The collapse of the global economy has put a lot of manufacturing companies out of business. Even at this late stage of the recession, there are still auctions of recently closed plants conducted every day.

(AICON: Braunschweig, Germany) -- In the past, free-form tubes were in demand primarily from the furniture business for design reasons. These days, demand is generated from all industrial areas.

(Pilgrim Software Inc.: Tampa, FL) -- Pilgrim Software Inc., a provider of enterprise risk, compliance, and quality management software solutions, has partnered with The Winvale Group, a provider of information technology solutions to the United States’ public sector.

(LaserLinc: Fairborn, OH) -- LaserLinc is introducing a new option in its proprietary Total Vu software package: customizable reports from Microsoft Excel templates.

(emergn: New York and London) -- emergn, a global professional services and business agility firm, has announced that the company is launching its lean and agile training series, emergnEducation, in North America.

(INUS Technology Inc.: Seoul, South Korea) --  INUS Technology Inc. announces that Rapidform XOR3 is directly compatible with five leading computer-aided design (CAD) software applications.

(Advanced Test Equipment Rentals: San Diego, CA) -- The SRM-3006 Selective Radiation Meter is

(Artel: Orlando, FL) -- It has been said that time is money.

When the phrase “social network” comes to mind, people generally think about Facebook or Twitter. Volumes of academic studies have been written on this relatively new phenomenon.

During the past six years, the Harrington Institute and its business partners have been involved in community improvement efforts that have produced significant results within the organizations involved.