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RACINE, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Modine Manufacturing Company (NYSE: MOD), a world leader in designing and developing heating and cooling solutions for the truck, automotive, agriculture, heavy-duty and industrial markets, announced today that it has been awarded various programs by Hyundai Motor Company of Seoul, South Korea. Hyundai awarded Modine approximately $100.0 million in business for Modine’s Euro-5 exhaust gas recirculation coolers...

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By Gregg Hoffmann WisBusiness.com The movement to make southwest Wisconsin a hot spot for alternative energy has met some opposition in recent weeks. Century Foods International filed a lawsuit March 20 in Monroe County Circuit Court in an attempt to block construction of a proposed ethanol plant next to Century Foods’ largest Sparta processing facility. Opponents also raised their voices at a...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, April 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Interstate Power and Light Co. (IPL), a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE:LNT) decided to utilize super-critical pulverized coal boiler technology at its new generation facility planned for Marshalltown, Iowa. It offers IPL's customers affordable and reliable electricity and also boasts increased efficiencies over traditional plants. Those efficiencies provide a reduction in...

MILWAUKEE, April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Today marks the official launch of BoomerTowne.com(TM), a new, informational Web site for all things baby boomer- related. BoomerTowne.com is the concept of entrepreneur Herschel "Buzz" Peddicord and was developed as "the" online destination for the baby boomer generation. The site features a wide variety of content on topics ranging from health and travel...

MADISON, Wis., April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Creative Software, a leading provider of professional video and audio-editing software applications, today announced an upgrade to their Sound Forge(R) professional digital audio editing application to version 9. The industry-leading Sound Forge software has been a tool of choice among media professionals for more than a decade and is now the cornerstone...

DULUTH, Minn., April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless customers in the Twin Ports area of Duluth and Superior, Wis., can now have access to the Internet and to their email and corporate data at faster speeds, uploading files eight to nine times faster than before as Verizon Wireless rolls out its next-generation high-speed broadband network. Based on CDMA 1x...

VIOLA, Wis., April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- A new gluten free line of macrobiotic energy bars in three flavors -- Cashew Butter, Tahini Date and Peanut Protein -- has been introduced for health conscious consumers by GoMacro Inc. According to Jolanta Sonkin, GoMacro Co-Founder, "MacroBars(TM) get their rich taste from organic brown rice syrup, a complex carbohydrate containing energy yielding nutrients...

RACINE, Wis., April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- SC Johnson Chairman and CEO H. Fisk Johnson makes a second appearance in SC Johnson's new family advertising campaign focused on the environment that the company launched last fall. The campaign further communicates to consumers SC Johnson's long-standing commitment to the environment and to the health of the families who use the company's...

STEVENS POINT, Wis., April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- AIG Travel Guard announced that it will provide emergency travel services and medical assistance services free to evacuees of the Sea Diamond cruise ship and their families after it ran aground and began taking in water off the Greek Island of Santorini on Thursday, April 5, 2007. Of the 1,200 passengers aboard, three-quarters...