http://SupplyChain.industrysearch.com software supply chain management software supply chain management services supply chain management training supply chain management companies supply chain software supply chain management courses COLUMBUS – Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher, Chair of the Ohio Third Frontier Commission, today announced that the Commission recommended more than $24 million in grants through the Ohio Engineering and Physical Science Research Commercialization Program to four Ohio companies and one Ohio university to support commercialization of new and innovative technologies including converting waste heat to usable electricity and improving solar cell technology. The awards are contingent upon State Control. http://SupplyChain.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14605%2etxt ArlingtonVA, June 25, 2008 – PMMI, sponsor and producer of PACK EXPO International 2008, today announced the agenda for the upcoming Conference at PACK EXPO. With its overarching theme of “Change, Innovation and Sustainability,” the three-day program is packed with high-profile keynote presentations and more than 50 sessions presented by industry leaders and innovators. http://SupplyChain.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14597%2etxt VALPARAISO, Indiana, - Software and systems developer Integrated Process Automation and Control Technologies Inc. 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Its 421 grocery, convenience and other retail stores are located in 17 states in the South and in New York. http://SupplyChain.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14512%2etxt AKRON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WEK Industries, a Myers Industries, Inc. company, was presented with Honda’s Productivity Improvement Award at this year’s North American Executive Honda Supplier Conference in March. http://SupplyChain.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14509%2etxt ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Electronic component orders dipped in April, following a roller-coaster pattern that has prevailed over the past six months. The 12-month average remained relatively flat, according to the monthly index compiled by the Electronic Components Association (ECA). http://SupplyChain.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14482%2etxt COLUMBUS - Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher announced that Westside Industrial Retention and Expansion Network (WIRE-Net) has been awarded an $850,000 grant to identify, expand, and promote Ohio’s wind energy supply chain. WIRE-Net was the successful applicant to the Ohio Wind Supply Chain Request for Proposals released by the Ohio Energy Office in February. http://SupplyChain.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14476%2etxt COLUMBUS, Ohio — The nation’s agricultural biotechnology experts will convene in Ohio June 3 to 5 to discuss the role this industry will play in the future of renewable fuels, energy and industrial products. http://SupplyChain.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14467%2etxt As energy prices spiral out of control, companies like Bill Bivins’ Louisville Clean Energy are scrambling to get alternative sources to market and in the process they’re creating a mainstream industry. http://SupplyChain.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14457%2etxt COLUMBUS – Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher has announced that more than $18.1 million in economic development and roadwork development grants have been awarded to aid in the growth of businesses and the creation and retention of jobs in Ohio. 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