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By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – Several times a year, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates heads off on a “think” retreat to look into his crystal ball. “I ponder the ideas that people send me,” Gates told more than 200 University of Wisconsin-Madison biology and computer science students Wednesday afternoon. “I also try to make sure the $5 billion we spend annually on...

Media Contact: Barbara Duff, Buzz, Inc. Phone: 1.800.362.1273 Email: duff@buzzinc.net     Organization reflects grassroots commitment to the social and environmental benefits of an organic culture   SPRING VALLEY, WI (October 2005)—To mark its 10th year bringing delicious certified organic products to market, Country Choice Organic, based in Minneapolis, MN, announces ten recipients in a grant program recognizing organizations that share its charter of “making it easy...

For further Information contact: Dave Cary, Communication Specialist Orion Energy Systems Plymouth WI (920) 892-5804 :dcary@oriones.com Jerry Swedish, plant manager Park Printing House LTD Verona WI (608) 845-6505 Change to Orion fixtures saves firm 45,290 kilowatt-hours annually, the equivalent of saving 3,739 gallons of gas each year By changing all of its work-area lighting to a system made by Orion Energy Systems of Plymouth, WI, Park Printing...

Media Contact: Ken Kodama Vice President of Sheetfed Sales (847) 634-9100 Fax: (847) 634-9109 Diamond 3000R Is Wisconsin Commercial Printer’s Fourth Mitsubishi Press WAUNAKEE, Wis. — What does it take to become a leader in your marketplace? In the case of award-winning commercial printer Suttle-Straus, Inc., a dedicated workforce, highly motivated sales staff and tradition of implementing advanced technologies to increase quality and efficiency....

Leading temperature controlled logistics provider will enhance efficiency, improve customer visibility and increase optimization Waukesha, WI – RedPrairie Corporation, a global leader in supply chain technology solutions that enable business process transformation, announced today that Atlas Cold Storage will implement RedPrairie’s DLx® Transportation Management Solution (TMS) across its distribution network to optimize the efficiency of their growing cold storage...

CONTACT: Rich Judge/608-260-2419 Governor Doyle’s re-election campaign announced today that Marc Marotta will serve as the campaign’s chair. Marotta, who served as Governor Doyle’s Secretary of Administration for almost three years, has returned to work in the private sector and is a partner at the Foley & Lardner law firm in Milwaukee. “Marc Marotta is one...

Contact: Russ Kashian (262) 472-5584 kashianr@uww.edu WHITEWATER ­ The hypothesis was straightforward. Does the ATM network offered by the Community Bankers of Wisconsin result in higher or lower profits to its participants? The straightforward answer is yes. Further, do small banks that belong to a consortium, such as the Community Bankers of Wisconsin, make more money by charging fees for ATM transactions,...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – When Gov. Jim Doyle delivered a $2 million check two weeks ago to the founders of the biotech start-up company Cellular Dynamics International, he used the event to tout his Grow Wisconsin 2005 plan. But with research on human embryonic stem cells such a high-profile and controversial topic – the state Senate voted to ban...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com SUN PRAIRIE -- William J. Lenling, vice president of Thermal Spray Technologies, isn't sure if he wants to be the poster boy for the future of Wisconsin industry. But if Badger State manufacturing is going to thrive in the 21st Century, high-tech companies like TST -- which makes engineered coatings for everything from motorcycle gears to...