, visit www.SafetyXChange.org. You’ll find the archived article in the Financing Safety section of the Knowledge Center.

About SafetyXChange

After just one year, SafetyXChange.org has had unprecedented success in attracting large numbers of loyal members and fostering a dialog to promote fresh thinking and insight on safety issues. Presently, approximately 14,000 international members participate in the forum, receive the free daily e-newsletters and access more than 300 free articles and Tools in the Knowledge Center. Additional information about SafetyXChange is available on its website at www.safetyxchange.org.

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New UK Crane for World-Class Aluminium Plant

As part of a rolling investment programme, Aluminium Bahrain has installed an additional heavy-duty overhead crane from UK handling specialist Street Crane Company. Operating in the smelting area, the crane will be used for tapping hot metal from the electrolytic cells, beam raising, floor slab removal and pot shell removal and replacement.

(PRWEB) September 29, 2006 -- As part of a rolling investment programme, Aluminium Bahrain has installed an additional heavy-duty overhead crane from UK handling specialist Street Crane Company. Operating in the smelting area, the crane will be used for tapping hot metal from the electrolytic cells, beam raising, floor slab removal and pot shell removal and replacement. The crane is engineered for continuous use in extreme temperatures and in an electrically charged environment with high levels of magnetic flux. It was installed with minimal disruption while the plant kept working.

Street have been working with Aluminium Bahrain since 1992 and now have ten cranes installed on site. The new crane is a double girder construction with a main hoist of 20 tonnes safe working load and two auxiliary hoists, each of eight tonnes. During hot metal decanting, the weight of the crucible is taken by the main hoist with the auxiliaries used for tipping. On-hoist weighing precisely measures the aluminium yield from each cell. Because the crane operates 24 hours a day and has a high proportion of heavy lifts, all lift and travel mechanisms are M8 heavy-duty rating.

For safety, crane travel is regulated by Street Crane’s X-Y Zero load swing prevention system. This optimises crane movement for maximum productivity without load swing. Radio remote operation avoids the restrictions of pendant control and allows the user to position themselves for greatest safety and best visibility. In addition to the main brake on the gearbox first reduction shaft, an additional safety disk brake is fitted to the main crane barrel of the hoist.

The crane uses Street’s VX hoists. The VX twin scrolling open barrel design ensures the hook follows a perfectly vertical path. The open plan design also gives very good access for easy maintenance. Motors and controls have been selected to withstand exposure to high temperature and humidity. Insulation provided at the hook, on the crab frame and between the crab frame and the crane bridge, enables the crane to work safely in a highly charged environment.

Aluminium Bahrain is one of the world’s largest producers of aluminium. The ISO9000 and ISO14001 certified plant produces 830,000 tonnes per annum of 99.9 percent pure aluminium as ingots, billets and rolling slabs for the world market. Expansion has proceeded in phases since the plant first opened in 1971, the latest phase being the development of line five at a cost of 1.7 billion US dollars. Over 2900 people work at the plant, which is a major export earner and contributor to the Bahrain economy. Street Crane’s equipment has been in use on the site for over 10 years, proving to be reliable and efficient, even under heavy use in extreme conditions.

More information: Keith Rainford, Street Crane Company, Tel. 00 44 1298 812456 Fax. 00 44 1928 814 945 Web: www.streetcrane.co.uk

High/low resolution images are on the web at www.ainsmag.co.uk/st165/3926st1a.htm

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Acrelic Interactive Adds New Marketing Director to Leadership Team

Pam Hakim Joins Acrelic Interactrive as Director of Marketing to Lead Current Triple Digit Revenue Growth Efforts.

Warren, NJ (PRWEB) September 29, 2006 -- Acrelic Interactive., the creator of WarpSales™ - the first lead qualification system that connects professional B2B sales people to their prospects in real time, named Pamela M.Hakim as Director of Marketing for the firm.

Pam is directing the company’s growth efforts and will be a catalyst to maintain the growth trend, which has been in the triple digits for the last three years. “Acrelic Interactive currently has a strong critical mass of customers, a proven track record of results for its solution, WarpSales, and a strong solution foundation. Pam can now lead the way for us in the market and get our innovations for Inside Sales and Lead Management recognized by a larger audience and get our solution “out there,” according David A. Rosen, Acrelic’s CEO. “Our growth to date has come from a guerilla sales team while we have been in stealth mode building our foundation. Pam has a unique style and experience that will continue to catapult our growth and she not only thinks strategically, develops effective positioning for us, and communicates very clearly, but she was also an inside sales rep and manager earlier in her career and brings a lot to the table with that combination,” David continued.

Pam is managing all aspects of Marketing including market definition, message development and channel optimization and will act as a catalyst to capture increased profitable market share in the future.

Pam brings over 15 years experience in brand creation and management as well as strategic marketing and best practice definition to the Acrelic Management team. Prior to coming to Acrelic, Pam was the co-founder and Principal of the PhD Consulting Group, a firm that has been developing and executing marketing and product development blueprints for high end products and services for the last several years. Prior to PhD, Pam was the Executive Director of Marketing at Telcordia Technologies, where she led a variety of Marketing, Strategy and Marketing Communications initiatives.

About Acrelic Interactive
Acrelic is the creator of WarpSalesTM -- – a top of the funnel lead qualification and management system that directly impacts the bottom line. With WarpSalesTM, Marketing organizations can accelerate delivery of both quantity and quality of leads to Inside Sales organizations who in turn, can increase their productivity by at least doubling their live connect and lead conversion rates.

Acrelic is helping companies across industry segments create new revenue opportunities and achieve greater profitability through a unique combination of technology and technique. By focusing on open source solutions for scalability and economic flexibility, Acrelic is able to provide a straightforward and affordable solution to companies of all sizes. A customer sampling includes: IBM, Citicorp, Computer Associates, and Tempur-Pedic, among others.

Acrelic Interactive is privately held, was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Warren, NJ.

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Pad Print Machinery of Vermont Promotes Michelle Wood

East Dorset, Vermont high-tech manufacuring company has promoted Michelle Wood of Danby, VT, to Operations Manager.

East Dorset, VT (PRWEB) September 29, 2006 -- Katie McKenzie Martinez, Human Resources liaison at Pad Print Machinery of Vermont, has released word that Michelle “Micky” Wood of Danby, VT, has been promoted to Operations Coordinator at the East Dorset-based company this week. Micky received her promotion before her first year anniversary with the company. Martinez reports that Micky will be the Go-To person for questions on any and all machine orders.

“Micky has displayed an exceptional aptitude for prioritizing workloads and communicating with customers,” said McKenzie Martinez. “She is an amazing problem solver and will be a huge asset to us at every step of the machine order sequence.”

Wood’s new responsibilities run the gamut from maintaining a master schedule for all work orders -- including document management for Distribution, Pad Selection and Consumables -- to arrange training and technical services for all North and South American customer locations. Wood will also oversee the daily work activities of the employees who create samples for customers. Additionally, she is now responsible for establishing pricing for all consumables and machine materials sold at the company.

“I know it sounds a little daunting,” said Wood, “But I am a systems person and if everyone sticks to my systems, I should have no problem at all”

To learn more about the pad printing process, follow this Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pad_printing or view the company’s website at www.padprintmachinery.com.

About Pad Print Machinery of Vermont
Julian Joffe is the founder and president of Pad Print of Vermont. Although Joffe earned his degree in zoology, he had had a penchant for manufacturing as a result of the many hours he spent tinkering in his father’s workshop in South Africa as a youth. Upon graduation from University in 1976, he went to work in his father’s textile business and subsequently took over leadership of the company -- expanding the business to include pad printing. In 1981, citing strong philosophical differences with the apartheid government, Joffe moved his family to United States and, in 1985, embarked on an alliance with COMEC Italia. He founded COMEC USA in a pre-world war one building in Yonkers, NY.

Over the next ten years business flourished. However, Joffe began to feel the magnetism of the New England way of life beckon. In 1994, he could no longer resist the urge to live a simpler, more enriched lifestyle and moved to Vermont.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont was born in what had been, during the fifties and sixties, the sole movie theater in picturesque Manchester, VT. As the company continued to grow in both number of employees and amount of machines being built at any given point in time, they began to suffer a terminal case of claustrophobia. A concerted search for an appropriately-sized facility in southern or central Vermont finally paid off and, in 2003, they moved into a new 22,500 square foot building located in East Dorset, Vermont just five miles north of the cramped quarters in the old theater.

The new airy and spacious hi-tech facility has a reception area, a large showroom, Machine Shop, Graphics Department, Plate Department, Ink Department, Sales Department, Shipping Department, and administrative offices. For many Pad Print employees, it has become a home away from home. The Pad Print team now comprises 34 highly-skilled and motivated individuals with an incredible sense of team spirit. Their experience in the pad printing industry is second to none.

Pad Print Machinery of Vermont’s newest pad printing machines have combined technologies from the latest innovations in mechanical engineering and electronics. These machines are servo controlled and are extremely fast, extremely precise, and extremely reliable. PPMOV has led the pad printing industry with such breakthrough innovations as the ability to print on medical devices as small as .01 inch to fully automated eight-color machines.

Recently, the company introduced the XD-400 Digital Series, its first “pad-less” machine. The digital series machines are capable of instantaneously changing the printed image.

In pursuing the goal of perfection in Customer Service and Satisfaction, the company constantly pushes the edge of the envelope and discovers more and more ways to incorporate pad printing into the customer manufacturing process. They look forward to the next 100 years.

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Antig and Partners AVC, Nan Ya PCB, Syspotek To Demonstrate Fuel Cell BEGINI Reference Design at 2006 IDF Fall, Taiwan Supply Chain Ready, Production in Q4

Antig Technology, the leading fuel cell solution provider, today announced that it will demonstrate, together with its Taiwan strategic partners Nan Ya Printed Circuit Boards (NY PCB), Asia Vital Components (AVC) and Syspotek, Fuel Cell reference design BEGINI targeting portable device makers at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) Sep.26-28,2006. BEGINI expects production/shipping in Q4.

Taipei, Taiwan (PRWEB) September 29, 2006 -- Antig Technology, the leading fuel cell solution provider and member of Intel’s Mobile PC EBL Working Group, today announced that it will demonstrate, together with its Taiwan strategic partners Nan Ya Printed Circuit Boards (NY PCB), Asia Vital Components (AVC), and Syspotek, the SoC Fuel Cell reference design BEGINI targeting portable device makers, showcasing the breakthrough digital, standard and mass production ready features of the solution at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) Sep.26-28,2006.

In addressing Intel’s initiative in bringing all-day and anywhere wireless mobile computing to reality, the 4 partners harness the strong design and manufacturing capability of Taiwan/Greater China IT supply chain to ready mass production capability on fuel cell. Antig (www.antig.com) provides the breakthrough digitalize and standardize SoC fuel cell module solution technology. And the three partners each took Antig’s fuel cell module technology and integrated with their own expertise: Nan Ya PCB (www.nanyapcb.com.tw) the leading PCB company, leverages its process and production capability into fuel cell module mass production; Syspotek (www.syspotek.com) the professional IC design company utilizes its knowledge in IC and application interfacing in the energy management of the fuel cell system; AVC (www.avc.com.tw) the top thermal solution company, incorporates it’s know-how into the balance of plant components and packing of the fuel cell system. Together the four companies fulfills a complete fuel cell system from key components to the entire system design and manufacture capability, ready to supply fuel cell to the world industry.

To illustrate, a fuel cell reference design BEGINI- the 16W multifunctional charger for portable devices will be showcased, it can provide both fuel cell power in off-grid condition, and on-grid usage by build-in converter to substitute device adopters for such as notebook (17V)、GPS (5V)、PMP (12V)、PDA (9V)、mobile phone (5V)、MP3 (5V), offering the true convenience in all-day anywhere mobile life. BEGINI is expected to enter production by Q4 this year.

For OEM/ODM service on fuel cell application or more information visit us at: Laptop PC EBL Community Technology Showcase, IDF Fall 2006, San Francisco, Moscone Center West.

About Antig
Provides the breakthrough digitalize and standardize SoC fuel cell module solution technology. And the three partners each took Antig’s fuel cell module technology and integrated with their own expertise.

About AVC
Establish in 1991, Asia Vital Components (AVC) is the leading thermal solution provider for PC . Its Greater China manufacture bases covering sites: Taipei (TW), and Gaoxiong (CN), Shenzhen (CN), Shanghai(CN) and Suzhou (CN). Now AVC incorporates it’s know-how in thermal solution and manufacture into the Balance of Plant (BOP) and Packing of the fuel cell system.

About Nan Ya PCB
Established in 1987, Nan Ya PCB, a subsidiary of one of the largest conglomerate in Taiwan the Formosa Plastics Group, is the world top advance PCB and IC substrate provider. Its manufacture bases covers Greater China sties: Taoyuan (TW), and Kunshan (CN). Nan Ya PCB leverages its process and production capability into the SoC fuel cell module mass production.

About Syspotek
Establish in 2005, Syspotek is a professional IC solution provider. Syspotek utilizes its knowledge in IC and application interfacing to the Energy Management of the fuel cell system, which manages the fuel cell operation and optimize energy efficiency. Syspotek also develops fuel cell sensor key components.

About Intel ‘s Mobile PC EBL WG
Intel’s Mobile PC Extended Battery Life (EBL) Working Group (WG) is the industry organization focusing on the achievement of all-day battery life in mobile PC platforms, announced in 2002.

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Taiwan’s Plastic and Rubber Processing Machinery is Becoming Well-Known in the World

Pulian is capable of producing customized machines with top quality at reasonable prices for both the domestic and international market.

Taiwan (PRWEB) September 28, 2006 -- According to statistics from the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), Taiwan now is the world’s number five manufacturer of plastic and rubber processing machinery as well as the among the top four largest exporters. Although most of the manufacturers in this line are small to medium in size, with an average of less than 30 workers each, they have accumulated a great amount of experience in developing innovative products and in competing in the world arena.

Pulian International Enterprise Co., Ltd (PULIAN) found in 1994, is one of the largest manufacturers in this field. For more than a decade, the company has played a vital role in improving the quality and function of different kinds of equipment, such as granulators, shredders, loaders and conveyors, to meet new trends in international markets. It also provides a full range of accessories such as blades, magnet boxes, hoppers, screens and more.

While continuing to develop advanced production techniques, Pulian is now leading the Turn-Key Plan of the Plastic and Rubber Industry. Pulian is capable of producing customized machines with top quality at reasonable prices for both domestic and international market.

Pulian's top selling machines include:

Granulator: One of Pulian’s hottest-selling items is its Granulator series A, which is infrastructural crushing equipment. It has a special design for its blades and is made of high speed steel (SKH-2) and mould tool steel (SKD-11) that cuts the material efficiently and is able to regrind immediately. In addition, it produces minimal powder and is vibration free with its cutting angle design. This particularly cutting design makes for easy cleaning, operation and maintenance. The blades and screens are replaceable easily. Pulian can make various sizes of granulators for customer applications.

Shredder: The Shredder Machine AG Series is designed for automatically cutting enormously complex waste with its efficient shredding within a function of reverse rotation. Uses include processing car tire waste, domestic electronic waste, leather, furniture, paper and much more. Each machine has an overload reversal safety gear to ensure the workings are environmentally safe. The oil pressure and easy replaceable two-side blades design break tradition and enhance the machine maximum efficacy.

Crusher: With its unique design, the Pulian Crusher Machines offer extremely powerful crushing capacity making it able to crush various plastic materials such as PP, PE, PVC, ABS, PC and so on. Plastic recycling is actually a very big business. The automatic equipment is also perfect for plastic waste recovery for injection molding processors. For example, it uses an innovative new technology to use the PET material from PET bottles in order to make a cloth.

Loader: Auto Loader AV series offers an effective method to decrease labor and material costs. The machine is able to supply material stably for a long period of time. The series adopts a high density filter and low air-lock, which reduces air pollution, as well as a sensitivity sensor and well-closed flap valve to avoid scattering residual material on the hopper filter. Along with its exclusive design, it is easy to clean the dusting inside the hopper filter using an air gun.

Conveyor: Auto Conveyor C series is a perfect co-worker with granulator, it carries reject products to the granulator. Pulian is able to make various sizes of conveyor machine exteriors and functions. It makes adjustable lengths from 0.5m to 30m, widths from 100mm to 1 000mm, different location degrees and a choice of speed controls. All parts of components are made in durable stainless steel on both the sides of aprons and the aluminum hydraulic framework for its advanced design.

Based on its experience, Pulian insisted on strict quality control, which is the only way to win the customers’ confidence. The company also emphasizes R&D and safety, each product’s system and service fits in with the safety quality standard of CE. To facilitate marketing, Pulian launches all its products online advertisement to global markets.

History
1994 -Auto Mix AM Series
1998 -Approved of TUV CE Mark
2003 -Approved of CSA Standards
2006 -Annexed the Dewaxing Commercial Foundry

Pulian's main products are listed as follows: granulator, crusher, shredder machine, mixers & crushers for plastic, grinders, crushers & screen machines, granulator, vacuum autoloader, auto loader. Please visit Pulian's website for more information.

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ATAGO Celebrates 66 Years of Business

The first official Press Release to announce the opening of ATAGO's first overseas subsidiary office, ATAGO U.S.A., Inc. A leading Manufacturer of Refractometers in the world, ATAGO's innovative designs and cutting edge technology has propeled this company to the top in customer choice and satisfaction.

Bellevue, WA (PRWEB) September 26, 2006 -- ATAGO is proud to announce the celebration of its 66th birthday as a company this month. Since 1940, ATAGO has become one of the leading manufacturers of refractometers in the world.

With innovative designs and a respected reputation for high quality instrumentation, ATAGO strives towards their company objective for global expansion. To better serve our customers and distributors in North, Central and South America, ATAGO opened the doors to their first subsidiary office July 2002, ATAGO U.S.A., Inc., in Kirkland, Washington. After two short years, the office moved to a larger facility in Bellevue, WA to enhance operations and to better accommodate the increasing customer inquiries, sales and workforce. By working closely with distributors and listening to the voices of our customers, ATAGO USA is able to both gather valuable information for future development and improve already available services. ATAGO is always striving to provide only the most personal and professional customer service.

ATAGO is famous for creating the world’s first handheld refractometer in 1953. In 1974, ATAGO released the N-1, an improved design with fewer moving parts and a brighter, high-contrast view. In 2003, the ATC-equipped, water-resistant digital hand-held refractometer PAL-1 made its debut. In order to satisfy the demand for an analog with the extensive features of the extremely popular PAL, ATAGO incorporated decades of continual development to create the all-new MASTER series -- the ultimate analog hand-held refractometer.

The MASTER series features instruments that have it all. The Automatic Temperature Compensation, IP65 water resistance (meaning you can wash it off under a faucet), exceptionally bright and easy to read scale, and the ability to take measurements without even lifting the daylight plate come packaged in an unprecedented sleek new design.

ATAGO is in the process of replacing all of our current hand-held models with the MASTER series design. Currently, imitations have flooded the market with low quality, poor accuracy instruments, modeled on a standard body similar to ATAGO’s older designs. ATAGO is re-identifying ourselves with customers, to ensure that consumers are purchasing ATAGO and not a lesser instrument.

The new MASTER body is not only sleek and artistic, but is also more hygienic than standard rubber grips. The one-piece barrel design lends itself to the water-resistance feature. While some competitors offer water-resistant analog handheld units as well, the MASTER series retains the functionality of having a focusable eyepiece.

Automatic Temperature Compensation (ATC) ensures a high accuracy measurement, without having to keep a conversion chart on hand. ATAGO strives to make ATC the standard for all hand-held analog units. By raising the bar with this bold new design, ATAGO clearly separates itself from the competition and remains the global leader in refractometers.

ATAGO features a very wide range of products. Contact us to find out more about:
• Digital Portable refractometers (with water resistance and high accuracy)
• Digital Benchtop refractometers (with internal temperature control)
• Abbe refractometers (with multi-wavelength capabilities)
• Polarimeters (semi and fully automatic)

Please visit us at our website for more information. A dedicated Customer Service Representative is also waiting to speak with you at 1-877-ATAGO-USA (1-877-282-4687).

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AMI Introduces Professional-Grade Acoustic Ceiling Tiles for Residential, Commercial and Industrial Applications

Improve in-room sound quality and reduce noise transmission through a ceiling. We offer Premium Acoustic Ceiling Tiles in a wide variety of sizes, colors and edge configurations designed for use in new or existing construction.

(PRWEB) September 28, 2006 -- American Micro Industries, Inc., a global leader in the development, manufacturing and distribution of specialty acoustic and soundproofing materials, has recently introduced a new family of premium grade ceiling tiles for acoustically demanding environments. The Company is now offering the Commercial Plus, Softscape, Tufcore and Symphony series in a wide variety of sizes, colors and edge configurations designed for use in new or existing construction.

With the advent of today’s high-tech audio and home theater systems, many listening environments now require acoustic surfaces offering high Noise Reduction Coefficient performance to maximize in-room sound quality. We offer the Commercial Plus, Softscape, Symphony and Tufcore series acoustic tiles with NRC ratings up to 1.0 or 100%.

In addition to premium sound enhancing ceiling products, We offer a complete inventory of sound proofing materials including low-profile dual function ceiling tiles that block and absorb sound energy. We provide free computer simulated acoustic analysis, technical design assistance and engineering guidance for any sound enhancing or noise blocking application. The Company stocks a complete inventory and most orders are fulfilled within 48 hours of receipt.

Commercial Plus, Softscape, Symphony and Tufcore can be purchased directly from American Micro Industries through our secure on-line store or by phone. Pricing on our Acoustic Ceiling Tile Products Include Free Freight to the Lower 48. The website address is www.acousticalceilingtiles.com; The Company’s acoustical consultants can be contacted toll-free at: 800-558-2058. A.M.I. is a veteran-owned business founded in 1995. The Company headquarters is located in Chambersburg, PA.

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DDL Launches On-Demand Series of Webinars - Reveals 7 Testing Methods Vital to Medical Device Package Validation

With industry requirements constantly changing, DDL is hosting a series of webinars on the new ISO 11607-01 standard and the tests most vital to medical device package validation.

Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) September 28, 2006 -- http://www.testedandproven.com – DDL, a leading package, product and material testing services laboratory, is now hosting its ISO 11607 Revisions series of webinars “on-demand”.

The new ISO 11607-01 standard contains many revisions that will affect package testing requirements for medical device manufacturers.

“The more industry regulations change, the more difficult it is for manufacturers to keep up-to-date on requirements for their products’ packaging,” said Patrick Nolan, COO of DDL Inc. “This is why DDL has launched a series of on-demand webinars to help manufacturers understand new requirements that will directly affect their business.”

For those manufacturers that are unclear about the package validation process, DDL explains that there are 7 vital tests for validating packaging with the new ISO 1607-01 standard.

1. Seal Peel Testing
2. Bubble Leak Testing
3. Leak Testing By Dye Penetration
4. Drop Testing
5. Compression Testing
6. Load Testing
7. Vibration Testing

“The new ISO 11607-01 standard contains new requirements for medical device package testing,” said Patrick Nolan. “Changes include sample size, accelerated aging protocols, documentation and labeling, which are all instrumental in validating packaging for use.”

Listen to the ISO 11607 Revisions Webinars on-demand at http://www.testedandproven.com/webinars_ondemand.html

Watch videos of the 7 tests vital to package validation at http://www.testedandproven.com/landing/package_validation.htm

About DDL
DDL offers expert package testing, product testing and material testing services including shock testing, vibration testing, tensile testing, leak testing and validation. DDL package testing clients find value through its growing suite of PackServices: PackAdvice, a zero-cost package testing consulting service, and PackReview, a DDL approved certification to demonstrate compliance with ISO 11607 (clause 7). DDL Testing Services maintains full service testing labs in Minnesota and California. http://www.testedandproven.com

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Retailers Enthusiastic about Outback Chair's New Double Lounger

Latest Addition to Outback’s Collection of Remarkably Relaxing Hanging Chairs and Hammocks Debuted at the Casual Furniture & Accessories Market in Chicago, Ill.

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) September 28, 2006 -- Retailers are raving about Outback Chair Company’s new Double Lounger, a modern reinterpretation of the traditional porch swing. Based on the design of the top-selling Outback Lounger, the Double Lounger offers generous room for two. It is perfect for homeowners who want to share the time-honored comfort of relaxing in an old fashioned porch swing -- updated with contemporary styling and advanced ergonomic design. Outback Chair Company, Inc., manufacturer of the most complete line of remarkably relaxing hanging chairs and hammocks, introduced the Double Lounger at the Casual Furniture & Accessories Market in Chicago, September 13 - 16, 2006.

“All of Outback’s hanging chairs are strong sellers for us,” said Kebbie Crout, owner, Hit the Deck Patio Warehouse, Fenwick Island, Del. “We had the chance to sit in the new Double Lounger at the Casual Market, and it is comfortable with plenty of room for two. Our customers have been asking for a two-seater, and we are anxious to get the new Double Lounger into our store and on display.”

According to Carl Dupree, owner of Palmetto Hammock & Resort Shoppe in Charleston, S.C., “the new Double Lounger looks to be a sure winner for retailers of casual and outdoor furniture.”

“The wide, wooden arms of the Outback Loungers make them truly different and exceptionally comfortable,” said Paige Remington, owner, Island Hammocks, Plantation Key, Fla. “The Loungers are among our highest priced, and highest margin, products. So we were looking forward to the introduction of the new double version.”

The Double Lounger’s seat is 45 inches wide, 18 inches wider than the standard Outback Lounger seat. It is constructed with a UV-treated, 600x600 denier polyester fabric that is durable and easy to clean. Color choices include navy blue, green, burgundy, sand and camouflage. Two fabric options are available: smooth or basket weave. The Double Lounger features 1.5-inch thick closed cell foam seat cushions and wide, curved arms fashioned in varnished hardwood. Like all hanging furniture from Outback Chair Company, the Double Lounger is backed by a 10-year warranty. And it even comes complete with two cup holders for those refreshing summertime beverages. MSRP: $399 (smooth fabric), $429 (basket weave fabric).

Outback Chair Company will display the new Double Lounger at the AQUA Show (booth 1062), November 8 - 10, 2006, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Nev. and at the International Pool & Spa Expo (booth 977B), November 29 - December 1, 2006, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nev.

About Outback Chair Company, Inc.

When selecting casual furniture, discerning consumers seek exceptional value: imaginatively designed, well-made furniture that provides genuine comfort at a sensible price. For these consumers, and the retailers who serve them, Outback Chair Company manufactures and distributes the most complete line of remarkably relaxing hanging furniture. Suspended from the ceiling of a porch or swaying gently from a frame out back on a patio, by the pool or in the garden, Outback’s hanging furniture – including chairs, loungers, recliners and hammocks – offers lofty comfort that raises relaxation to serene heights. Founded in 1997, Outback Chair Company (www.outbackchair.com) is headquartered in San Diego, Calif.

High-resolution Product Images:

High-resolution images of the new Outback Double Lounger from Outback Chair Company are available to members of the media upon request.

Additional Information:

Outback Chair’s online press kit is accessible at http://www.outbackchair.com/press_kits.html. A story backgrounder on specialty retailers’ success with hanging furniture from Outback Chair Company is available to members of the media upon request.

Editorial Appointments:

For assistance in scheduling an editorial appointment with Outback Chair Company at the AQUA Show (booth 1062) or the International Pool & Spa Expo (booth 977B), kindly contact David Aquilina.

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Pearl Echo Web Filtering Nominated for SC Magazine Honor

Pearl Software, Inc., a leading provider of Employee Internet Monitoring and Web Filtering software, announced that its innovative Pearl Echo-Suite has been nominated for the 2007 SC Magazine Reader’s Trust award in the Best Web Filtering category. Additional information on Pearl Echo-Suite can be found at http://www.pearlsw.com.

Exton, PA (PRWEB) September 28, 2006 -- Pearl Software, Inc., a leading provider of Employee Internet Monitoring and Web Filtering software, announced that its innovative Pearl Echo-Suite has been nominated for the 2007 SC Magazine Reader’s Trust award in the Best Web Filtering category. The Excellence Awards recognize leading products and companies as decided by a panel of industry luminaries from the analyst and end-user communities.

“We are excited to be included with our Web Filtering peers in this respected trade journal,” said David Fertell, Pearl Software’s CEO. “Early on, our company was recognized by the Clinton administration as the prototypical Internet monitoring solution used to manage user Internet access. In response to customer requests, over the past ten years we have added various Internet controls to our solutions – including Web Filtering. It’s heartening to receive this accolade by SC Magazine’s audience for a product built on the user community’s feedback.”

Pearl Echo-Suite is an e-communications monitoring, filtering, and control solution enabling effective management of employee Internet usage in mobile, desktop and server-centric environments. Echo-Suite actively captures employee web browsing, file transfers, news, chat, IM, e-mail and web-mail, including all encoded attachments. Internet access permissions can be set at the group and user level, based on time controls, keyword triggers, allow-lists, block-lists and a dynamic library of web domain category filters. More information on Pearl Software and its suite of products can be found at http://www.pearlsw.com.

About Pearl Software
Pearl Software was founded in 1996 by David Fertell and Joe Field. The company provides Internet monitoring, filtering and control products to the growing Internet user community. Pearl Software’s key patent-pending products include Pearl Echo-Suite, Website-Echo and IM-Echo. The company also offers browser control software, TakeMeHome and partners with law enforcement to extend the application of its remote and mobile Internet monitoring and control capabilities. For additional news on Pearl Software, please visit http://www.pearlsw.com/news.

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Industry-led Website for Baja California's Expanding Aerospace Industry Launched at International Conference

Highlighting new aerospace investments in Mexico, Mr. John Riley, CEO of San Diego-based BC Manufacturing, announces new industry-led informational website for Baja California's fast-growing aerospace industry. His annoucement was part of a major aerospace and defense industry conference held in Scottsdale, Arizona today by MexicoNow magazine.

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) September 28, 2006 -- At an international aerospace conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, today, John Riley, CEO of San Diego-based BC Manufacturing USA, announced the launch of BajaAerospace.org -- an industry-led informational website created to attract even more attention to the growing number of aerospace companies operating in Baja California, Mexico. "From our perspective, the transformation that’s occurring in Baja California and several other regions in Mexico for aerospace suppliers and major manufacturers has finally reached a critical mass, and we want the world to know about it," said Riley.

Several key topics covered by this industry-led effort include:

* Detailed information from the Baja California and Mexican Federal governments on aerospace industry investments in Mexico;

* Profiles and contacts for aerospace industry companies currently operating in Baja California; and,

* Updated information about ongoing talks between the United States and Mexico to negotiate a Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement (BASA) that will allow Mexico-based companies to produce safety-certified components for U.S. aerospace manufacturers.

"Nearly half of Mexico’s aerospace-related companies are in Baja California, and between existing efforts of the State and Federal governments, as well as regional universities on both sides of the border, it only makes sense to create a one-stop shop for aerospace information about what’s going on just minutes below Southern California," said Ricardo Dominguez, BC Manufacturing USA’s aerospace division manager, and a key force in developing the BajaAerospace.org website. Dominguez explained, "Our goal is to help change perceptions within the aerospace industry about what can be done in Baja California, and launching BajaAerospace.org is one way to do that."

About BC Manufacturing USA
BC Manufacturing USA is a San Diego-based maquiladora manufacturing services company specializing in nearshore manufacturing, assembly, fulfillment and HR services in Baja California. Founded originally as Vertek International more than 20 years ago, BC Manufacturing USA is now one of Baja California’s leading maquiladora shelter firms.

For more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with John Riley or Ricardo Dominguez, please contact Luisa Alvarez at (619) 661-6868.

Media Contacts:
John Riley, President/CEO of BC Manufacturing USA
(619) 661-6868 (office) or (619) 666-4560 (cell)

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Ansell Implements Pilot System to Achieve Operational Excellence with Services from Geoprise and Mustang Technologies

Ansell Limited (ASX:ANN) has successfully implemented the pilot phase of its worldwide quality and compliance initiative, using services from Geoprise and Mustang Technologies of Bangkok, Thailand. The new system is up and running at Ansell's plant in Melaka, Malaysia.

Bangkok, Thailand (PRWEB) September 28, 2006 –- Geoprise Technologies announced today that Ansell Limited (ASX:ANN), a global leader in healthcare barrier protection, has successfully implemented the pilot phase of its worldwide quality and compliance initiative using FlexNet® applications from Apriso®, the U.S. maker of software for product supply operations. Ansell's initiative is designed to institutionalize high quality standards and cost-effective compliance across all of Ansell’s operations and markets. The system is now up and running at Ansell's plant in Melaka, Malaysia, which manufactures surgical and examination gloves. Geoprise collaborated with Mustang Technologies of Bangkok to author, test and deploy business processes for the plant's packing, irradiation, warehousing and shipping operations, which ship over 200 million pairs of gloves per year to healthcare professionals worldwide.

"The involvement of Geoprise and Mustang was crucial to the success of this project," said Peter Holman, Ansell's Director Information Services for Asia. "Their participation added considerable value above and beyond what we customarily expect from system implementers, including rigorous testing, performance monitoring, system tuning and round-the-clock support after the new system went live."

"Geoprise and Mustang brought in-depth knowledge of FlexNet applications together with many years of industry experience," added Azfar Hassan, Ansell's Information Technology Manager for Malaysia. "They proactively offered numerous best-practice recommendations which greatly benefited our project team, and gave us fresh insights on how to streamline and improve our supply network operations."

About Ansell Limited

Ansell Limited is a global leader in healthcare barrier protective products and in 2005 celebrated 100 years in its field. With operations in the Americas, Europe and Asia, Ansell employs more than 11,000 people worldwide and holds leading positions in the natural latex and synthetic polymer glove and condom markets. Ansell operates in three main business segments: Occupational Healthcare, supplying hand protection to the industrial market; Professional Healthcare, supplying surgical and examination gloves to healthcare professionals; and Consumer Healthcare, supplying sexual health products and consumer hand protection. Information on Ansell and its products can be found at www.ansell.com.

About Geoprise Technologies

Geoprise™ Technologies delivers exceptional value by combining world-class operations management expertise with low-cost Asian technology skills. Its management team possesses over a century of cumulative experience and proven executive track records in the USA, Europe and the Asia Pacific region. Recognizing that software alone can’t make a business succeed, Geoprise also assists its clients in selecting the right strategies for profitable growth and deploying best practices to ensure those strategies are carried out. For further information, visit the Geoprise Web site at www.geoprise.com.

About Mustang Technologies

Mustang Technologies is a privately owned, Thailand Board of Investment promoted, technology company that focuses on providing outsourced software and e-commerce services. Mustang Technologies operates a software factory in Software Park Thailand, near Bangkok, Thailand, that offers high quality, affordable software development services in one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations. Mustang Technologies' MUSTANG COD MODEL gives global clients, looking for affordable alternative to in-house software development, an opportunity to manage their software development projects using highly skilled, affordable, local development teams. Mustang Technologies' senior management team has more than 50 years experience in the Information Communication Technology (ICT) industry. To find out more about Mustang Technologies and the MUSTANG COD MODEL go to: www.mustang-technologies.com.

Geoprise is a trademark of Geoprise Technologies in the United States and/or other countries.

Apriso and FlexNet are either trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Apriso Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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Frontier Silicon launches low cost DAB module offering longest battery life

Frontier Silicon is unveiling Venice 5, a low cost DAB module which offers one week’s worth of battery life, when typically DAB modules have lasted only one day. Measuring just 52mm x 40mm and based on its recently launched Kino 2 baseband processor, Venice 5 is designed for next generation DAB home audio products such as kitchen and clock radios, CD audio systems and hi-fi tuner systems.

London (PRWEB) September 28, 2006 -- Frontier Silicon is unveiling Venice 5, a low cost DAB module which offers one week’s worth of battery life, when typically DAB modules have lasted only one day. Measuring just 52mm x 40mm and based on its recently launched Kino 2 baseband processor, Venice 5 is designed for next generation DAB home audio products such as kitchen and clock radios, CD audio systems and hi-fi tuner systems. The new module will be showcased for the first time during the Hong Kong Electronics Fair (13-16 Oct) and will be shipping to customers from December 2006.

The Venice 5 entry level DAB module is 50 percent smaller than previous Venice modules, the world’s best selling DAB module series with over three million already deployed in digital radios worldwide. It offers a battery life of over 170 hours using six D cells, which is an incredible jump in performance when compared to the typical battery life of a DAB module being around 26 hours. Another key advantage to manufacturers using Venice 5 is that it is completely self-contained and can be customised through software to allow the manufacturer to deliver a differentiated product in a very short timeframe. The extensive 640Kbytes of on-chip memory available on Kino 2 also enables functions like FM, clocks, alarms, and timers without the need for additional external memory on the module.

Venice 5 will be supported by three different ready-to-manufacture reference platforms - Jupiter, Quantum, and Mercury - that have been developed by local design partners in China to help meet the needs of an emerging Chinese DAB market as well as local manufacturers designing for global markets. The platforms are highly configurable and customisable to support a wide range of product segments from basic kitchen and portable radios through to CD-based systems and advanced music server type applications.

Editor's notes:
Frontier Silicon uses Meta(TM) multi-threaded processor and UCC(TM) universal communications IP cores from Imagination Technologies.

About Frontier Silicon
Frontier Silicon is the leading supplier of digital and RF integrated circuits and modules for mobile TV and DAB digital radio products. Frontier is supplying solutions for leading products such as the Samsung B2300 and SGH-P900 T-DMB mobile phones and has over 80 percent market share for DAB receiver solutions. Frontier Silicon’s products include solutions for DAB digital radio, T-DMB and DAB-IP and a multi-standard receiver solution for mobile TV reception combining DVB-H, T-DMB and DAB-IP.

Customers include Bang & Olufsen, Bush, Denon, Goodmans, Grundig, JVC, Onkyo, Philips, PURE Digital, Roberts Radio, Samsung, Sharp, Sony and TEAC. Frontier Silicon has operations in UK, Ireland, China, South Korea and Japan. For more information, visit www.frontier-silicon.com.

Contact details:
Jonathan Colbourne, Marketing and PR manager
Tel: +44 (0) 1923 474220
Fax: +44 (0)1923 202251

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Five IECEx Certificates Open the Door for Dual ATEX-IECEx Marking for Hawke International

Renowned for the quality of their ATEX certified cable glands and hazardous connection products, Hawke International, has now received a suite of five IECEx certificates from BASEEFA. This opens the door for dual marking.

(PRWEB) September 28, 2006 -- Renowned for the quality of their ATEX certified cable glands and hazardous connection products, Hawke International, has now received a suite of five IECEx certificates from BASEEFA. This opens the door for dual marking.

In place since 2004, IECEx was introduced to provide a worldwide certification scheme where participating countries readily accept test information for IECEx certified products that have been tested against the requirement of the IEC 60079 series of standards. This new approach enables these products to be accepted in those countries that take part.

Although the IECEx introduces some additional requirements, common elements in the IECEx and ATEX certification markings make it possible for Hawke International to include both sets of marking on their cable gland ranges. “Dual marking will make gland selection much easier for users. It will enable Hawke International’s cable glands to gain an equal acceptance status in the countries signed up to IECEx as they currently receive within Europe,” commented Phil O’Connor, Hawke’s head of development and marketing.

“Safety is paramount in situations where potentially explosive environments are a hazard such as oil, gas, mining, chemical and many processing industries. These activities take place on a global scale so a worldwide certification scheme will give company buyers even greater confidence,” concluded Phil.

More information: Phil O’Connor, Hawke International, Tel. +44 (0)161 830 6698 Fax. +44 (0)161 830 6648 Web: www.ehawke.com

High/low resolution images are on the web at www.ainsmag.co.uk/ha218/4240ha1a.htm

Note to Editors
Hawke International recently produced a comprehensive hazardous area wall chart to explain the similarities between ATEX and IECEx certification. A free poster size copy of this wall chart is available by request from the company’s web site at www.ehawke.com/wallchart.asp

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Unsung Hero Gets Story Told

What would society look like without hinges? Only the wealthy or powerful would have security. Women and weak people could not be independent. Modern transportation would not be feasible. The hinge is critical. This importance is implied when you do a Google search on “hinges” and see an article claim that foreign policy hinges on this, or brand loyalty hinges on that. The hinge as an invention, however, is ignored as a topic of interest in the usual information sources. This servant of daily life that empowers people everywhere is overlooked and unrecognized. …until now. HardwareSource.com has published the story of the hinge in a series of inter-related pages accessed through a new “Hinge History” section.

(PRWEB) September 28, 2006 -- Without hinges there would be no doors on cars, trucks, or planes that provide containment during transit then open quickly and easily for loading and unloading. How would you lock up a home without doors on hinges? Anything that provides sufficient protection over a doorway would be very heavy to move. House doors, garage doors, cabinet doors, shutters, and gates with no hinges would require so much more strength to move. The hinge empowers people who are physically weak to be self-reliant. The hinge truly enables society as we know it.

The invention of the wheel gets respect and attention. No one wants to reinvent it. The wheel primarily enables weight-bearing loads to move horizontally, on land; but, hinges provide weight-bearing loads to move in all kinds of directions. If you try to research the hinge, however, you will see how little information is available.

This reliable unsung hero of our daily lives now has its story told at HardwareSource.com. In its passion for hinges, HardwareSource.com has sponsored the research for and publication of pages devoted to the Story of the Hinge. They devoted a whole section to this information accessed through “Hinge History” in the top navigation bar found here: http://www.hardwaresource.com

An expert researcher and reporter, Alix Stuart, is an Active Lightning Specialist who was put on the case of uncovering the Story of the Hinge. She discovered a time in civilization where there were no hinges! Excavation of an ancient settlement in Turkey dating back to 6500 BC shows no hinges and no front doors. People entered and exited their dwellings from a hole in the roof. The first available evidence of hinges is their role in the security of a city, to allow people to open and close a massive gate door that was attached to protective walls. Then there is evidence of the wealthy and powerful using hinges for special buildings in 760 BC. In the settlement of the USA, hinges played a major role in making covered wagons serviceable for on-the-go living. In current times, the hinge provides service throughout a home: doors, cabinets, refrigerator, chests, and garage door. This information is covered in Hinge History – Historical Advances and Development of the Hinge. http://www.hardwaresource.com/hingehistory.asp

A good hinge provides the most strength for the least size and weight. So the Story of the Hinge involves advances in metal. Alix also researched and wrote an article on the History of Metal in Hinges: Bronze, Iron and Steel http://www.hardwaresource.com/about_hinges/metal_in_hinges.html. Bronze came into use around 3000 BC. In the second millennium BC, most likely during the 1400s, the Hittites discover how to make steel. Knowing more about metals helps with selecting the best hinge solution. The Story of the Hinge also involves Hinge Fabrication Methods. Modern technology enables many possibilities for strength and design. Ball bearing hinges, invisible hinges, demountable hinges, continuous hinges, and butterfly hinges are just some of the options made possible by modern hinge fabrication methods. http://www.hardwaresource.com/about_hinges/fabrication_of_hinges.html

The Story of the Hinge also includes several people who contributed significant hinge inventions. Each spawned a company to fabricate their hinge innovations: Stanley, Hager, Amerock, and Blum. The current state of hinge development is shown via the HardwareSource.com Hinge Collection. http://www.hardwaresource.com/about_hinges/hinge_collection.html

We would like people everywhere to appreciate the hinge. It makes an important contribution to security and easy living. It enables our modern lifestyles. Its history provides a unique perspective on understanding human progress.

For additional information about HardwareSource.com visit their site at:
http://www.hardwaresource.com/ContentPage.asp?ContentID=36.
For more information on their information content developer visit:
http://www.activelightning.com.

About HardwareSource.com:

HardwareSource.com is one of the world’s leading online hinge retailers. It is the specialty hinge division of San Diego Hardware which has been supplying hardware and hinges since 1892.

HardwareSource.com is designed to help people find the hinge they need and provide helpful hinge information such as types of cabinet door mounts, how to estimate door weights, a glossary, manufacturer information, and a question/answer section. They boast the widest selection of hinges you'll find anywhere—about 2300 at last count, with more added weekly. (Other stores carry only 100 to 350 types of hinges.) Their online in catalog is overflowing with full-color images, concise descriptions and enough information on installation requirements so that even a hinge-novice can shop with confidence. The staff at HardwareSource is very responsive and helpful to questions from the public. Hardware Source is the leading online resource for hinges.

Contacts:

Rip Fleming
HardwareSource.com
5710 Kearny Villa Rd, Suite A
San Diego, CA 92123
858-576-1892 x101
http://www.hardwaresource.com

Sally Seaver Shabaka
Active Lightning
PO Box 51159
Boston, MA 02205
617-275-4413
http://www.activelightning.com

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Kozio kDiagnostics™ Ships on ADI's Sidewinder XScale® IXP465 Access Gateway Reference Design; Complete Validation Package for Custom Boards Available in Just Two Weeks

Kozio's kDiagnostics software product now ships with ADI Engineering’s new Sidewinder XScale® IXP465 Access Gateway Reference Design.

Longmont, CO (PRWEB) September 28, 2006 -- Kozio, Inc., the leading provider of advanced embedded functional-test and diagnostics ideally suited for board bring-up, manufacturing test and power-on self test, today announced that evaluation versions of the company's kDiagnostics software product now ship with ADI Engineering’s new Sidewinder XScale® IXP465 Access Gateway Reference Design.

Kozio’s turnkey validation package includes proven test suites for DDR SDRAM, Flash, Mini-PCI and connected devices, 10/100 Ethernet, Ethernet Switch, FXS and VoIP ports, USB 2.0 ports, USB 1.1 device port, SATA 1.0 host port, ATA port, RS-232 port. This validation suite is provided for evaluation purposes, and a complete validation package can be configured for custom IXP465 boards in just two weeks.

“We've been working with Kozio for more than two years to make it easier to prove out our hardware board designs, and kDiagnostics is a key product for us” notes Barry Dallavalle, software director of ADI Engineering, Inc. “It has proven to be extremely useful, and is a cornerstone of the factory test production we do for our customers, and a key part of testing boards that are returned. Kozio is extremely responsive and very technically capable, and they are a pleasure to work with.”

Kozio continues to expand its FullCircuit evaluation program, and continues to expand its long-running partnership with ADI Engineering, Inc. This release of Kozio’s validation software supports the new XScale IXP465 processor; Intel’s latest processor in the IXP4XX family, and includes updates to its automated VoIP and USB test packages.

“We are pleased to continue our strong and productive partnership with ADI Engineering as they expand their offering of XScale reference platforms,” stated Joseph Skazinski, president of Kozio. “This year we are shipping on twenty processor reference platforms for PowerPC® and XScale®, and are very pleased with how our evaluation program has taken off.”

kDiagnostics' USB validation suite verifies the operation of Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 and 1.1 host and devices. Tests and commands are provided to perform a full reset of the host controller, start the host controller running, perform device enumeration tests, validate the basic functionality of an internal USB device, and display information about internal USB devices, including USB 2.0 support, bulk transfers, and supported endpoint packet sizes. In addition, mass transfers to a connected USB storage device are offered when the device supports such a feature.

The Voice/Audio test commands verify the higher-level functionality of voice channels utilizing SLIC (Subscriber Line Interface Circuit) components. Tests in this category validate data transfer to and from SLICs using the high-speed serial interface. Tests include voice recording and playback from a connected telephone and DTMF (Dual Tone Multiple Frequency) tone generation and detection (also known as touch tone dialing). Low-level commands are available for generating dial tones, busy signals and can also be used to generate a perfect 1 kHz test tone.

Kozio’s support is available immediately for any custom IXP465 board design. Kozio can deliver turnkey diagnostics for custom boards using the Intel XScale IXP465 in two weeks after a purchase order is received, and even sooner, if required.

Benefits of Using Kozio Products
Kozio provides proven hardware validation software for automating and accelerating the development of new processor-based devices. Kozio’s software is proven during processor validation and through processor reference platform partnerships. Product developers using Kozio products save time during board bring-up, during production test, and throughout the product lifecycle. Using Kozio’s products saves development effort and reduces the risk of processor-based projects.

About Kozio, Inc.
Kozio, Inc. is the leader in embedded test solutions for today’s electronic products. Kozio delivers turnkey software that provides a comprehensive suite of hardware diagnostics used for debugging and testing custom boards implementing processors from AMCC, IBM, Intel, Freescale, TI or MIPS. Kozio’s clients build state-of-the-art products where successful use of the newest technologies with shortened development cycles requires them to constantly innovate to stay ahead of their competition. Kozio software improves test methodologies and streamlines the development process with proven solutions for board bring-up diagnostics, manufacturing test, environmental test, power-on self-test, in-field diagnostics and returns testing. By delivering thorough software diagnostics ahead of the hardware, Kozio reduces project schedule risk and development costs while increasing test coverage. Headquartered in Longmont, Colorado, Kozio products are available through a direct sales force and worldwide distributors. For more information, please visit www.kozio.com.

Kozio, kDiagnostics, kManufacturing, kPOST, kField, I/O Engine and Flash-N-Run are registered trademarks of Kozio, Inc. AMCC is a registered trademark of Applied Micro Circuits Corporation. PowerPC is a registered trademark of the International Business Machines Corporation. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

Contact: Joseph Skazinski, Kozio, Inc., (303) 776-1356, or Brad Shannon, Shannon Marketing Communications, (970) 461-4906.

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Datacraft Solutions Gold Level Sponsor of AME Conference

Durham, NC (PRWEB) September 28, 2006 -- As a proud Gold Level sponsor of the AME Conference, Datacraft Solutions CEO, Stephen Parker, suggests that, “Attendees of the AME Conference are aligned with the lean initiatives, manufacturing excellences, and core principles of a demand driven supply chain network. AME members and participants are often looking for ways to increase efficiencies in their supply chain which make them ideally suited to evaluate and understand the efficacy and cost benefits of the progressive technology solutions offered by Datacraft Solutions.”

The Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME), founded in 1985, is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to cultivating understanding, analysis and exchange of productivity methods and their successful application in the pursuit of excellence. We are practitioner-based, and our events and workshops focus on hands-on learning. AME publishes the award-winning Target magazine and puts on several regional and national events each year. AME's Annual Conference is the largest Lean conference in North America, created by practitioners for practitioners. The 2006 conference will be held in Dallas from October 16th - 20th.

Datacraft Solutions’ unique solution will be demonstrated at the AME conference and involves three key differences in Digital Kanban:

• All aspects solutions are hosted on Datacraft Solutions’ servers, and backed by Datacraft Solutions infrastructure.

• Datacraft Solutions supports their replenishment supply chain digital kanban solutions. There is no need to pay administrators to maintain the software and/or hardware.

• Datacraft Solutions provides the solutions at low, fixed monthly costs. Companies pay only for what is needed and used, without any hidden costs – and the cost of ownership is easy to calculate and contain.

Datacraft Solutions uses the on-demand delivery model because many of the kanban solutions used by Fortune 100 and 500 companies are well outside the budget of small to mid-sized companies. Datacraft Solutions provides solutions that allow even the smallest companies to remain competitive, without having to incur costly IT expenses.

Sharing knowledge is also a key new distinction in the replenishment supply chain digital kanban world; as the solutions continue to spread throughout the manufacturing industry, Datacraft Solutions draws upon the insights and experiences of their client base to enhance the functionality of their product offerings.

Datacraft Solutions (www.datacraftsolutions.com) delivers a revolutionary digital kanban process of automation solutions to lean manufacturers through a secure Internet gateway, eliminating the need to install and maintain a complex IT infrastructure. The company has experienced significant growth in the past twelve months by eliminating complicated, expensive, time-intensive software implementations as well as extensive training regiments and the need for internal support. The Datacraft Solutions' replenishment supply chain digital kanban lean system allows customers access and fully utilize powerful lean benefits immediately for a low, predictable monthly fee. Services are scalable so manufacturers can design an appropriate digital kanban solution.

Datacraft Solutions
www.datacraftsolutions.com
Steve Rao
800-819-5326

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Fortitech Asia Pacific Adds Senior-Level Staff to Capture Booming Chinese Premix Market

The nutrition industry worldwide is growing at a very quick pace and one of the fastest-growing markets is in China. Fortitech Asia Pacific is addressing this growth and recognizing business potential by creating a new position to specifically focus on growing its premix business and locating new opportunities throughout the People’s Republic of China.

(PRWEB) September 28, 2006 -- Effective immediately, Tony Tan has assumed the role of general manager of business development for Fortitech Asia Pacific. Based in Malaysia, Tan’s responsibilities and priorities are, in part, to build a solid business base for Fortitech’s custom premixes throughout China as well as to give added support to Fortitech Asia Pacific’s sales force at its Kuala Lumpur facility.

“This new appointment proves that our aggressive business strategy is effectively taking off,” says Mae Ng, general manager of Fortitech Asia Pacific. “We’re identifying the market opportunities in our part of the world that have the most potential for premixes and the addition of Tony Tan will allow our company to reach our goals faster and in a much more efficient manner. Tan’s other role with Fortitech Asia Pacific will be to provide guidance and mentor the rest of our team to accelerate the pace of development in other markets in Asia,” added Ng.

Tan’s career has brought him to many global locations, not just limited to the Asia Pacific rim, managing operations of varying scales and requiring diverse business/economic skills. Tan has more than 20 years of professional experience in sales, marketing, product strategy and business development with Carrier, a multinational American corporation specializing in heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration products. In addition, Tan has a solid background in manufacturing and general management. Most recently, Tan served as general manager of sales for Carrier Malaysia Berhad (CMB) and Carrier’s regional headquarters in Singapore. Tan was also largely instrumental in the Asia Pacific refrigeration business startup which focused primarily on multinational food and beverage corporations as well as other related business sectors.

Tan graduated, with honors, with a Bachelor of Science degree in education from the Universiti Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He completed his post graduate studies with a Master of Business Administration degree from Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University in Scotland. Tan is fluent in English, Malay, Mandarin and Chinese dialects (Teo Chew, Hokkien and Cantonese).

Supporting Fortitech Asia Pacific’s decision to focus more on China, statistics from the Public Nutrition and Development Center (PNDC) located in Beijing show the index figure for China's nutrition industry recently reached 154.2 and the index for demand is 192.3. The PNDC declares numbers beyond 100 are definite indicators that the Chinese nutrition industry is at a “prosperous level.” The PNDC expects China's nutrition industry will grow at a rate of 12 to 15 percent and by 2010 the anticipated economic impact of China's nutrition industry will total about ¥278 billion ($34.9 billion /€27.2 billion).

About Fortitech Asia Pacific

Fortitech Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd is part of the global network of manufacturing and distribution companies of Fortitech, Inc., the world leader in the development of custom nutrient premixes for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the company is exclusively dedicated to the manufacture of nutrient premixes. Fortitech Asia Pacific is ISO 9001:2000 certified and HACCP, Halal and PNDC certified. Fortitech Asia Pacific also meets requirements for Allergen Monitoring program standards. For more information, visit fortitech.com - powered by FortiSource™ - the ultimate fortification destination.

Not just premixes...Strategic Nutrition.

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Knowledge Based Management (KBM), a WSP Group Joint Venture with Lloyd’s Register, Releases Arivu™ 2006

Release of Arivu™ 2006 signals a step change in the management of risk within asset-intensive companies. Allowing for greater results; faster.

(PRWEB) September 27, 2006 -- On the 18th of September KBM released the first production version of Arivu™ an enterprise level solution for modeling risk in the facilities and infrastructure industries. Using the latest in software architecture and design, Arivu™ has been deployed for immediate use with the KBAI™ models (Knowledge Based Asset Integrity) recently implemented by the Royal Mail Group, and will soon become operational within the CarillionWSP Area 12 lighting assets managed on behalf of the Highways Agency.

Arivu™ represents a leap forward for managing assets according to risk and has overcome many of the common issues relating to the implementation of reliability based programs for physical assets, providing a unique competitive advantage for our clients. Through the modeling methodologies developed by KBM, combined with the depth of industry knowledge and experience of our parent companies, Arivu™ provides a powerful means for clients to accelerate the journey to value in the application of risk based principles, such as those contained within the standard PAS-55, to their physical asset base

For further information please contact Daryl Mather, Business Development Manager KBM, on +44 (0)796 606 9970

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The Newest Developments in Self Locking Threaded Fasteners

Recent innovations in self locking fasteners highlight a bright future for manufacturers seeking greater strength and reliability in fasteners.

(PRWEB) September 27, 2006 -- For manufacturing engineers hoping to improve their products through better self locking fasteners, the immediate future looks quite promising. Competitive advantages can now be achieved by way of the reduced product weight and heightened joint strength that the latest generation of self locking threaded fasteners enables.

"Across a broad range of industries--including automotive, aerospace, medical implant and devices, heavy truck, power generation, household durable goods, weapons, material handling, and construction equipment--engineers have perennially faced the challenge of fashioning stronger unions without adding excess bulk," notes James P. Gillis, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Spiralock Corporation. "Newly developed technologies within the thread locking industry have arrived to meet this challenge so that products hold up better under excessive environmental stresses, without compromising the reusability of self locking threaded fasteners or adding excess weight."

Spiralock is a Madison Heights, Michigan-based developer and manufacturer of self locking threaded fasteners, with roots dating back to 1927. The company is best known for its proven "wedge ramp" design that incorporates a unique 30-degree wedge ramp at the root of the thread which mates with standard 60-degree male fasteners. The continuous-line contact of this design spreads the clamp force evenly over all engaged threads, thus improving resistance to vibration, axial-torsion loading, material fatigue and temperature extremes, while still enabling re-usability up to 50 times.

"To provide even greater options to design and manufacturing engineers, the company is launching a new V-band clamp nut for use in high temperature exhaust applications," explains Gillis. "This nut design has extra thread length and load distribution to help eliminate the galling problem commonly encountered because of the long run-down on bolts used to secure manifolds. The payoff is improved fatigue performance, yet unlimited reuse of the self locking fasteners when work needs to be performed on the head."

Gillis also describes a new style of wire-thread insert, called the Spiralock Drive Notch (TM) Insert, that eliminates installation tangs. Such wire thread inserts are increasingly favored by engine manufacturers and aerospace companies for joining soft materials such as magnesium or aluminum.

Also new on the scene are thin walled nuts, which provide weight savings as well as better balancing normally associated with the self-centering aspect of the Spiralock thread locking design. These nuts excel in high-heat, high-rpm turbocharger applications, such as found in performance automobiles and turboprop applications. In both cases, weight reduction is important.

In providing a glimpse into the future, Gillis revealed that, "We have many projects under development to solve a greater number of specific threaded joint applications: a nut that will free-spin onto a bolt and still have enough prevailing torque to prevent it from coming off; self locking threaded fasteners for soft joints such as a gasket; and a tamper-proof nut for more permanent applications."

Given such improvements in thread locking technology, manufacturers can look forward to greater opportunities to design lighter-weight products without sacrificing joint integrity. Further research into providing self locking threaded fasteners with highly-focused application specificity promises to provide solutions well beyond the immediate horizon.

Kate Turowska
Spiralock Corporation
25235 Dequindre Road
Madison Heights, MI 48071
Phone: (248) 543-7800
Fax: (248) 543-1403
http://www.spiralock.com

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Incorpinusa Introduces Revenue Sharing Partnership Program

Incorpinusa's revenue sharing partnership program was established to initiate, develop and foster long term relationships between Incorpinusa and partners residing outside the United States. Members in the partnership program realize significant benefits. Most significantly, it provides our partners with a resource in the United States that will assist their clients with setting up, launching and effectively managing a business in the United States.

Charlotte, NC (PRWEB) September 27, 2006 -- Incorpinusa announced the launch of its revenue sharing partnership program. The revenue sharing partnership program was established to initiate, develop and foster long term relationships between Incorpinusa and partners residing outside the United States.

Incorpinusa recognizes that local accountants, lawyers and business development organizations, such as the local chamber of commerce, are the primary resource that business owners and entrepreneurs turn to when seeking advice on expanding from their country into the United States market. The partnership program offers the in-country accountant, lawyer or business development organization with a primary contact and trusted resource in the United States. The services of Incorpinusa extend beyond simply incorporating a business for their client. It will help the client establish an infrastructure, set up effective reporting systems and become the "go to" contact in the US to help their clients overcome barriers to entry in the US market and increase the chance o