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Contact: Louise Bentley, Momentum West Program Manager Phone 715-874-4673 Nearly 70 of west Wisconsin’s business, education and government leaders met with their newly elected state legislators at Momentum West’s Legislative Forum held December 6, 2010 in Menomonie. The Legislative Forum provided an opportunity for the 16 legislators representing the Momentum West region to “get acquainted” and build partnerships with Momentum West...

CONTACT: Li Li Ji, 608-262-7250, ji@education.wisc.edu MADISON - The 2010 Chinese Champions program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is winding up a highly successful inaugural session amid news that the innovative exchange has been extended for three additional years. The groundbreaking program allowed eight Olympic-caliber Chinese student-athletes and coaches to live and study at UW-Madison as part of a partnership with...

CONTACT: Katie Dettman, kdettman@wisc.edu, 815-441-7899; Katy Culver, kbculver@wisc.edu, 608-263-3396 MADISON - In early September, a group of 20 University of Wisconsin-Madison students decided Wisconsin women have moxie, and in just 11 weeks, they produced a print and digital magazine to prove it. The magazine, titled Curb, is an annual project of undergraduate and graduate students in a UW-Madison School of...

Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council selects ESI based on economic benefits BROOKFIELD–December 08, 2010– ESI (Environmental Systems, Inc.) announced today it is among the first Wisconsin firms to receive the Green Masters designation from the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council (WSBC). Fourteen Wisconsin companies will be recognized today as Green Masters at this year’s WSBC annual conference in Neenah. “ESI...

For More Information, Contact: Nancy Christopher-Wilkes, 262-510-2855 or nancy@platypus-ad.com Steve Kabelowsky is New Content Strategist PEWAUKEE, Wis. (December 7, 2010) -- Technology moves pretty fast. Platypus Advertising + Design has made it a practice of knowing how to lead organizations through the various changes. The Pewaukee-based firm is proud to add Steve Kabelowsky as a...

Contact: Bill G. Smith, 608-255-6083 or Jack Mozloom, 609-989-8777 Arrangement creates intermediate stability for small businesses, consumers, investors and taxpayers Madison (December 7, 2010) -- The National Federation of Independent Business, the nation’s leading advocate for small businesses, today praised a tentative compromise on income taxes announced last night by President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans. “We would have preferred a more...

Contacts: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661 Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 Project will create 10 jobs MADISON—Governor Jim Doyle today announced that Appleton Papers Inc. in Portage, Columbia County, has received $300,000 from the Community Development Block Grant-Economic Development Program administered by the...

Contacts: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661 Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 Project creates 23 jobs MADISON—Governor Jim Doyle today announced $334,000 in tax credits for Thilmany, LLC to upgrade its manufacturing processes at its Kaukauna and De Pere facilities. The funding comes from...

Contact: Randall Upton President, GBCC 608-365-8835 Jennifer Griffith HR Manager, Genencor, a Danisco Division 608-363-6419 BELOIT, Wis. -The Greater Beloit Chamber of Commerce has nominated Genencor, a Danisco Division, 2600 Kennedy Dr., Beloit, for the 23rd annual Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year Award. The nomination was approved and is endorsed by the GBCC’s Board of Directors. Genencor was presented with the GBCC’s “Business of the...