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: May 23, 2013 5:00 pm

China Vacuum Pump Industry Report, 2013-2016
















NEW YORK, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:

China Vacuum Pump Industry Report, 2013-2016

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As a device pumping gases at a high speed to improve and maintain a vacuum state within a wide pressure range, vacuum pump is widely applied in the industries such as metallurgy, chemical, food and electroplating.

In 2011, the output of vacuum pump in China registered 7.3996 million sets, with a year-on-year rise of 12.6%. In 2012, the figure approximated 8.5 million sets, rising by 15% from a year earlier. Affected by downstream demand and environmental protection pressure, the product segments of vacuum pump behave differently. For example, in spite of a wide application scope, the market share of water ring vacuum pump shrinks gradually due to the restriction of environmental protection pressure; the dry vacuum pump rose sharply and performed well in 2012, and the high-end market is mainly dominated by enterprises from Europe, America and Japan.

From the perspective of vacuum pump import/export unit price in China, the vacuum pump import unit price amounted to USD252.08/set in 2012, while the export unit price reached USD42.35/set in same term, indicating relatively high import dependency on high-end products. Along with the improvement of technical level of vacuum pump in China, the import unit price is now witnessing decline gradually.

As of the end of 2012, major foreign-funded enterprises of vacuum pump have made arrangements in Chinese market, including Gardner Denver, Leybold ULVAC, Osaka Vacuum, Tuthill, Edward, etc.. In particular, Gardner Denver has established 9 subsidiaries in China, involving Gardner Denver Nash Machinery (with major sales brand as Nash), Gardner Denver Thomas Pneumatic Systems (Wuxi) (Thomas), ILMVAC Trading (Shanghai) (ILMVAC), Gardner Denver Trading (Shanghai) (Elmo Rietschle), Gardner Denver Machinery (Shanghai) (Air Drive, Drum, Emco Wheaton, Gardner Denver, TODO and Wittig) and so on.

The main contents of China Vacuum Pump Industry Report, 2013-2016 involve:
–Market size, import & export and market competition pattern (layout of global enterprises in China, development of local enterprises in China, etc.) of vacuum pump in China during 2011-2016;
–Market profile of vacuum pump market segments, and output and sales volume of major manufacturers (water ring vacuum pump and dry vacuum pump);
–Profile, major brands, vacuum pump business and arrangement in China of 10 foreign-funded enterprises;
–Profile, major brands, output and sales volume of major products, etc. of 17 local vacuum pump manufacturers in China.

Table of Contents

1 Overview of Vacuum Pump Industry
1.1 Definition and Classification
1.1.1 Definition
1.1.2 Application Area and Range
1.2 Industrial Policy

2. Vacuum Pump Market
2.1 Industry Overview
2.2 Import & Export
2.3 Market Pattern

3. Market Segments
3.1 Water Ring Vacuum Pump
3.2 Dry Vacuum Pump
3.2.1 Overview
3.2.2 Market Size
3.3 Molecular Pump

4. Major Multinational Manufacturers
4.1 Gardner Denver
4.1.1 Profile
4.1.2 Pump Business
4.1.3 Gardner Denver Nash Machinery Ltd.
4.1.4 Thomas
4.1.5 Elmo Rietschle.
4.1.6 ILMVAC
4.1.7 Robuschi
4.1.8 Gardner Denver China
4.2 Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum
4.2.1 Profile
4.2.2 OLV China
4.3 ULVAC
4.3.1 Profile
4.3.2 Vacuum Pumps
4.3.3 ULVAC China (ULVAC Ningbo Co., Ltd.)
4.4 Osaka Vacuum
4.4.1 Profile
4.4.2 Business Performance
4.4.3 Osaka Vacuum China
4.5 Tuthill
4.6 Edwards
4.6.1 Profile
4.6.2 General Vacuum
4.6.3 Edwards China (Edwards Vacuum Pump Manufacturing Shanghai Co., Ltd.)
4.7 Busch
4.7.1 Profile
4.7.2 Busch China (Busch Vacuum Shanghai Co., Ltd.)
4.8 Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH
4.8.1 Profile
4.8.2 Vacuum Pumps
4.8.3 Pfeiffer Vacuum (Shanghai)
4.9 KNF
4.10 Kashiyama

5. Major Vacuum Pump Enterprises in China
5.1 Foshan Pump Factory Co., Ltd.
5.1.1 Profile
5.1.2 Major Products and Project Cases
5.1.3 Output and Sales Volume of Major Products
5.1.4 Increasing Export of Engineering Pumps
5.2 Shandong Huacheng Group
5.2.1 Profile
5.2.2 Major Products
5.2.3 Output and Sales Volume of Major Products
5.3 Anhui Sanlian Pump Industry Group
5.3.1 Profile
5.3.2 Major Products
5.3.3 Output and Sales Volume of Major Products
5.4 Zibo Shuangshan Vacuum Equipment
5.4.1 Profile
5.4.2 Output of Major Products
5.5 Shanghai Hanbell Precise Machinery
5.5.1 Profile
5.5.2 Revenue of Vacuum Products
5.6 LAHEE
5.7 Shenyang Scientific Instrument
5.8 Zibo Dry Vacuum Pump
5.9 Beijing Beiyi Innovation Vacuum Technology
5.10 Zhejiang Vacuum Equipment Group
5.11 Rankuum Machinery Ltd
5.12 VALUE
5.13 Bellavac
5.14 Nantong Weishi Vacuum Equipment
5.15 Hubei Tongfang Hi-Tech Pump
5.16 Shandong BoZhong Vacuum Equipment Limited Company
5.17 Shandong Boshan Vacuum Pump

Selected Charts

Classification of Vacuum Pump
Major Application Fields of Vacuum Pump
Related Policies of Pump Industry in China, 2006-2013
Vacuum Pump Output in China, 2010-2016E
Import/Export Volume of Vacuum Pump in China, 2010-2012
Import/Export Value of Vacuum Pump in China, 2010-2012
Export Value of Top 10 Export Destinations of Vacuum Pump in China and %, 2012
Import Value of Top 10 Import Sources of Vacuum Pump in China and %, 2012
Layout of Global Major Vacuum Pump Manufacturers in China, 2012
Major Manufacturers of Vacuum Pump in China, 2012
Major Product Segments of Vacuum Pump and Their Primary Characteristics
Output and Sales Volume of Major Water Ring Vacuum Pump Manufacturers in China, 2011
Comparison between Several Dry Vacuum Pumps
Major Dry Vacuum Pump Enterprises in China, 2012
Development Progress of Gardner Denver Nash Machinery
Major Products of Gardner Denver Nash Machinery
Sales Network of Gardner Denver Nash Machinery
Development Progress of ULVAC
Business Domains of ULVAC Group
Number of Employees of ULVAC Group
Net Sales of ULVAC, 2008-2012
Net Sales of ULVAC by Business
Orders of ULVAC
Net Sales of ULVAC by Region
Sale of Osaka Vacuum, 2008-2012
Major Plants of Osaka Vacuum Worldwide
Revenue of Edwards General Vacuum, 2008-2012
Major Subsidiaries of Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH
Revenue of Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH, 2011-2012
Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH Sales by Region, 2012
Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH Sales by Product, 2012
Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH Sales by Market, 2012
Major Engineering Cases of Guangdong Foshan
Operating Revenue of Guangdong Foshan Pump Factory, 2010-2016E
Output, Sales Volume and Export Volume of Guangdong Foshan Pump Factory by Product, 2011
Major Export Destinations of Guangdong Foshan Pump
Revenue of Shandong Huacheng, 2011-2016E
Output and Sales Volume of Shandong Huacheng by Product, 2011
Revenue of Anhui Sanlian Pump Industry Group, 2011-2016E
Output, Sales Volume and Export Volume of Anhui Sanlian by Product, 2011
Pump Output and Sales Volume of Zibo Shuangshan Vacuum Equipment, 2011
Revenue and Gross Margin of Shanghai Hanbell Precise Machinery, 2007-2012
Revenue and Gross Margin of Shanghai Hanbell Precise Machinery’s Vacuum Products, 2010-2015E
Major Products and Clients of Beijing LAHEE Technology
Application of Water Ring Vacuum Pump in Power Industry

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: May 23, 2013 5:00 pm

U.S. Oil, Natural Gas CEOs Head to Canada



















WASHINGTON, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) announced today their inaugural Oil & Gas Investment Symposium Toronto (OGIS Toronto), June 11th at the Ritz-Carlton Toronto.  The IPAA has gathered a select group of their leading oil and gas Exploration & Production companies, ranging in market capitalization of $100M to $12B, to present their corporate profiles and 2013 production outlooks to the Canadian community of institutional investors, research analysts, private equity firms, high net worth investors, capital providers, retail brokers, media representatives and oil and gas industry professionals.

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Registration is Now Open – Join us June 11, 2013 in Toronto! 

To learn more about IPAA’s oil and gas symposium, presenting companies, registration and live webcast participants, visit IPAA’s OGIS Toronto website. Credentialed reporters and qualified investors receive complimentary registration. To register for OGIS Toronto, contact Brittany Green :  bgreen@ipaa.org or 202.857.4722.

Each company presenter will have 30 minutes to present and participate in Q&A from investors immediately following each presentation.

Institutional investors and research analysts can schedule one-on-one meetings with presenting companies by contacting IPAA prior to the conference at bgreen@ipaa.org.

According to a leading Canadian institutional energy specialist – investors should consider attending OGIS Toronto for the following reasons:

  • U.S. income demand-  LINN Energy (LINE) has grown from $1B to $20B on the back of consolidating assets under an MLP structure to pay a yield to investors.  At IPAA’s OGIS New York, the LINN presentation and breakout rooms offered standing room only and continues to be on the watch list of many savvy investors. 
  • U.S. onshore light oil growth-  Firms like Cimarex Energy Co. (XEC), Whiting Petroleum Co. (WLL), Kodiak (KOG), Bonanza Creek Energy Inc. (BCEI) and PDC Energy, Inc. (PDCE) are at the forefront of this oil growth trend. 
  • Realized gas prices and how Canadian gas competes.  Southwestern (SWN) is a firm that has repeatedly been and continues to be one of the most efficient gas developers in the U.S. In addition to staying disciplined on cost, they have focused their asset base in the Fayetteville and Marcellus…two of the lowest cost gas plays in the U.S. 

OGIS Toronto is part of IPAA’s highly regarded Oil and Gas Investment Symposia that includes similar programs annually in New York, Florida and San Francisco (September 30October 2).

For more information on schedules and registration for OGIS Toronto visit IPAA online at  http://www.ipaa.org/meetings-events/event-details/?mid=261

2013 OGIS Toronto Presenting Companies

Abraxas Petroleum Corp. (NASDAQ: AXAS)

AusTex Oil Limited (ATXDY)

Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. (NYSE: BCEI)

Cimarex Energy Co. (NYSE: XEC)

FX Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: FXEN)

Gulfport Energy Corp. (NASDAQ: GPOR)

Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. (NYSE: KOG)

Linn Energy, LLC (NASDAQ: LINE)

PDC Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: PDCE)

Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE: SWN)

Swift Energy Company (NYSE: SFY)

Ultra Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: UPL)

Whiting Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: WLL)

About IPAA

The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) has represented independent oil and natural gas producers for three-quarters of a century. Today, IPAA represents the thousands of independent oil and natural gas producers and service companies across the United States. Independent producers develop 95 percent of domestic oil and gas wells, produce 54 percent of domestic oil and produce 85 percent of domestic natural gas.

IPAA is a national trade association headquartered in Washington, D.C. It serves as an informed voice for the exploration and production segment of the industry, and advocates its members’ views before the U.S. Congress, the Administration and federal agencies. IPAA provides economic and statistical information about the domestic exploration and production industry and also develops investment symposia and other opportunities for its members.

Media Contact:

Julia Bell Independent Petroleum Association of America, 202-857-4722, jbell@ipaa.org

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: May 23, 2013 5:00 pm

Mansfield Returns to Reynolds Plantation to Host 27th Annual Golf Classic to Benefit MDA

















GAINESVILLE, Ga., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — Mansfield Oil will once again host the 27th Annual MDA Golf Classic benefitting the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). The Annual Mansfield Oil Golf Classic is the largest MDA golf tournament in the U.S., and since its inception 27 years ago, the event has raised $3 million for the fight against neuromuscular disease. Last year’s MDA Golf Classic raised a record-breaking $425,000 and had 375 participating golfers. The 2013 event will take place on June 11th and 12th at Reynolds Plantation Lake Oconee where golfers will enjoy four courses designed by golf legends Jack Nicklaus and Tom Fazio .

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“We are looking forward to another great event this year, as sponsors, golfers and participants come out to show their continued support of the MDA’s fight to find a cure for muscular disease. It is such an honor to give back to our community and surpass our goal each year in support of the MDA,” said Michael Mansfield , Mansfield CEO.

This year’s event is on track to surpass expectations with nearly 400 golfers participating to benefit MDA. For more information about the 2013 Mansfield Golf Classic, please contact event chairperson, Mike Davino at mdavino@mansfieldoil.com or call 678.450.2060.

About Mansfield Oil Company

Ranked as one of the Top 50 privately held companies in America by Forbes magazine and a multiple category finalist in the 2009, 2010 and 2011 Platts Global Energy Awards, Mansfield defines the next generation transportation fuels company. Founded in 1957, the company has achieved double-digit growth for three decades by focusing on optimizing and controlling fuel-related costs for its customers using innovation, technology and high touch service. For more information, visit www.mansfieldoil.com.

About MDA

The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) is a voluntary health agency working to find treatments and cures for forty-three (43) neuromuscular diseases through programs of worldwide research, comprehensive medical and community services and far-reaching professional and public health education. Funds raised at the tournament will benefit over 2,000 local families served by MDA by providing assistance in the purchase and maintenance of wheelchairs, leg braces and communication devices. The funds also pay for support groups, flu shots, MDA clinic visits, a week-long summer camp program for children and young adults, research and much more. To contribute, visit their website at www.mda.org.

Media Contact:

Amy Sanders Mansfield Energy Corp., 678-450-7953, asanders@mansfieldoil.com

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: May 23, 2013 5:00 pm

Karen Nitschke is recognized by Continental Who’s Who as a Pinnacle Professional
















LEBANON, Ohio, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Karen Nitschke is recognized by Continental Who’s Who as a Pinnacle Professional in the field of Electrical Manufacturing as a result of over 30 Years of Excellence. Karen is the Administrative Assistant and Marketing Director for Fields Electrical Sales Inc.

In her current role, Karen specializes in Accounting; Marketing; as well as Administration. She is a member of Lion’s Club; NAED Adventure Electrical Marketing Group; and the National Electrical Manufacturers Representatives Association.

Karen received her Associates Degree in Accounting from Indiana Business College.
For more information please visit, www.fieldselectric.com

About Us

Continental Who’s Who has become one of the most respected and trusted publishers around the globe.  We spotlight thousands of professional individuals and organizations each year who “stand-out” in their specific field.  Included are executives and officials in business, science, education, philanthropy, religion, government, the fourth estate, finance, law, engineering, authors, the musically talented elite as well as numerous additional industries.

Our mission at Continental Who’s Who is to provide an exclusive internationally recognized world-class forum where members can create social, professional and business relationships.  We provide resources, information and represent an atmosphere and opportunity to network, consult, showcase, educate, and empower, allowing for establishing new business relations to increase future success.  We are committed to delivering the highest quality service to all our established members.

Please visit us at www.continentalwhoswho.com

Contact: Robert Basilin , 516-825-5634, pr@continentalwhoswho.com

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: May 23, 2013 5:00 pm

Catterton Partners Enters Into An Agreement To Sell Plum Organics To Campbell Soup Company













GREENWICH, Conn., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Catterton Partners, the leading consumer-focused private equity firm, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell Plum Organics, a leading premium, organic kids nutrition company, to Campbell Soup Company (“Campbell”).  Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Since partnering with Plum Organics in 2010, Catterton Partners has worked with the company’s management team to aggressively grow the Plum brand into a leading organic kid’s nutrition company.  With its complete line of organic products, unique food and flavor combinations, and innovative offerings and packaging, Plum has helped to revolutionize the baby food industry.  With Catterton, Plum significantly grew its distribution channels, broadened its product assortment and expanded the brand to include offerings for toddlers and kids.  In 2012, Plum Organics was the second fastest-growing food business in the U.S.  

“We are proud of the profitable growth and expansion that Plum has achieved working with Catterton,” said Plum Organics CEO Neil Grimmer .  “Catterton was instrumental in helping Plum expand marketing and distribution, refine operating capabilities, and recruit key talent to the team.  Along the way, we have stayed focused on our mission to give the very best food to our little ones.  We have succeeded in driving growth in our category, and we look forward to continuing our momentum as part of Campbell.”

Jon Owsley, Partner at Catterton Partners, said, “With their commitment to wholesome ingredients, a focus on flavors that children love and a modern approach to family nutrition, the Plum Organics team has established a leadership position in their category.  We are pleased to have partnered with the management team to help drive the company’s success.  This transaction represents a terrific outcome for Plum Organics, Catterton and Campbell, and we are confident that Plum Organics will thrive for years to come under new ownership.”

Plum Organics was the pioneer in pouch-based packaging for baby food.  After experiencing a three-year growth in sales of over 4,000%, Plum Organics placed number 63 in Inc. Magazine’s 2012 Inc. 500 list of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies.  In addition, Plum Organics was featured on Forbes 2012 ranking of America’s Most Promising Companies – a list of one hundred privately held, high-growth companies with bright futures. 

The transaction remains subject to applicable regulatory approval and satisfaction of other customary closing conditions.

About Plum Organics

Plum Organics(R) is a pioneer and global provider of premium, nutritious organic baby food, toddler and kid snack food products. Recognized for their unique, culinary-inspired recipes and a modern approach to family nutrition, Plum offers a complete line of organic products that ensure healthy eating from the highchair to the lunchbox(TM). Plum has dedicated its social mission to delivering nutrient rich, organic food into the hands of little ones in need across America. Forbes magazine named Plum #19 on its 2013 list of “America’s Most Promising Companies.” For more information about Plum please visit: http://www.plumorganics.com.

About Catterton Partners

Catterton Partners is the leading consumer-focused private equity firm in North America, with more than $3.3 billion currently under management and a twenty-four year track record of success in building high growth companies. Since its founding in 1989, Catterton has leveraged its category insight, strategic and operating skills, and network of industry contacts to establish one of the strongest private equity investment track records in the middle market. Catterton Partners invests in all major consumer segments, including Food and Beverage, Retail and Restaurants, Consumer Products and Services, Consumer Health, and Media and Marketing Services. Catterton’s investments include: Restoration Hardware, Outback Steakhouse, Sweet Leaf Tea, Noodles & Company, Frederic Fekkai , Build-A-Bear Workshop, Wellness and Nature’s Variety pet food, Kettle Foods, Odwalla and P.F. Chang ‘s, to name a few. More information about Catterton Partners can be found at http://www.cpequity.com.

 

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: May 23, 2013 5:00 pm

Here’s Where Some Former HP Big Data Engineers And Execs Have Ended Up

Mingsheng Hong, Hadapt

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Mingsheng Hong, chief scientist at big data startup Hadapt

HP is facing the decline of several key businesses, but it still has talented engineers and execs that are coveted by other enterprise tech vendors. 

HP’s Vertica unit is one part of the company that’s getting a lot of attention these days, especially from Boston-area big data startups. 

Vertica, which HP acquired in 2011 for around $350 million, makes an in-memory database with analytics tech that can crunch huge amounts of data quickly. It’s a highly regarded product that was built by some of the brightest engineers in the business.

The problem for HP is that not all of them are sticking around. Some top Vertica engineers and execs have left because their so-called “golden handcuffs” have come off. Others were recruited away by VC funded big data startups hungry for top talent.

All told, about half the staff that joined HP in its March 2011 acquisition of Vertica has left, according to one former employee.

Here’s where they’ve ended up: 

Cloudant, a Boston-based database-as-a-service startup founded by three MIT scientists who worked on the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, has three former Vertica staffers:

  • Derek Schoettle, who was HP Vertica’s VP of communications, media and entertainment, left in November 2011 to become CEO of Cloudant.
  • Rob O’Brien, former field engineer at HP Vertica, is VP of customer service at Cloudant.
  • Andy Ellicott, who was senior marketing director at Vertica from 2006 to 2009, two years before HP acquired it, is Cloudant’s VP of marketing.

Hadapt, a Boston-based big data startup whose flagship product integrates SQL, a database tech, with Hadoop, one of the hottest big data techs.

  • Mingsheng Hong joined Hadapt in June 2012 as chief data scientist. He was previously HP Vertica’s field CTO.
  • Scott Howser, HP Vertica’s former VP of product marketing, left in June and now has the same role at Hadapt. 

Sqrrl, a Boston-based big data startup that is commercializing Accumulo, an open source database tech developed by the National Security Agency, has two former Vertica staffers: 

  • Joe Cavanaugh, a systems engineering manager at HP Vertica, left earlier this month to become solutions architect at Sqrrl.
  • Ari Daskalakis, HP Vertica’s VP of pre-sales and professional services left last month and is now VP of technical services at Sqrrl. 

Other Vertica vets have ended up in Boston-based tech roles:

  • Chris Lynch, Vertica’s CEO when HP acquired it, left in March 2012 and is now a partner with Cambridge, Mass.-based venture capital firm Atlas Venture.
  • Former HP Vertica CTO Dan Holle left last May to take the CTO position at Greenplum, a division of EMC, and also part of the EMC-VMware joint venture called the Pivotal Initiative
  • Andrew Lamb, former lead developer of HP Vertica’s query optimizer team, is now chief architect at Boston-based big data startup Nutonian. It develops Eureqa, a tech used by more than 30,000 scientists worldwide that turns raw data into mathematical questions. 
  • Min Xiao, HP Vertica’s former director of corporate pre-sales and professional services, is now field engineering lead at Data Tamer, a stealth mode startup founded by MIT professor and database expert Michael Stonebraker and entrepreneur Andy Palmer, who launched Vertica. 

Despite the employee exodus, Vertica is still has around 40 core developers and “lots of promising new hires,” one source tells us.

 

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: May 23, 2013 5:00 pm

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: May 23, 2013 5:00 pm

Stocks wobble as investors digest Fed worries

Trader John Song works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, May 23, 2013.

Trader John Song works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, May 23, 2013. / AP Photo/Richard Drew

: May 23, 2013 4:56 pm

Dr. Martin S. Tesher, M.D. is recognized by Continental Who’s Who among Medical Professionals
















NEW YORK, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Dr. Tesher is an internationally accredited physician with over 25 years of experience as a family physician. He is dedicated to his patients and provides the most comprehensive range of services offered by a physician. He is an excellent diagnostician who provides family care with compassion.

In addition, Dr. Tesher is the owner of his own full-range family practice, and is likely to be the only practicing full-range physician in Manhattan. Dr. Tesher provides house-calls and 24 hour availability to his clients. Although he is old fashioned in service, he delivers up-to-date modern medicine using state-of-the-art technology when and where applicable.

Dr. Tesher’s practice areas include general internal medicine, gastroenterology, cardiology, gynecology, dermatology, pulmonology, management of pain, weight and blood pressure, and cholesterol and diabetes. 

Dr. Tesher received his MD from Queens University in Canada, and his BA from the University of Toronto.

About Us

Continental Who’s Who has become one of the most respected and trusted publishers around the globe.  We spotlight thousands of professional individuals and organizations each year who “stand-out” in their specific field.  Included are executives and officials in business, science, education, philanthropy, religion, government, the fourth estate, finance, law, engineering, authors, the musically talented elite as well as numerous additional industries.

Our mission at Continental Who’s Who is to provide an exclusive internationally recognized world-class forum where members can create social, professional and business relationships.  We provide resources, information and represent an atmosphere and opportunity to network, consult, showcase, educate, and empower, allowing for establishing new business relations to increase future success.  We are committed to delivering the highest quality service to all our established members.

Please visit us at www.continentalwhoswho.com

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: May 23, 2013 4:56 pm

Global and China Dissolving Pulp Industry Report, 2012-2015
















NEW YORK, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:

Global and China Dissolving Pulp Industry Report, 2012-2015

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Dissolving pulp refers to the pulp with the cellulose content above 90%, including wood pulp, bamboo pulp and cotton pulp. The report touches on the first two categories.

In the world, the dissolving pulp capacity concentrates in regions with abundant forest resources such as North America, South Africa and Brazil. Between 2011 and 2012, China‘s intensive release of dissolving pulp capacity made it possible to become one of the major producing regions of dissolving pulp all across the globe. Major dissolving pulp producers worldwide include Aditya Birla, Sappi, Sateri, Rayonier, Buckeye, and Lenzing, the combined capacity of which in 2012 accounted for 61.4% of the world’s total.

In 2010, the dissolving pulp capacity of China was no more than 240,000 tons, with the import dependence rate surpassing 80%. The considerable demand for dissolving pulp encouraged many companies to build new dissolving pulp projects, leading to the substantial rise in capacity to 937,500 tons by 2012. However, due to the bleak demand in global textile market as well as the international low-priced dissolving pulp, China-made dissolving pulp products took a nosedive in price, forcing most industrial players to slash their output and even suspend their production in order to reduce losses. In 2012, China‘s dissolving pulp output was just about 335,000 tons, with the operating rate down to 35.7%.

The downstream application of dissolving pulp, with the raw materials of wood and bamboo, concentrates in viscose industry. China boasts the world’s largest viscose producing region, with 2012 output making up 62% of the global total. And the China‘s viscose output is predicted to keep a growth rate of 10% in upcoming years, further boosting the demand for dissolving pulp. At the same time, the Ministry of Commerce of China is set to launch anti-dumping champion on dissolving pulp projects in Feb.2013. If approved, China-made dissolving pulp is expected to give full play to the advantages as substitutes of its imported equivalents, witnessing double rise in both output and price.

There were only 9 companies in China in the production of dissolving pulp in 2012. Most of them are medium- and large-sized papermaking and chemical fiber enterprises. Among the papermaking companies, they were Yueyang Forest & Paper, Sun Paper and Fujian Qingshan Paper Industry which were specialized in the production of wood dissolving pulp with the respective capacity of 300,000 tons/a, 200,000 tons/a and 96,000 tons/a; among the chemical fiber players, they were Jilin Chemical Fiber Group and Yibin Grace Group Company which were primarily focused on the production of bamboo dissolving pulp. In particular, Jilin Chemical Fiber Group’s 95,000 tons/a bamboo pulp project is under construction and, is expected to be put into production by the end of 2013.

The report deals with the followings:

–Supply & Demand, Competition Pattern, and Price Analysis of Global Dissolving Pulp Industry;
–Supply & Demand, Competition Pattern, Import & Export, Price Analysis, Development and Outlook of China Dissolving Pulp Industry;
–Supply & Demand, Competition Pattern, Import & Export, Price Analysis, Development and Outlook of Downstream Viscose Industry;
–Operation, Dissolving Pulp Business, Prediction and Prospects of 13 Dissolving Pulp Manufacturers Worldwide;

Table of Contents

1. Overview of Dissolving Pulp Industry
1.1 Definition & Classification
1.2 Industrial Chain

2. Global Dissolving Pulp Industry
2.1 Status Quo
2.2 Price Analysis

3. China Dissolving Pulp Industry
3.1 Status Quo
3.2 Supply
3.3 Demand
3.4 Import & Export
3.5 Competition Pattern
3.6 Price Analysis
3.7 Development & Prediction
3.7.1 Anti-Dumping Investigation
3.7.2 Supply & Demand Outlook

4. Downstream Viscose Market
4.1 Overall Development
4.2 Capacity
4.3 Output
4.4 Import & Export
4.5 Price Analysis
4.6 Development & Prediction

5. Major Dissolving Pulp Companies Worldwide
5.1 Sateri Holdings
5.1.1 Profile
5.1.2 Operation
5.1.3 Revenue Structure
5.1.4 Gross Margin
5.1.5 Dissolving Pulp Business
5.1.6 Business in China
5.2 Sappi
5.2.1 Profile
5.2.2 Operation
5.2.3 Revenue Structure
5.2.4 Operation of Sappi South Africa
5.2.5 Dissolving Pulp Business
5.2.6 Business in China
5.3 Rayonier
5.3.1 Profile
5.3.2 Operation
5.3.3 Revenue Structure
5.3.4 Dissolving Pulp Business
5.4 Aditya Birla Group
5.4.1 Profile
5.4.2 Operation of Grasim
5.4.3 Dissolving Pulp Business of Grasim
5.4.4 Business in China
5.5 Lenzing Group
5.5.1 Profile
5.5.2 Operation
5.5.3 Operation of Fiber Business Division
5.5.4 Dissolving Pulp Business
5.5.5 Business in China

6. Main Dissolving Pulp Producers in China
6.1 Sun Paper
6.1.1 Profile
6.1.2 Operation
6.1.3 Revenue Structure
6.1.4 Gross Margin
6.1.5 Clients & Suppliers
6.1.6 Dissolving Pulp Business
6.1.7 Prediction & Outlook
6.2 Jilin Chemical Fiber Group
6.2.1 Profile
6.2.2 Operation
6.2.3 Revenue Structure
6.2.4 Gross Margin
6.2.5 Clients & Suppliers
6.2.6 Revenue Structure
6.2.7 Prediction & Outlook
6.3 Fujian Nanping Paper
6.3.1 Profile
6.3.2 Operation
6.3.3 Revenue Structure
6.3.4 Gross Margin
6.3.5 Clients
6.3.6 Dissolving Pulp Business
6.3.7 Prediction & Outlook
6.4 Yanbian Shixian Bailu Papermaking
6.4.1 Profile
6.4.2 Operation
6.4.3 Revenue Structure
6.4.4 Gross Margin
6.4.5 Clients
6.4.6 Dissolving Pulp Business
6.4.7 Prediction & Outlook
6.5 Fujian Qingshan Paper Industry
6.5.1 Profile
6.5.2 Operation
6.5.3 Revenue Structure
6.5.4 Gross Margin
6.5.5 Dissolving Pulp Business
6.5.6 Prediction & Outlook
6.6 Yueyang Forest & Paper
6.6.1 Profile
6.6.2 Operation
6.6.3 Revenue Structure
6.6.4 Gross Margin
6.6.5 Clients
6.6.6 Dissolving Pulp Business
6.6.7 Prediction & Outlook
6.7 Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings
6.7.1 Profile
6.7.2 Operation
6.7.3 Dissolving Pulp Business
6.8 Yibin Grace Group Company
6.8.1 Profile
6.8.2 Operation
6.8.3 Dissolving Pulp Business

Selected Charts

Mainstream Industrial Chain of Dissolving Wood Pulp
Other Downstream Products and Applications of Dissolving Pulp
Dissolving Pulp Capacity Worldwide by Region, 2012
World’s Top Six Dissolving Pulp Manufacturers, Their Capacities and Markets, 2012
Major Dissolving Pulp Projects Planned or Under Construction Worldwide, 2013-2016
Average Annual Price of Dissolving Pulp Worldwide, 2007-2012
Price Tendency of Dissolving Pulp Worldwide, 2011-2013
Capacity and Output of Dissolving Pulp in China, 2010-2012
Capacities of Dissolving Pulp Manufacturers in China, 2012
Apparent Consumption of Dissolving Pulp in China, 2010-2012
Import & Export of Dissolving Pulp in China, 2009-2012
Average Import & Export Price of Dissolving Pulp in China, 2009-2012
Import Source Structure of Dissolving Pulp in China by Import Volume, 2012
Average Import Price of Dissolving Pulp in China by Country, 2012
Export Destination Distribution of Dissolving Pulp in China by Export Volume, 2012
Major Dissolving Pulp Import Provinces and Their Import Volume in China(%), 2012
Major Dissolving Pulp Export Provinces and Their Export Volume in China(%), 2012
Dissolving Pulp Manufacturers in China and Their Capacities (%), 2012
Dissolving Pulp Market Price in China, 2012-2013
Supply & Demand of Dissolving Pulp in China, 2012-2016E
Output and Output Share of Major Fiber Varieties in China, 2012
Operating Revenue and YoY Growth Rate of China Chemical Fiber Manufacturing Industry, 2006-2012
Major Viscose Producers in China and Their Capacities, 2012
Major Viscose Staple Fibre Producers in China and Their Capacities (%), 2012
Major Viscose Filament Yarn Producers in China and Their Capacities (%), 2012
Viscose Output and YoY Growth Rate in China, 2006-2012
Viscose Output Structure by Product in China (%), 2011-2012
Viscose Output by Region in China, 2010
Import & Export Volume of Viscose Staple Fibre in China, 2008-2012
Average Import & Export Price of Viscose Staple Fibre in China, 2008-2012
Viscose Staple Fibre Export Destination Distribution in China by Export Volume, 2012
Import Source Distribution of Viscose Staple Fibre in China by Import Volume, 2012
Export Volume of Major Viscose Staple Fibre Export Cities in China (%), 2012
Import Volume of Major Viscose Staple Fibre Import Cities in China (%), 2012
Market Prices of Viscose Staple Fibre and Viscose Filament Yarn in China, 2008-2013
Supply & Demand of China Viscose Industry, 2011-2016E
Sateri’s Product Chain and Product Application
Revenue and Net Income of Sateri, 2008-2012
Revenue of Sateri by Product, 2010-2012
Revenue Structure of Sateri by Product (%), 2010-2012
Revenue of Sateri by Region, 2010-2012
Revenue Structure of Sateri by Region (%), 2010-2012
Gross Margin of Primary Products of Sateri, 2010-2012
Dissolving Wood Pulp Categories and Applications of Sateri
Dissolving Wood Pulp Output and Sales Volume of Sateri, 2010-2012
Viscose Pulp Sales Volume and Shares in Dissolving Wood Pulp Sales Volume, 2010-2012
Special Pulp Sales Volume and Shares in Dissolving Wood Pulp Sales Volume, 2010-2012
Average Selling Price of Sateri’s Dissolving Wood Pulp Product, 2010-2012
Three Major Production Bases of Sappi and Capacities of Its major Products, 2012
Sales and EBITDA of Sappi, 2008-2012
Sales of Sappi by Branch, 2010-2012
Sales of Sappi by Branch (%), 2010-2012
Sales of Sappi by Region, 2010-2012
Sales of Sappi by Region (%), 2010-2012
Major Products of Sappi Southern Africa and Capacity, 2012
Sales of Sappi Southern Africa by Product (%), 2010-2012
Sales of Saiccor and YoY Growth Rate, 2009-2012
Producing Regions of Rayonier’s Major Products and Capacities, 2012
Sales and Net Income of Rayonier, 2008-2012
Sales of Rayonier by Business Division, 2010-2012
Sales of Rayonier by Business Division (%), 2010-2012
Sales of Rayonier by Region, 2010-2012
Sales of Rayonier by Region (%), 2010-2012
Sales Volume of Major Products of Rayonier’s High-Performance Fiber Business Division, 2008-2012
Sales of Rayonier’s High-Performance Fiber Business Division by Product, 2010-2012
Sales of Rayonier’s High-Performance Fiber Business Division by Product (%), 2010-2012
Average Selling Price of Rayonier’s Dissolving Pulp Products, 2008-2012
Net Revenue and Net Income of Grasim, FY2009-FY2013
Net Revenue of Grasim by Product (%), FY2011-FY2013
Production Plants of Grasim and Their Capacities, 2012
Net Revenue and Growth Rate from Viscose Staple Fibre & Dissolving Pulp Business of Grasim, FY2009-FY2013
Sales and EBITDA of Lenzing Group, 2008-2012
Sales Structure of Lenzing Group by Business Division, 2010-2012
Sales and EBITDA from Fiber Business Division of Lenzing Group, 2009-2012
Sales from Fibre Business Division of Lenzing Group by Product, 2010-2012
Sales Structure from Fibre Business Division of Lenzing Group by Product, 2009-2011
Viscose Subsidiaries under Lenzing Group and Their Capacities, 2012
Revenue and Net Income of Lenzing Group Nanjing, 2008-2012
Capacity Distribution of Sun Paper, 2012
Revenue and Net Income of Sun Paper, 2008-2012
Revenue of Sun Paper by Product, 2010-2012
Revenue Structure of Sun Paper by Product, 2010-2012
Revenue of Sun Paper by Region, 2010-2012
Revenue Structure of Sun Paper by Region, 2010-2012
Gross Margin of Sun Paper’s Hit Products, 2009-2011
Sun Paper’s Revenue from Top Five Clients and % of Total Revenue, 2010-2012
Name List and Revenue Contribution of Sun Paper’s Top Five Clients, 2012
Cost Analysis of Sun Paper’s Dissolving Pulp Business, 2012
Revenue and Net Income of Sun Paper, 2011-2015E
Capacities of Jilin Chemical Fiber Group’s Hit Products, 2012
Revenue and Net Income of Jilin Chemical Fiber Group, 2008-2012
Revenue of Jilin Chemical Fiber Group by Product, 2010-2012
Revenue Structure of Jilin Chemical Fiber Group by Product, 2010-2012
Revenue of Jilin Chemical Fiber Group by Region, 2010-2012
Revenue Structure of Jilin Chemical Fiber Group by Region, 2010-2012
Gross Margin of Jilin Chemical Fiber Group’s Major Products, 2010-2012
Jilin Chemical Fiber Group’s Revenue from Top Five Clients and % of Total Revenue, 2010-2012
Name List and Revenue Contribution of Jilin Chemical Fiber Group’s Top Five Clients, 2012
Jilin Chemical Fiber Group’s Procurement from Top Five Suppliers and % of Total Procurement, 2012
Subsidiaries Engaging in Bamboo Pulp Business under Jilin Chemical Fiber Group
Revenue and Net Income of Jilin Chemical Fiber Group, 2011-2015E
Revenue and Net Income of Fujian Nanping Paper, 2008-2012
Revenue of Fujian Nanping Paper by Product, 2010-2012
Revenue Structure of Fujian Nanping Paper by Product, 2010-2012
Revenue of Fujian Nanping Paper by Region, 2010-2012
Revenue Structure of Fujian Nanping Paper by Region, 2010-2012
Gross Margin of Fujian Nanping Paper’s Main Products, 2009-2012
Fujian Nanping Paper’s Revenue from Top Five Clients and % of Total Revenue, 2010-2012
Name List and Revenue Contribution of Fujian Nanping Paper’ Top Five Clients, 2012
Dissolving Pulp Products and Features of Fujian Nanping Paper
Cost Classification and Expense of Fujian Nanping Paper’s Dissolving Pulp Business, 2011-2012
Revenue and Net Income of Fujian Nanping Paper, 2011-2015E
Revenue and Net Income of Yanbian Shixian Bailu Papermaking, 2008-2012
Revenue of Yanbian Shixian Bailu Papermaking by Product, 2010-2012
Revenue Structure of Yanbian Shixian Bailu Papermaking by Product, 2010-2012
Revenue of Yanbian Shixian Bailu Papermaking by Region, 2011-2012
Revenue Structure of Yanbian Shixian Bailu Papermaking by Region, 2011-2012
Gross Margin of Yanbian Shixian Bailu Papermaking’s Main Products, 2010-2012
Yanbian Shixian Bailu Papermaking’s Revenue from Top Five Clients and % of Total Revenue, 2012
Name List and Revenue Contribution of Yanbian Shixian Bailu Papermaking, 2010-2012
Yanbian Shixian Bailu Papermaking’s Revenue from Dissolving Pulp Business and % of Total Revenue, 2010-2012
Cost Analysis of Yanbian Shixian Bailu Papermaking’s Dissolving Pulp Business, 2012
Revenue and Net Income of Yanbian Shixian Bailu Papermaking, 2011-2015E
Revenue and Net Income of Fujian Qingshan Paper Industry, 2008-2012
Revenue of Fujian Qingshan Paper Industry by Product, 2010-2012
Revenue Structure of Fujian Qingshan Paper Industry by Product, 2010-2012
Revenue of Fujian Qingshan Paper Industry by Region, 2010-2012
Revenue Structure of Fujian Qingshan Paper Industry by Region, 2010-2012
Gross Margin of Fujian Qingshan Paper Industry’s Main Products, 2010-2012
Revenue and Net Income of Fujian Qingshan Paper Industry, 2011-2015E
Revenue and Net Income of Yueyang Forest & Paper, 2008-2012
Revenue of Yueyang Forest & Paper by Product, 2010-2012
Revenue Structure of Yueyang Forest & Paper by Product, 2010-2012
Revenue of Yueyang Forest & Paper by Region, 2010-2012
Revenue Structure of Yueyang Forest & Paper by Region, 2010-2012
Gross Margin of Yueyang Forest & Paper’s Main Products, 2010-2012
Yueyang Forest & Paper’s Revenue from Top Five Clients and % of Total Revenue, 2012-2012
Name List and Revenue Contribution of Yueyang Forest & Paper’s Top Five Clients, 2012
Revenue and Net Income of Hunan Juntai Pulp & Paper, 2011-2012
Revenue and Net Income of Yueyang Forest & Paper, 2011-2015E
Revenue and Net Income of Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings, 2008-2012
Capacities of Yibin Grace Group Company’s Main Products, 2012
Operating Revenue and Total Profit of Yibin Grace Group Company, 2007-2009

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: May 23, 2013 4:56 pm

Greenbrier to webcast presentation at the 2013 KeyBanc Capital Markets Industrial, Automotive & Transportation Conference














LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. [NYSE: GBX] will be presenting on Thursday, May 30, 2013, at the 2013 KeyBanc Capital Markets Industrial, Automotive & Transportation Conference to be held in Boston, MA.

The presentation will be webcast live, beginning at 1:05 p.m. EDT, on Thursday, May 30, 2013 and can be accessed from the Greenbrier website at www.gbrx.com.  To access the webcast and supplemental slides, register at the “Webcasts” section on the home page of the Greenbrier website.  The presentation will be archived for 90 days.

Greenbrier (www.gbrx.com), headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon, is a leading supplier of transportation equipment and services to the railroad industry. Greenbrier builds new railroad freight cars in its four manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Mexico and marine barges at its U.S. facility. It also repairs and refurbishes freight cars and provides wheels and railcar parts at 38 locations across North America. Greenbrier builds new railroad freight cars and refurbishes freight cars for the European market through both its operations in Poland and various subcontractor facilities throughout Europe. Greenbrier owns approximately 9,200 railcars, and performs management services for approximately 225,000 railcars.

SOURCE The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (GBX)

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: May 23, 2013 4:56 pm

Mayor Mark Mallory Brings Edible Forest Garden to Mill Creek as Part of National GRO1000 Garden and Green Space Program













CINCINNATI, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Mayor Mark Mallory will dedicate the Mill Creek Edible Forest Garden in Cincinnati along the Mill Creek River. The revitalization project is part of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company and The U.S. Conference of Mayors nationwide GRO1000 garden and green spaces program. Once declared “the most endangered urban river in North America,” the Mill Creek will be transformed with a newly constructed greenway trail and garden. The edible forest garden will produce food for local residents, provide a natural habitat for wildlife and create a green edge between a highly developed city and its river.

“The transformation of Mill Creek River is one of the focal points of our city’s continued economic revitalization, as well as our efforts to enhance the livability of our city with better and more enjoyable green spaces,” said Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory . “I want to thank ScottsMiracle-Gro and the U.S. Conference of Mayors for supporting us in this initiative. With their generous grant, and the support of other great partners like Groundworks Cincinnati, we’ll transform Mill Creek into the most sustainable and interactive urban riverfront in the nation.”

GRO1000 is a national program launched by ScottsMiracle-Gro in 2011 to create more than 1,000 community gardens and green spaces in the U.S., Canada and Europe by 2018. The U.S. Conference of Mayors partnered with ScottsMiracle-Gro on the GRO1000 initiative to recognize mayors for the installation of innovative, public green spaces designed to improve our nation’s cities. The Mill Creek Edible Forest Garden will be the first phase in a comprehensive Mill Creek Greenway development program that lays the foundation for the Healthy People/Healthy River Strategy, created by Mayor Mark Mallory and Groundwork Cincinnati/Mill Creek.

“We are proud to be a part of the sustainability planning and environmental reinvestment taking place in Cincinnati‘s Mill Creek community,” said Barry Sanders , president and chief operating officer, ScottsMiracle-Gro. “The new edible forest and greenway trail will provide area residents access to a healthy green space and opportunities to enjoy the outdoors.”

The GRO1000 Cincinnati event kicks off at 10:30 a.m. on May 23 at the Mill Creek Edible Forest Garden, located adjacent to the intersection of Old Ludlow Avenue and Dooley By-pass in Northside. Parking is available three blocks south of the event site at Groundwork Cincinnati/Mill Creek, 1617 Elmore Court, Cincinnati, Ohio 45223. Area schoolchildren will join local partners and more than 100 ScottsMiracle-Gro volunteers, plus city officials and GRO1000 national and local partners, to prepare and plant garden beds along the greenway trail. Gardening and environmental activities will take place for area residents and youth. Students from Pleasant Ridge Montessori will be presented with the ScottsMiracle-Gro Give Back To Gro Youth Gardener Award.

GRO1000 Cincinnati was made possible through the combined efforts of local partners, including the City of Cincinnati, Groundwork Cincinnati/Mill Creek and PAR Projects, along with national partners including, The U.S. Conference of Mayors, ScottsMiracle-Gro, Plant A Row for the Hungry, the National Gardening Association, the Garden Writers Association and Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens.  The Cincinnati GRO1000 event is one of several public installation events being held in the U.S., Canada and Europe in 2013.

About ScottsMiracle-Gro
With approximately $3 billion in worldwide sales, The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, The Scotts Company LLC, is the world’s largest marketer of branded consumer products for lawn and garden care, with products for professional horticulture as well. The Company’s brands are the most recognized in the industry. In the U.S., the Company’s Scotts®, Miracle-Gro® and Ortho® brands are market-leading in their categories, as is the consumer Roundup® brand, which is marketed in North America and most of Europe exclusively by Scotts and owned by Monsanto. In the U.S., we operate Scotts LawnService®, the second largest residential lawn care service business. Visit us at www.scotts.com.

About the U.S. Conference of Mayors:
The U.S. Conference of Mayors is the official nonpartisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. There are 1,295 such cities in the country today, and each city is represented in the Conference by its chief elected official, the mayor. Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/usmayors, or follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/usmayors.

About Groundwork Cincinnati/Mill Creek (GWC)
GWC is a boots-on-the-ground, community-based nonprofit working in collaboration with Mill Creek neighborhoods, youth, and other cross sector partners. The goals of the organization are to revitalize Mill Creek neighborhoods, regenerate the health of Mill Creek and other natural resources, provide environmental education and training for youth, recycle derelict properties in the blighted river corridor, build the City’s Mill Creek Greenway Trail, and plant an edible forest garden along the river to encourage healthy eating. Visit www.groundworkcincinnati.org.

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: May 23, 2013 4:56 pm

NAPSI-certified Pure Maple Water Now Available For Sale













An all-new product that offers the same experience as drinking straight
from the tree

LONGUEUIL, QC, May 23, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ – 100% pure, NAPSI-certified
maple water from the 2013 harvest is now available for consumers to
buy. Announced by the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers (FPAQ)
in February, the arrival of this innovative new product in shops has
already generated a lot of interest. This plant-based water was
originally used by First Nations people as a tonic and will appeal to
consumers who are seeking natural and healthy foods of the highest
quality.

The maple sap is harvested exclusively in spring. Until now, it was very
rare that consumers could try it outside of the maple groves
themselves. The FPAQ has conducted several research projects to develop
sterilization techniques that would preserve many of the original and
healthy properties of maple water for 18 months at room temperature. To
ensure authenticity and quality, these techniques are grouped under the
NAPSI certification seal.

This guarantees the same experience as drinking maple water straight
from the tree. The harvesting methods and processes of NAPSI-certified
products meet strict standards that guarantee the maple water is:

  • Natural: harvested from maple trees
  • Authentic: it is the same sap that the trees themselves produce
  • Pure: no agents or extra ingredients are added
  • Sterile: devoid of any microorganism
  • Integral: it is unrefined, not from concentrate, and contains all the
    original compounds provided by nature

This certification is available for national and international
distributors who meet the requirements, which include that the maple
water must be from Canada. This year, the only brands with NAPSI
certification are SEVA, OVIVA™ and MAPLE3.

“The FPAQ is proud that NAPSI-certified pure maple water is finally
available year-round,” states Serge Beaulieu , President of the FPAQ.
“This new product provides great potential for growth opportunities in
our industry, which already contributes up to three quarters of a
billion dollars to Canada’s GDP ($750 million). Maple water, an
innovation developed here and sold via collective Quebec marketing
strategies, will help promote local economic growth through the added
value generated by the underlying NAPSI process.”

NAPSI-certified maple water can be enjoyed just like at the maple grove,
as a simple drink, in ice cubes or as an ingredient in a variety of
recipes. It is ideal as a thirst-quencher in the summer or for
rehydrating after physical exercise. Maple water naturally contains
more than 46 essential nutrients, including a wide variety of vitamins
and minerals, organic and amino acids, polyphenols and phytohormones.
Furthermore, this plant-based water contains only 25 calories per 250
ml serving.

It is also popular as an accompaniment to gourmet dishes. When used in
cooking, it gives foods a fine, delicately scented and slightly sweet
flavour, and imparts a unique and distinctive character to cocktails,
drinks and smoothies. Recipes are available on ilovemaple.ca as well as in the new Le Grand livre de l’érable book, published by Trécarré.

For sale across Quebec
NAPSI-certified maple water under the OVIVA™ and SEVA brands are already
on sale in Quebec and British Columbia. Retail price is between $4.99
and $5.99
for one litre. The distribution network for the MAPLE3 brand
will be communicated at a later date. For more information about pure
maple water and NAPSI certification, visit maplewaternapsi.ca and napsi.ca.

OVIVAPure Maple Water
$4.99
In Metro supermarkets across Quebec
In IGA supermarkets across Quebec from next week

SEVA Pure Maple Water
$4.99 – $5.99

Quebec:
Château Taillefer Lafon , Laval
In various public markets

British Columbia:
Urban Fare
Nesters Foods
Natures Fare
Buy Low Foods

For a complete list of points of sale for each brand, please visit: oviva.ca and drinkseva.com.

The FPAQ would like to thank Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the
Quebec Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and the Conseil pour le développement de l’agriculture du Québec for their respective financial support.

About the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers (FPAQ)
The FPAQ was founded in 1966 with the mission of defending and promoting
the economic, social and moral interests of its 7,400 maple businesses.
These men and women are working together to collectively market their
products. The FPAQ innovates and develops products for the domestic
maple syrup industry and with the advantages brought by collective
marketing. The quality of their work and their products has made Quebec
the producer of close to 80% of today’s global maple syrup output.

SOURCE FEDERATION OF QUEBEC MAPLE SYRUP PRODUCERS

Image with caption: “OVIVA, SEVA, MAPLE3 maple water. (CNW Group/FEDERATION OF QUEBEC MAPLE SYRUP PRODUCERS)”. Image available at: http://photos.newswire.ca/images/download/20130523_C9658_PHOTO_EN_27021.jpg

: May 23, 2013 4:56 pm

Icahn seeks up to $7 billion for Dell bid


NEW YORK |
Thu May 23, 2013 4:51pm EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Activist investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc have initiated talks with banks and asset managers to line up commitments for as much as $7 billion in bridge loans to back their leveraged recapitalization proposal for Dell Inc, banking sources told Thomson Reuters LPC on Thursday.

Jefferies & Co is leading the deal.

Icahn and Southeastern are looking to lock in the financing before Dell shareholders meet in July to vote on a rival take-private offer from CEO Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners. Icahn and Southeastern are seeking at least $5.2 billion and as much as $7 billion in lender commitments, sources said.

“They want the shareholders to know that they have an alternative,” another source said.

Jefferies is understood to have committed $1.6 billion to the bridge loan.

The arranger is asking for commitments as large as $1 billion and is expected to have lenders lined up as early as next week.

Lenders committing to the deal are being offered a fee upfront of 3.5 percent, which is typical of these transactions. As an added sweetener, Icahn and Southeastern are also offering lenders an additional 7.5 percent of any incremental profit the two shareholders receive if Silver Lake prevails with an increased offer.

Pricing on the loan is guided at 350bp over Libor, though pricing could change as syndication efforts are only in the early stages, the same sources said.

Jefferies and Icahn declined to comment. Calls to Southeastern and Dell were not returned by press time.

In a May 9 letter to Dell’s board, Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management, two of the company’s largest shareholders, proposed an alternative to a buyout deal led by founder Michael Dell and private equity firm Silver Lake Partners. Under the Icahn proposal, shareholders could hold onto existing stock with the option of receiving either a distribution of $12 per share in cash or $12 per share in stock valued at $1.65 per share.

If Dell’s shareholders accept the Icahn and Southeastern offer, the bridge loan will become permanent financing.

Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners, who are looking to take the company private for $13.65 per share, or $24.4 billion, have already received $13.75 billion in debt commitments from a number of banks and Microsoft Corporation to back their offer. Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Credit Suisse and RBC Capital Markets agreed to provide $11.75 billion in bank lines and Microsoft agreed to purchase up to $2 billion in subordinated notes.

Icahn and Southeastern, which together own about 13 percent of Dell stock, have argued that the Silver Lake offer undervalues the company.

Dell’s shares rose 0.01 percent to $13.37 Thursday afternoon.

(Reporting by Michelle Sierra; Editing By Jon Methven)

: May 23, 2013 4:56 pm

Google faces new federal antitrust probe: source




WASHINGTON |
Thu May 23, 2013 4:45pm EDT


WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. regulators are in the early stages of an antitrust probe into whether Google Inc, which dominates web display advertising, has broken antitrust law in how it handles some ad sales, a source told Reuters on Thursday.

The source said that it was unlikely that the Federal Trade Commission had sent out civil investigative demands in relation to the probe, which would be the sign of a formal and more serious investigation.

The FTC wrapped up a previous investigation with Google in January, concluding that it had not manipulated its Web search results to hurt rivals but winning promises that it would change certain behaviors.

(Reporting by Diane Bartz, editing by Ros Krasny)

: May 23, 2013 4:56 pm

Pandora Media loses $28.6 million in first quarter


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Internet radio business Pandora Media Inc. lost $28.6 million in the April quarter, pushing its accumulated deficit — that’s how much money it has lost or written off since it started — to $168.1 million.

The Oakland company (NYSE: P) lost $20.2 million a year ago in the first quarter.

Sales rose to $125.5 million in the quarter, up from $80.8 million a year ago, with strong gains in both advertising sales and in subscription services.

Joe Kennedy is Pandora’s CEO and chairman.

Steven E.F. Brown is web editor at the San Francisco Business Times.


: May 23, 2013 4:56 pm

carney: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Tech Labor Shortage http://t.co/6w9mmvShYe

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Tech Labor Shortage