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Contact: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608/267-9661 Project Expected to Create 30 Jobs MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle today announced that Semba Biosciences, Madison, has received a $250,000 Technology Venture Fund (TVF) loan from the Department of Commerce for equipment and working capital to expand its capabilities into additional product lines and international distribution. “By continuing to invest in biotech...

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Brookfield, WI -- Spring Bank, the City of Brookfield Economic Development Committee and the Greater Brookfield Chamber of Commerce announced today a new workshop series led by ActionCOACH of Elm Grove, the world's number one business coaching and executive consulting firm. The eight-session series addresses a number of topics that will help business executives prepare for the pending...

CONTACT: Wayne Feltz, wayne.feltz@ssec.wisc.edu, 608-265-6283; Tim Schmit, Tim.J.Schmit@noaa.gov, 608-263-0291 MADISON - A satellite that won't be launched into orbit until 2015 is already paying dividends for an advanced weather research project. Scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) are participating in a project designed to bridge the gap between current satellite capabilities and the advanced...

CONTACT: Dane Morgan, 608-265-5879, ddmorgan@wisc.edu MADISON - Imagine a car that runs on hydrogen from solar power and produces water instead of carbon emissions. While vehicles like this won't be on the market anytime soon, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are making incremental but important strides in the fuel cell technology that could make clean cars a reality. Materials science and...

For More Information Contact: Bill Cosh 608/266-1221 MADISON — Medtronic, Inc. (Medtronic) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA, Inc., (MSD) have agreed to pay $59,741.87 to Wisconsin Medicaid plus interest to settle claims that it defrauded the program. That component was part of an aggregate settlement of $40 million...

Three-Time World Champion headlines All-Star Fields as Series Kicks Off in Wisconsin (Louisville, KY) -- Organizers of the US Gran Prix of Cyclocross, (USGP) announced today that three-time World Champion Erwin Vervecken will compete at the 2009 USGP Planet Bike Cup on September 26th and 27th at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, WI. Series Director, Joan Hanscom, says "We are...

Contact: Jay Sapiro, Visuality (608) 271-3305, jay@visuality.com Madison, WI – Visuality, a Madison, WI, based media firm, has opened a new office in Boston, MA. The new Boston office will help Visuality better serve its existing clients across the country and also grow and expand its client base in the northeast and down the east coast. At the same time, Visuality...

Contacts Maureen Park Everything Channel (516) 562-5942 mpark@everythingchannel.com Maria Schafer 608-334-5051 mariaschafer99@gmail.com Madison, WI – Today it was announced that Laurie Benson, former CEO of Inacom Information Systems (now Core BTS), has been recognized by Everything Channel’s CRN Magazine as one of the Top 100 Women in the Channel. The Top 100...

For Immediate Release Contact: Doug Bradley (608) 263-0238 bradley@ocr.wisc.edu Madison, WI – When Zoe Moore, innovation network manager for Vestas Global Research, was challenged with the task of forming a partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where did she turn for help? When David Ryder and his company, MillerCoors, wanted to donate fermentation equipment to the university, who did he trust to...

Media Relations Contact Annie Gentil Public Relations Coordinator Standard Process Inc.® 262-495-6425 agentil@standardprocess.com PALMYRA, Wisconsin (September 17, 2009) —For the third consecutive year, Standard Process Inc.‚ has been named to INC. magazine’s list of the 5,000 fastest growing private companies in America, rising 420 places in rank from last year. Standard Process, a nutritional whole food supplement company...

Contacts: Jennifer Christianson Marketing Manager BioForward 608-236-4693 MADISON, Wis. – How biotechnology companies can thrive in the difficult economic conditions and prepare themselves for the unprecedented opportunity of the coming decade is the theme of the Biotechnology Vision Summit 2009, being held on Wednesday, Oct. 7, at the Madison Marriott West, Madison, Wis. The summit...

Contact: Joshua Wescott, Office of the County Executive (608) 267-8823 or cell (608) 669-5606 Center for Resilient Cities Offers to Buy, Redevelop Badger School Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk announced today the county has received an offer to purchase the old Badger School from a group that’s looking to redevelop the area and convert it into a site for urban...

Contact: Jane Larson (608) 224-5005 MADISON-Members of a new council that will advise the state agriculture department on the purchase of agricultural conservation easements, part of the efforts to protect Wisconsin farmland, were announced today. Secretary Rod Nilsestuen today announced his nominations for twelve members of the Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easement (PACE) Council. State law requires a council to...

MILWAUKEE – Attorneys from numerous practice areas throughout Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren have joined together to form a cross-disciplinary team of lawyers with specialized experience in assisting water-related organizations. The team, known as the Water Innovation, Technology and Sustainability (WITS) group will help organizations to grow and prosper as part of the regional initiative to raise Milwaukee's profile as...