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CONTACT: Tom Turng, (608) 262-0586, turng@engr.wisc.edu MADISON - Whether its contents are heavy-duty deli takeout for dinner or your child's new favorite toy, plastic packaging often withstands a good deal of abuse before it reaches the landfill. Although properties such as strength, toughness, rigidity and temperature-resistance make petroleum-based plastics for packaging so desirable, as trash, they can take a long...

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 17, 2006 – The Potawatomi Business Development Corporation (PBDC), owned and operated by the Forest County Potawatomi Community, announced today a new partnership with HCI Distribution and Ho Chunk, Inc., the business development arm of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. The partnership will focus on the launching of HCI Logistics, a Native American owned Transportation Brokerage...

Partnership will provide pre-integrated RFID solutions to minimize risk, installation time and cost of deployment Milwaukee, WI – RedPrairie, the world’s leading consumer driven optimization company has partnered with Babush Material Handling Systems, an expert in material handling system and control technology, to supply pre-integrated high-speed RFID labeling and RFID operational solutions. Integrating RFID, barcode, material handling controls...

MILWAUKEE, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A. O. Smith Corporation (NYSE:AOS) today announced third quarter net earnings of $17.0 million or $.55 per share on sales of $564.0 million. Third quarter 2006 earnings represented a more than 70 percent increase over the $9.7 million, or $.32 per share reported in the same period last year. Sales for the quarter ended Sept....

MILWAUKEE, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Manpower Inc. (NYSE:MAN) today reported that earnings per diluted share for the three months ended September 30, 2006 increased 33 percent to $1.16 from 87 cents in the prior year period. Net income in the quarter increased to $100.6 million from $76.3 million a year earlier. Revenues for the third quarter totaled $4.6 billion,...

Linking GuestBridge Table, Reservation, Waitlist and Guest Management with Industry-Leading Maitre’D POS Improves Operations and Captures Guest Spending Data MILWAUKEE , October 17, 2006 – GuestBridge, Inc. and Maitre’D today announced the ability to connect operational and financial data from the Maitre’D POS with the robust guest profiles and host stand operations capabilities provided by the GuestBridge Reserve and...

Media Contacts: Robyn Grossman/Tim Wirtz Hoffman York 414.225.9520/414.225.9522 rgrossman@hyc.com twirtz@hyc.com MADISON, Wis. — An increasing number of people are considering rising energy costs, energy independence and the environment when building a new home, however, many don’t know what they can do about these concerns. One option gaining attention is solar energy, a renewable energy option that uses the sun’s energy to heat hot water...

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