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Design Structures, LLC was hired by Lindblad Construction of Joliet, IL to manage the construction of two 15,000 square foot facilities for The Dow AgroSciences - Mycogen Seed Research Field Station in Arlington, WI. The scheduled completion date of the project is Spring of 2011. Design Structures, LLC is a design - build general contractor with offices...

MILWAUKEE (December 2, 2010) – Metrix, the field service software company, today announced the availability of four new portal solutions. The easy-to-use web apps are already helping Metrix customers transform their service delivery processes, extending their IT systems beyond the company walls and leveraging the latest CRM technologies. Each Metrix Service Portal is designed to meet the needs of a...

Contact: Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 Public-Private Partnership Launches a New Chapter in Wisconsin’s Bioscience Leadership MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle today celebrated the grand opening of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Governor Doyle first proposed the Institutes for Discovery in 2004 as part of an overall statewide strategy to cement Wisconsin’s status...

By Brian E. Clark For WisBusiness.com Sangtae Kim knows a thing or two about technology transfer, having worked as a UW-Madison and Purdue University scientist, a drug company executive and an official with the prestigious National Science Foundation. So he’s an excellent choice to lead the Morgridge Institute for Research, the private half of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery. The $210...

A recent report by The Solar Foundation ranked Wisconsin fifth in the nation in solar jobs. Many of those estimated 6,000 jobs are in manufacturing of solar components, which seems to fit the state’s emphasis, according to the foundation's director. “Manufacturing always has been an important part of Wisconsin’s economy,” said Andrea Luecke, who is well acquainted with the state. She...