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Software Provider UGS Corp. Earns GM Recognition
Monday, April 16, 2007
General Motors has named UGS Corp. a 2006 Supplier of the Year for the second consecutive year, for its overall business performance in enabling GM to transform its process of innovation by significantly reducing up-front vehicle-development time. UGS, Plano, TX, provides product-lifecycle-management software supporting product design, engineering and manufacturing;
www.ugs.com
Trumpf Receives Innovation Award
Thursday, April 12, 2007
The Connecticut Quality Improvement Award, recognizing Connecticut manufacturing and service companies that excel in quality improvements for business success and growth, has been bestowed upon Trumpf Inc., Farmington, CT. Trumpf earned a silver-level Innovation Prize recognizing its Synchro production of the TruLaser2025, a blend of laser resonator, cutting machine and automated material handling. Learn more at
www.us.trumpf.com.
Industrial Powder Coatings Under New Ownership
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Greenkote PLC, which offers metal-coating services from its plants in Israel and Germany, has acquired the assets of Industrial Powder Coatings, Inc. (IPC). The new North American entity, headquartered in Shelbyville, KY, becomes Greenkote-IPC Inc., with five plants in the southern and Midwestern United States and Mexico. It provides powder coating, e-coating, zinc and nickel chrome plating and nylon and plastisol (dip coating) services. Learn more at
www.greenkoteipc.com.