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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4/22/13 CONTACT: Paul Radspinner, 608-658-6095, pradspinner@flugen.com MADISON - As a new type of "bird flu" causes deaths and worries in China, a Madison startup is attacking the problem on two fronts. FluGen, under the scientific guidance of University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a world authority on influenza, is moving ahead with a better way to deliver existing vaccines...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact Stephanie VanHaag svanhaag@greenfirellc.net | 414.290.9408 Milwaukee, WI | April 22, 2013 Charlie Opferman, AIA has joined Greenfire Management Services as an Owner’s Representative. A veteran of the development and construction industry, Charlie is a tremendous asset to Greenfire’s team. Charlie will be the Owner’s Representative at the $150 million Potawatomi...

Contact: Robin Reid, Communications Director Madison Community Foundation 608-232-1763 or rreid@madisoncommunityfoundation.org Madison Community Foundation recently awarded $170,000 from the Pleasant Rowland Great Performance Fund for Theater to four theater companies...

Contact: Tom Still or Joy Sawatzki at 608-442-7557 www.WiTrepsConference.com MADISON – Jason Lucash, co-founder of OrigAudio and a nationally known entrepreneur whose credentials include landing an investment during an episode of ABC’s “Shark Tank,” will speak at the 11th annual Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference. Lucash, who was Entrepreneur magazine’s “Emerging Entrepreneur of 2012,” also landed a spot on Time magazine’s “Top...

From: Kendall Brunker, Administrative Assistant Design Structures kbrunker@designstructures.com Kendall Packaging Corporation and Design Structures, LLC are excited to announce the ground breaking of Kendall Packaging’s new 55,428 square foot facility located in Jefferson, WI. Project completion is scheduled for late summer 2013. This follows the installation of a 10-color W&H Miraflex press at the Jefferson,...

Contact: Faramarz Vakili, (608) 265-2757, fvakili@fpm.wisc.edu MADISON - As the nation recognizes Earth Day on April 22, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is celebrating ongoing strides toward improving campus sustainability. Campus energy conservation efforts put in place during the past several years are continuing to pay off, says Faramarz Vakili, co-director of the UW-Madison Office of Sustainability and associate director of the...

Contact: Jeanne Carpenter, 608-358-7837 MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Artisan Cheesemaker Guild, a new member-based organization offering networking and educational opportunities for beginning and current artisan and farmstead cheesemakers, announces its inaugural line-up of events, focusing on the affinage of artisan cheese. The debut of the Wisconsin Artisan Cheesemaker Guild, already at 27 members strong, marks the start of a new...

CONTACT: David Thompson, CEO, (262) 544-5500, dave@swimmingpoolservices.com Pewaukee, Wis. – Continuing its lengthy run of honors from professional and peer associations, Swimming Pool Services Inc. was recently awarded a Silver 2012 Wisconsin Remodelers Award from Milwaukee/NARI. The award, for “Landscape Design over $60,000,” recognized Swimming Pool Services’ work at a home in Franklin. The project balanced multiple needs of the homeowners,...

By Brian E. Clark For WisBusiness.com The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. is spending $169,340 on a reusable pavilion to be used for BIO International 2013 next week in Chicago and for future events to tout the state’s business successes. More than 50 Wisconsin biotech companies and research facilities, plus 150 people from the Badger State are expected to attend the world’s...

This is an excerpt from a column posted at BizOpinion As revenue secretary, I am aware of the growing sophistication of tax fraud schemes. According to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), attempts by identity thieves to steal personal information to claim tax refunds grew 78 percent from 2011 to 2012. Likewise, the IRS estimates that 23 percent to 28 percent...

Welcome to a new episode of "WisBusiness: The Show," a twice-a-month Web show covering state business news and issues. In this episode, Liz Schrum talks with Ellen Nowak of the state Public Service Commission about regulatory issues affecting the business community; Tom Still explains how the finalists in the Governor’s Business Plan Contest reflect state market trends; and the...