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Regional technology leader now key integrator of Apple products for large organizations OCONOMOWOC, WI – January 6, 2011 – PDS announced today they are now fully authorized to sell, integrate and support the popular Apple iPad product. With a large healthcare customer base, the Oconomowoc, WI based technology company has been eager to respond to the growing demand from customers...

Leading mechanical contractor to unify management of construction accounting, project management and field service operations and documents with integrated PENTA Software Milwaukee, WI - January 6th, 2011 - Penta Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of enterprise software for the construction industry, announced today that Murphy Company Mechanical Contractors and Engineers has selected PENTA Software as its enterprise platform for unified...

BUTLER, Wis. (Jan. 6, 2010) – MRPC, a leading single-source provider of medical device components and assemblies, has added Kenneth Kostecki as its new Southeast Territory Sales Manager. Kostecki joins MRPC with more than nine years of engineering experience in the injection molding and extrusion market. Most recently, he served as a technical support manager for an international manufacturer of...

Contact: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608/267-9661 MADISON—All one- and two-family dwellings will be required to install carbon monoxide (CO) alarms to comply with changes in Chs. Comm 21 and 28, Wis. Adm. Code. The rule changes are in response to 2009 Act 158, enacted March 10, 2010, and follow a similar requirement for multi-family dwellings. “According to the...

Contact: Nick George, President 608-255-9946 Nick.George@mwfpa.org Brian Elliott Dir. of Communications 608-255-9946 Brian.Elliott@mwfpa.org The tort reform initiatives included in Governor Scott Walker’s Special Session economic development package will reduce litigation and help Wisconsin food processors remain competitive, according to the Midwest Food Processors Association (MWFPA). “The fear of lawsuit abuse adds to the cost of all products...

CONTACT: Chris Kucharik, kucharik@wisc.edu, 608-890-3021 MADISON - An interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is turning a comprehensive lens on Madison's water in all its forms - in the lakes, streets, faucets, ground and atmosphere - thanks to the National Science Foundation. Five UW-Madison professors, including two of the campus's most-lauded ecologists, recently received a five-year,...

CONTACT: Jake Moskol, 608-262-2852, jamoskol@wisc.edu MADISON - Global health problems extend beyond clinics, vaccine laboratories, and hospitals. Some of the most pressing problems stem from societal, economic and environmental factors as well. The University of Wisconsin-Madison's growing Global Health Initiative is taking on this multisector challenge by fostering research collaborations that advance sustainable health in Wisconsin and the world. "The tendency in...

MEDIA CONTACTS: Lisa Marshall, Wisconsin Department of Tourism Phone: 608-267-3773 E-mail: lmarshall@travelwisconsin.com Jocelyn Berkhahn, Wisconsin Department of Tourism Phone: 608-261-8203 E-mail: jberkhahn@travelwisconsin.com VISIT Milwaukee VP to join state agency MADISON, Wis. (January 5, 2011) — David Fantle, vice president of public relations for VISIT Milwaukee, has been named deputy secretary of tourism for the Wisconsin Department of Tourism. For nearly seven years Fantle has worked for VISIT...

Contact: Bill G. Smith at (608) 255-6083 Jack Mozloom at (609) 989-8777 15 percent tax credit will boost small business job creation MADISON (January 5, 2011) – The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) today said that a proposed tax credit for small businesses announced by Governor Scott Walker this afternoon will invigorate the state’s struggling economy and put people back to...

Integrity Insurance added Laura Dedering as a program and association specialist. She will be instrument in promoting current commercial products, developing new products and building relationships crucial to the success of expansion into niche and program business. Dedering has a bachelor’s degree in human resource managemetn from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Before joining Integrity, she was an association business development...

Visual Analogies and Inquiries: The Work of Michiko Itatani and Birgitta Weimer TINY: Art from Microscopes at UW-Madison January 21 - March 5, 2011 Artist Talk, Thursday, Jan. 20, 6 p.m.; Opening Reception Gallery Night, Jan. 21, 5 - 9 p.m. High resolution images, artists' statements and information about the TINY exhibit are available at the ftp site listed below. Tours of the exhibitions...