Local artisan food and beverage producers offer samples at first-ever Tasting event
A dozen regional food and beverage producers will be featured at a Tasting on Wednesday, August 16th, from 6 to 8 pm at The Fork and Spoon Cafe at RP’s Pasta Company, at 1133 East Wilson Street in Madison, WI. The press is invited to attend.
The Tasting is the first of its kind, and will kick off a series...
Orion: Receives $4.5 Million Investment from Expansion Capital Partners
PLYMOUTH, WI -- Orion Energy Systems, an award winning designer and manufacturer of energy management products and services, announced that Expansion Capital Partners, LLC of New York City and San Francisco have made a $4.5 million Series C investment in Orion.
Privately held, Orion has more than 380 stockholders. Orion now does business with 60 of the Fortune 1000...
UW-Madison, MATC: Collaborate on Biodiesel Fuel Reactor
MADISON - Madison Area Technical College today dedicated its new biodiesel reactor,built in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, to produce motor fuelblended from waste vegetable oil and methanol.The reactor will be used to educate MATC students in the production, use and qualitycontrol of biodiesel fuels and the maintenance of biodiesel-fueled engines andvehicles and promote the use of biofuels...
Imago: LEAP 3000X Wins 2006 R&D 100 Award
Madison, WI – (August 6, 2006) –Imago® Scientific Instruments Corp. announced todaythat its LEAP 3000X™ atom probe microscope is a recipient of the prestigious R&D100award for 2006. A panel of industry experts appointed by Research and Developmentmagazine announced the LEAP® system’s award “…as one of the 100 mosttechnologically significant products introduced into the marketplace over the past year.”
Atom probe...
UW-Madison: Moving Day Frustration? Make a Donation
MADISON-Each August, thousands of students move in and out of downtown apartments.In an effort to minimize the mess and maximize the benefit to the community, theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison and a coalition of local partners, including theCity of Madison, Goodwill Industries and St. Vincent de Paul, are working togetheron the Moving Days campaign to encourage students to donate usable items...
DATCP: UWM recieves state funding for research on eco-friendly plastics
MILWAUKEE - The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has awarded a $50,000 grant to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) to advance research on sustainable and biodegradable plastics made from agricultural and forestry products produced in Wisconsin.
Rod Nilsestuen, Secretary of the DATCP, will formally announce the award on Tuesday, Aug. 8, at UWM. The ceremony...
Focus on Energy: Renewable Energy Program Promotes Energy Independence
MADISON, Wis. (August 7, 2006) – Focus on Energy’s Renewable Energy Program has helped nearly 570 Wisconsin businesses and homeowners become more energy independent. By providing technical and financial assistance toward the installation of renewable energy systems, Focus on Energy allowed them to harness energy from the sun, the wind and organic materials.
Focus on Energy’s Renewable Energy Program strives...
Third Wave Technologies: Begins Clinical Trial for HPV Products
MADISON, Wis. -- Third Wave TechnologiesInc. ( Nasdaq: TWTI) today announced that the clinical trial for its twohuman papillomavirus, or HPV, products is underway. Third Wave continuesto anticipate submitting the applications for approval of those productsto the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2007.Clinical trial site initiations and the enrollment of women for thetrial began in late July,...
