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Contact: Linda Abbott 608-826-6215; abbott@chorus.net Training Within Industry (TWI) Engages Workers to Champion Lean and Innovation MADISON, Wis. – Manufacturers looking for ways to empower employees to be agents of change within their organizations may be interested in a new offering from the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP). Training Within Industry (TWI) is a nationally recognized and highly effective program...

Contacts: Carla Vigue, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 Dick Jones, Department of Workforce Development, 608-267-4780 Expanded Employment and Training Services Will Benefit More Than 4,900 Workers MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle today announced nearly $4 million in assistance for dislocated workers, providing expanded employment and...

Contact: Jim Schram Tel: 414-433-4953 E-mail: jschram@innotechinc.com InnoTech donates time to help UPC fix long time computer problem Wauwatosa, WI (July 28, 2009) – United Cerebral Palsy of Southeastern Wisconsin has been worried for years about an older computer that ran their billing software. Each time they tried transferring it to a newer computer it didn’t work, and they were concerned they...

For More Information Contact: Bill Cosh 608/266-1221 NEW HOLSTEIN - Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced that Denver Kalkofen (age 54) of New Holstein, Wisconsin has been sentenced to prison for securities fraud and the theft of investors’ money. On July 28, 2009, Kalkofen appeared before the Hon. Donald A. Poppy, Calumet...

Contact: Joshua Morby (414) 791-9120 According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, it takes only three gallons of water to produce one gallon of ethanol. Think that’s a lot of water? Here are some water statistics from the U.S. Geological Survey: * 14 gallons – amount needed to grow ONE orange * 65 gallons...

Contact: Angie Langer Marketing Communications email: alanger@sajan.com phone: 877-426-9505 Connects GCMS Translation Management System to PTC Windchill® and Arbortext® RIVER FALLS, WI- July 28th, 2009 - Sajan, the leader in translation technology, announced today that it has joined PTC's PartnerAdvantage Program. Inclusion in the partner program, which provides access to a comprehensive suite of capabilities, followed an extensive review of Sajan's Translation Management...

Innovation experts highlight Orion’s technological and business model advances in “Conquering Innovation Fatigue” MANITOWOC, Wis. — July 28, 2009 — A new book designed for “anyone seeking success through innovation” devotes an entire chapter to Orion Energy Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OESX), detailing the company’s success despite barriers to the innovative ideas and concepts of the energy management systems manufacturer. “Conquering Innovation...

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NOTE: This story also ran on the Vernon Economic Development Association web site at http://www.veda-wi.org. By Gregg Hoffmann Making a fast buck is important to some people, but that doesn’t help build sustainable food systems or communities, according to Woody Tasch, chairman of the Investors’ Circle and founder of the International Slow Food Movement. Tasch is the author of...