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RACINE, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Modine Manufacturing Company (NYSE:MOD), a diversified leader in thermal management technology and solutions, announced today that Brian E. Lee has joined the company as Managing Director, Global Passenger Thermal Management. He reports to Thomas Burke, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Lee brings to the position more than 20 years of experience in the climate control...

MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Esker, the leader in document process automation solutions, announced today the release of Esker Fax Services for SAP applications, a new SaaS (Software as a Service) offering for the enterprise. The SAP-certified service integrates seamlessly allowing users to send faxes directly from their SAP system without any investment in fax software or hardware, which makes adding virtually...

MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EthoStream, LLC, the leading provider of technology solutions to the hospitality industry, today announced the release of their new EthoStream Bandwidth Management System, designed to provide complete control of bandwidth allocation across a hotel’s network to maximize efficiency. The system provides full visibility of bandwidth consumption, as well as the ability to dynamically or manually limit bandwidth access,...

GREEN BAY, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Schneider National, Inc., a premier provider of transportation, logistics and intermodal services, today announced that professional truck driver Glenda Campbell has won the first-ever “Woman Trucker Award”. The award was presented to Campbell by officials from the Orlando Truckers’ Conference, DOTAuthority.com, Inc. and the Women in Trucking (WIT) Association in February at the 2007 Orlando Truckers’...

Paul J. Carbone is bullish on the Wisconsin economy. “I know some people question where things stand from a cycle point of view and the ability of Wisconsin to continue to grow and attract capital and build companies, but we are generally quite positive about what we see,” said Carbone, 45, director of the Private Equity Group for Milwaukee-based...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON - The Wisconsin Utilities Association says it will fight proposed new clean air rules from the Department of Natural Resources that DNR believes will result in a 90 percent reduction in mercury emissions from Wisconsin’s coal-fired power plants by 2020. The association and its allies also will contest another proposal from the DNR...

HOUGHTON, MI – Upper Peninsula Power Company has extended by one month the deadline for submitting comments on its draft Shoreline Management Plans (SMPs) for five hydroelectric projects in the U.P. Hearing that interested parties preferred a longer comment period, UPPCO extended the deadline from April 21 to May 21, 2007. The draft SMPs were placed on UPPCO’s Web...

WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis., March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Upgrades have already started for five newly acquired properties to be renamed and incorporated into Mt. Olympus. On March 15, Nick and Eva Laskaris, now the sole proprietors of Mt. Olympus, purchased three adjacent lodging properties and two major attractions to create the largest entertainment resort complex in the Wisconsin Dells. The...

CHICAGO, March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Allison Slade, co-founder and principal of a small start-up charter school in Chicago called Namaste, couldn't keep up with the phone calls from educators across the country who had heard about the school's innovative approach to fighting childhood obesity and giving children access to high quality education. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070326/AQM062A ) Now, thanks to funding from Mars,...