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Contact: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661 Project to create 14 jobs MADISON—Governor Jim Doyle announced today that Lake Assault Boats, LLC, Superior, Douglas County, will receive $111,000 in tax credits from the Economic Development Tax Credit Program from the Department of Commerce (Commerce) to move production from Minnesota to Superior. “One of my top priorities is to help move companies and...

Contact: Courtney Korselt Bostik, Inc. Phone: +1.414.774.2250 Fax: +1.414.774.8075 courtney.korselt@bostik-us.com http://www.bostik-us.com Marty Ellery +1.414.224.0210 mellery@n-s.com New Relyance™ Adhesive Recognized as Best New Product Wauwatosa, WI – May 11, 2010 – Relyance™, a new olefin-based adhesive platform introduced by Bostik Inc. in 2009, was recognized as an outstanding new product at this year’s IDEA10 International Engineered Fabrics Conference and Exposition held in Miami, Fla., during the last week of April. The...

Web site link: http://www.wfbf.com/archivej/htmArchive/showPage.aspx?page=15713.htm&id=15713 Contact: Dale Beaty, Director of Training and Leadership Development 608-828-5714 MADISON – Ten finalists will vie for the Wisconsin Farm Bureau’s Achievement Award this December. “This year’s crop of finalists represents the best and brightest young farmers in Wisconsin,” said the Wisconsin Farm Bureau’s spokesman, Casey Langan. The Achievement Award is open...

Media Contact: Steve Schultz (608) 458-3285 Approximately $150 million investment will reduce nitrogen oxide emissions MADISON, WI – May 11, 2010 – Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL), a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT), has received oral approval from the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) to install additional emissions reduction technology at Edgewater Generating Station Unit 5 in...

Contact: Mark Graul 920-217-3524 WHO: Ford safety technology marketing representatives will be on hand in the East Towne Mall parking lot to conduct demonstrations of Ford’s suite of safety technologies and innovations. The Wisconsin Safety Council, the Wisconsin Troopers Association, the Wisconsin Professional Police Association and the Wisconsin Sheriffs and Deputy...

For More Information Contact: Bill Cosh 608/266-1221 MADISON — Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen today announced that Wisconsin will receive $264,337.70, and the federal government $395,038.77 attributable to Wisconsin Medicaid, as part of a $72.5 million settlement with Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation and Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics, Inc. (“Novartis”). The agreement by 49 states, the...

Media Contacts: Nancy Deptolla (262) 236-4175 nbdeptolla@sbcglobal.net or Jennifer Neighbors (414) 476-5781 jennifer@neighborspr.com BELOIT, Wis. – ABC Supply Co. Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Bradco Supply Corp. The boards of both companies have approved the purchase and expect it to close by the end of June. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals. This is ABC’s first large acquisition since the untimely death...

Contacts: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661 Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 MADISON—Governor Jim Doyle announced today that EcoCombustion Energy Systems Corporation, Kaukauna, Outagamie County, has received the Qualified New Business Venture certification from the Department of Commerce (Commerce) for developing a process...