Earth Day Canada: Alberta Becomes First Province to Embrace EcoAction

The Government of Alberta and Earth Day Canada (EDC) have established a new collaboration to help Albertans take environmental action in their homes. EDC’s EcoAction Teams (EAT) and Alberta Environment’s One Simple Act (OSA) programs are working together to build environmental awareness and conservation in every Alberta home. The initiative... 

International Energy Announces Breakthrough Diagnostic Technology for Algae-Derived Biofuels

International Energy, Inc., a developer of leading-edge technologies for the renewable generation of photosynthetic biofuels, today announced that researchers have devised and instituted an important patent-pending technology capable of rapidly determining the accumulation of bio-oil and other high-value compounds in microalgae, an important advancement... 

Dowding Pursues Wind Turbine Machining with Massive MAG Machine Tools

A long-time contract supplier of fabricated and machined components to a wide range of companies, Dowding Industries is making the leap to large-part production and the transition to the alternative energy economy. It announced today at the International Manufacturing Technology Show the purchase of two massive machining systems from MAG Industrial... 

Software AG and Watt Germany GmbH Revolutionizing the Utility’s Business Processes

Software AG, a global leader in business infrastructure software, announced that Watt Germany GmbH has chosen the webMethods product suite from Software AG to support a revolutionary approach to managing Watt’s business processes. Watt has embarked on a program of redefining its total operations from a business process perspective. Having reduced... 

Environmental Risk Services (ERS) Selects Locus’ Environmental Software

Locus Technologies (Locus), the industry leader in web-based environmental data and information management software, announced today that Locus EIM was selected by Environmental Risk Services (ERS) to manage environmental data for a former Navy site and large Port in California. The Port facility is one of California’s largest, and consists of... 

Giant-Carlisle to Manage Fuel Pricing with KSS Software

Giant-Carlisle, a subsidiary of Ahold USA, has selected KSS Inc.’s PriceNet, PriceNet Mobile and Visualizer solutions to manage fuel pricing for 61 Giant Food Store fuel locations across Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. “In today’s fuel environment, it’s vital to have accurate and reliable information at our fingertips to... 

Progress Energy Florida Prepares for Effects of Tropical Storm Fay

Progress Energy Florida continues to monitor Tropical Storm Fay closely and is preparing for the storm’s potential impact on the company’s service area. Progress Energy Florida today opened its system storm center in Winter Garden to ensure quick response to storm damage and enhanced information flow to customers. The command center mobilizes... 

Symyx Technologies Acquires Integrity Biosolution

Symyx Technologies, Inc., announced it has acquired Camarillo, CA-based Integrity Biosolution, LLC in an all-cash transaction. IntegrityBio is a leader in contract formulation research and analytical services, providing high-quality, cost-effective formulation and stability solutions for large molecule biopharmaceuticals along with Good Manufacturing... 

Proserv Renames Recently Acquired Twachtman Snyder & Byrd and Circle Technical Services

Proserv Offshore LLC announced that Twachtman Snyder & Byrd (TSB) has changed its name to Proserv Decommissioning Contractors & Engineers Inc. and Proserv Abandonment Services, and Circle Technical Services has changed to Proserv Marine and Subsea Technology. All three represent business units within the Abandonment & Decommissioning... 

PennFuture Launches Campaign to Give Pennsylvania’s Families and Businesses Powerful Tools to Save on Electricity Bills

Today, Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture), joined by business leaders, people of faith, elected officials and representatives of the more than 50 organizations in Pennsylvania supporting strong energy savings legislation, launched a new statewide campaign, “How do you spell relief? HB 2200,” challenging all members of the Pennsylvania...