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15 BFTP Clients Named to LV Business’ Top 100 Privately Held Cos
Fifteen clients and alumni of the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania were listed among the region’s Top 100 privately held companies by Lehigh Valley Business. Companies voluntarily applied for this honor. Read more: http://bit.ly/1hZqor3 Allen Organ Company B. Braun of America/B. Braun Medical Bally Ribbon Mills Britech C.F. Martin Guitar & Co. Inc. Continue Reading…
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Are we becoming less effective in our ‘always on’ world?
The 2015 Ben Franklin iXchange featured a keynote presentation by futurist Michael Rogers. View Mr. Rogers’ perspectives on “if we’re becoming less effective in our ‘always on’ world” below.
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How can a leader prepare for the future?
The 2015 Ben Franklin iXchange featured a keynote presentation by futurist Michael Rogers. View Mr. Rogers’ perspectives on “how a leader can prepare for the future” below.
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How will globalization continue to change the U.S?
The 2015 Ben Franklin iXchange featured a keynote presentation by futurist Michael Rogers. View Mr. Rogers’ perspectives on “how globalization will continue to change the U.S.” below.
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Fleet Genius Review: Best Low-Cost GPS Fleet Tracking
Business News Daily recommends BFTP/NEP client Prova Systems’ Fleet Genius as the best low-cost GPS fleet tracking software for small businesses/best GPS fleet tracking software for very small businesses. They chose Fleet Genius from dozens of GPS fleet tracking software options. Read more: http://bit.ly/1NELIOD
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Prova’s Fleet Genius Selected to Automate Ambulance Fleet
MedStar Mobile Healthcare has implemented Prova System’s Fleet Genius fleet management system to provide diagnostic and maintenance meter tracking for its fleet of 75 vehicles. The system will be used to automate the collection and reporting of vehicle usage metrics that drive the ambulance fleet maintenance system. Read more: http://bit.ly/1hODt6A
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Highwood to Expand, Hire More Staff
Highwood USA, Tamaqua, started construction of a 23,000-square-foot addition that will bring the facility to 96,000-square-feet. The Schuylkill County-based manufacturer is seeing strong growth in its furniture business; the expansion will allow Highwood to do more in-house manufacturing. The company plans to hire 15 to 18 people next year. Read more: http://bit.ly/1gXSse8
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Keystone Edge Releases Ben Franklin Special Edition
Learn more about Ben Franklin’s statewide work in generating high paying, sustainable jobs across the Commonwealth; helping early-stage firms attract follow-on funding; investments in companies; and other successful initiatives that build Pennsylvania’s technology economy: http://bit.ly/1T82ncN
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How will globalization continue to change the U.S.?
The Ben Franklin Technology Partners iXchange 2015 event featured futurist Michael Rogers as the keynote speaker. Rogers addressed the virtualization of America and the world, the Internet of Things, and what the digital lifestyle means for business. See his insights at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmalrN6Wc3M
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Innovative Control Systems to Showcase its Technology at New Car Wash
Sparkle Care Wash in Lower Nazareth will be a self-service, fully automated operation with automatic sensors that wash away dirt and utilize new methods to recycle water. It will showcase Innovative Control Systems’ technology that integrates the control of car wash equipment to important business functions. Read more: http://bit.ly/1SOZ7Z2
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MindBridge Innovations Develops High-Tech Therapy Bikes
“Entrepreneurship is all about redefinition and flexibility,” says Dan Vassilaros of MindBridge Innovations. MindBridge’s OrthoBike™ therapy system is a rehabilitative tool for physical therapists that provides range-of-motion, strength, and gait rehabilitation to patients after total hip and knee replacement and other lower extremity surgeries. Read more: http://bit.ly/1M9rhtT
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Carbondale Tech Transfer Center Offers “Makerspace” for Electronics Companies
Using a model it deployed for food manufacturing, the Carbondale Technology Transfer Center, a member of the Ben Franklin Business Incubator Network, hopes business and entrepreneurs will be whipping up batches of circuit boards at an electronics makerspace. The electronics makerspace will serve small companies with specialized needs that produce prototypes or short runs of Continue Reading…
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IQE Named One of 55 Key Partners in U.S.’s First Integrated Photonics Institute for Manufacturing Innovation
Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE has been named as a key partner in a new consortium to establish the U.S.’s first Integrated Photonics Institute for Manufacturing Innovation (IP-IMI). Created as part of the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation, the IP-IMI has been launched in order to advance the state-of-the-art and establish U.S. leadership in Continue Reading…
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OraSure Receives Key USFDA Status for Rapid Ebola Test
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted OraSure’s rapid Ebola test special status that allows the company to sell the test while it works toward final approval. OraSure’s test is the first that does not require refrigeration, an important attribute for tracking a disease that spreads in the developing world. Read more: http://bit.ly/1hfPQbx
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Worked Up: Generating great jobs across the Commonwealth
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SeKur Technology Launches Crowdfunding Campaign for its Secure File Sharing Platform
SeKur Technology, Inc. produces SeKur XFR (“secure transfer”), a file sharing platform with enterprise level security that will give Internet users the power to track, monitor, and disable (“unsend”) any file, anytime, even after download. The company launched a crowdfunding campaign on Rockethub. Read more: http://bit.ly/1haQkQ7; Participate: http://www.rockethub.com/43903
