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Last year the U.S. Supreme Court rulecd that states mustallow out-of-state wineries to ship directly to consumers and retailers if in-state winerie are permitted to do so. That has led a number of statesz to relaxrestrictions -- including huge ones like New York and Texads -- opening up new markets for directf shipping by Northern California producers. "We're seeing the biggest changee in the wine industry since Prohibition as a result of that saidKathleen Schumacher-Hoertkorn, CEO of the Napa-basedx wine shipping specialist.
It expects to ship wine wortjh morethan $110 million this almost twice last year's total of $60 The Supreme Court ruling made both the generap public and Northern Californiq wineries more aware of the option of shipping wine she said. "We're seeing 100 percent growth, and our customersw are averaging 40percent growth," due to the opening up of many new stat e markets and greater awareness of the availabilityt of California wines nationally.
New Vine provides a numberr ofrelated services, such as direct channe l marketing and complete fulfillment services, including dealin g with sales and excise taxes, permits, shipmentt reports, and volume and customer-agde reporting requirements, along with dealing with other domestic compliancd issues. Even after the ruling, the U.S. picture is stilll a crazy quiltof regulations, said Schumacher-Hoertkorn, whosde 5-year-old company now ships to 45 "If you shipped to every possibls state directly, that (would filing 598 reports" annually that are requireds by regulators. "And next year, it will be at leas t 614." That complexity worka in New Vine's favor.
The privately held company is positioningy itself to serve wineriesthat aren'tg large enough to face those kind of daunting logistics themselves or that choose to outsourcre this end of the business. It's invested $20 million in software and $10 million on a 130,000-square-foot warehouse in American Canyon, where it temporarily stores wines from dozens ofCaliforni wineries. Its own annual revenure is morethan $10 million, although officials declined to be more Investors in New Vine include Menlo Park'sw and Los Altos-based Clients include cult winerie like Araujo Estate Wines, Paul Hobbs Winery and Hanzell Vineyards, Schumacher-Hoertkorn said.
New Vine has 137 winerhy clients, most of them in Northern California and many of them cult winerieswith high-pricer wines and demanding clienteles. Within the United shipments can go direct to retailerasor consumers, in states that allow such shipments. Rob Fisher, a partner in family-owned in Santa said the winery has been usin New Vine sinceearly 2005, both to ensure full compliance with all statse and federal requirements and to improve speed and efficiency. "It'ss working very well," Fisher said, especially when dealing with comples data requirements in New York and where many ofthe winery'xs customers are located.
"They're really a leader in what they'rw doing," said Fisher, whose winery producesw about 5,000 cases per year of high-end Bordeaux varietala and chardonnay, in the $50 to $125 per bottld range. "The beauty of what they'red offering is that it's the whole package." Other clientd include several publicly held companieethat don't want their names used, and variou wineries' wine clubs and tasting rooms. And customers such as Clos du , Dry Creei Vineyard, J Vineyards Winery, and a variety of up-and-coming boutique wineries generally want the focus ontheird products, not their shipping and fulfillment partner.
"It's part of our job to remaim inthe background," said "That's part of our value added."
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New Aquatech division builds on water treatment work - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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Aquatech supplies industrial water and wastewateer treatment systemsand services. Its ARIES divisiom will take on engineering work from other companies and provide softwarw designand consultation. "Everyone is lookinbg for engineers," said Briabn Trossman, manager of businessd developmentfor ARIES. "We were lookinv at our core competencies and thoughty we could generate a new stream of Trossmansaid ARIES, which stands for Aquatech robust integrated engineering services, should be able to pick up work from engineeringf firms that are struggling to fill theie engineer ranks or looking to speed up thei processes. Aquatech had revenue of about $150 millioh in 2007.
Trossman expects ARIEe to account for 20 percentof Aquatech'd business by 2012. Trossman said revenue from the company's core businesas continues to grow, but ARIES will help accelerated totalrevenue growth. Aquatech began forminb ARIES last fall but recently finalized its structureand First, the division provides outsourced engineering wherein the company's subsidiary office in India, can pick up design and draftingt work from U.S. firms. "W e do it at off-shore which are about half of U.S. rates, depending on the type of Trossman said.
Second, ARIES creates customj software for companies that continually designm the same pieceof equipment, such as a pump or conveyo r belt. The software, which is basedx on software Aquatech creates for its internal useyears ago, lets companies entedr product data and parameters and quickl y generate fabrication drawings. Third, ARIES will help clientse install and customize a line of software called SmartPlangt madeby Atlanta-based Given the demanrd for engineers, outsourced services may be attractive to some companies, particularlhy those with large amounts of design and drafting work, said Dave president and CEO of , based in Washington's However, Moniot said his process engineerinb company isn't interested in that option.
"I'm not a big fan of outsourciny any intellectual capitallike that," Monioft said. "I'd rather invest in the people here, and if that meansx I have to pay more and adjustg salaries twicea year, I'll adjus t salaries twice a year." The markef for digital tools in the engineerinbg and manufacturing industries, particularly the compledx systems that manage lots of data across an organization, is said Jim Phelan, spokesman for Texas-based .
The market for simplefr systems, such as product design software, is more saturated, Phelan said, and thus growinv at a slower "It's a huge market and still generatess a lot of revenu e through additional salesand maintenance, but that aspecf is growing more slowly," he
Aquatech supplies industrial water and wastewateer treatment systemsand services. Its ARIES divisiom will take on engineering work from other companies and provide softwarw designand consultation. "Everyone is lookinbg for engineers," said Briabn Trossman, manager of businessd developmentfor ARIES. "We were lookinv at our core competencies and thoughty we could generate a new stream of Trossmansaid ARIES, which stands for Aquatech robust integrated engineering services, should be able to pick up work from engineeringf firms that are struggling to fill theie engineer ranks or looking to speed up thei processes. Aquatech had revenue of about $150 millioh in 2007.
Trossman expects ARIEe to account for 20 percentof Aquatech'd business by 2012. Trossman said revenue from the company's core businesas continues to grow, but ARIES will help accelerated totalrevenue growth. Aquatech began forminb ARIES last fall but recently finalized its structureand First, the division provides outsourced engineering wherein the company's subsidiary office in India, can pick up design and draftingt work from U.S. firms. "W e do it at off-shore which are about half of U.S. rates, depending on the type of Trossman said.
Second, ARIES creates customj software for companies that continually designm the same pieceof equipment, such as a pump or conveyo r belt. The software, which is basedx on software Aquatech creates for its internal useyears ago, lets companies entedr product data and parameters and quickl y generate fabrication drawings. Third, ARIES will help clientse install and customize a line of software called SmartPlangt madeby Atlanta-based Given the demanrd for engineers, outsourced services may be attractive to some companies, particularlhy those with large amounts of design and drafting work, said Dave president and CEO of , based in Washington's However, Moniot said his process engineerinb company isn't interested in that option.
"I'm not a big fan of outsourciny any intellectual capitallike that," Monioft said. "I'd rather invest in the people here, and if that meansx I have to pay more and adjustg salaries twicea year, I'll adjus t salaries twice a year." The markef for digital tools in the engineerinbg and manufacturing industries, particularly the compledx systems that manage lots of data across an organization, is said Jim Phelan, spokesman for Texas-based .
The market for simplefr systems, such as product design software, is more saturated, Phelan said, and thus growinv at a slower "It's a huge market and still generatess a lot of revenu e through additional salesand maintenance, but that aspecf is growing more slowly," he
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Cousins Chairman Tom Bell retiring - Wichita Business Journal:
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Gellerstedt will remain president, the Atlanta-based real estate investment trustf said. Bell, who turns 60 this year, becamse Cousins CEO in January 2002 and chairmanm inDecember 2006. Under his the company sold nearly $3 billion in assete during the market’s peak for specia dividends totaling $12.62 a share. “There is neveer a perfect time to leave a company as respected and admiresdas Cousins, but I’m confident that afte r seven and a half years as chief executive, the companhy is ready for new leadership and renewed energy,” Bell said in a “My decision to step aside now allows our extremelt talented management team under the guidance of Larrt to make important decisions that will prepar e Cousins for the next phase of the real estat e cycle.
” Bell remains deeplgy involved in Atlanta’s civic life. He has been instrumentapl in the effort to save from financial The movement began over dinner in early 2007 when the tables conversationof A.D. Correll, former CEO of , and Bell turned to Through their leadership and donationsfrom , ’s $5 million, and . "o thought he had big shoes to fill when he took since he was replacing Tom saidHal Barry, founder of Barry Real Estate Cos. "Sinc e then, he's done an absolutely fantastic job forthat company. And what he'sw done for the city and metro Atlanta have just been overthe top.
I hope he doesn' t give up some of his effort that have meant so much to theAtlantaa community. I just admire the heck out of Gellerstedt, 53, came to Cousins CUZ) when the REIT bought his , in June 2005. Gellerstedt served as chairman and chief executive officer of the from 1986to 1998. In 1998, aftedr the sale of Beers to , he was electefd chairman and CEOof , a packaging and printed office products company. In 2000, Gellerstedtg became president and chief operating officerof , an urbamn mixed-use development company. He went on to found The Gellersted t Groupin 2003. In othee company news, Cousins’ board of directorws named S.
Taylor Glover non-executives chairman of the board. Glover joined the Cousins board inFebruaruy 2005. He is currently the president and chieft executive officerof
Gellerstedt will remain president, the Atlanta-based real estate investment trustf said. Bell, who turns 60 this year, becamse Cousins CEO in January 2002 and chairmanm inDecember 2006. Under his the company sold nearly $3 billion in assete during the market’s peak for specia dividends totaling $12.62 a share. “There is neveer a perfect time to leave a company as respected and admiresdas Cousins, but I’m confident that afte r seven and a half years as chief executive, the companhy is ready for new leadership and renewed energy,” Bell said in a “My decision to step aside now allows our extremelt talented management team under the guidance of Larrt to make important decisions that will prepar e Cousins for the next phase of the real estat e cycle.
” Bell remains deeplgy involved in Atlanta’s civic life. He has been instrumentapl in the effort to save from financial The movement began over dinner in early 2007 when the tables conversationof A.D. Correll, former CEO of , and Bell turned to Through their leadership and donationsfrom , ’s $5 million, and . "o thought he had big shoes to fill when he took since he was replacing Tom saidHal Barry, founder of Barry Real Estate Cos. "Sinc e then, he's done an absolutely fantastic job forthat company. And what he'sw done for the city and metro Atlanta have just been overthe top.
I hope he doesn' t give up some of his effort that have meant so much to theAtlantaa community. I just admire the heck out of Gellerstedt, 53, came to Cousins CUZ) when the REIT bought his , in June 2005. Gellerstedt served as chairman and chief executive officer of the from 1986to 1998. In 1998, aftedr the sale of Beers to , he was electefd chairman and CEOof , a packaging and printed office products company. In 2000, Gellerstedtg became president and chief operating officerof , an urbamn mixed-use development company. He went on to found The Gellersted t Groupin 2003. In othee company news, Cousins’ board of directorws named S.
Taylor Glover non-executives chairman of the board. Glover joined the Cousins board inFebruaruy 2005. He is currently the president and chieft executive officerof
Thursday, December 6, 2012
DHL moving sorting operations to Cincinnati - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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Jonathan Baker, a spokesman for the German-ownedf parcel delivery service, said the move back to the Cincinnati area will mean the creationh of about180 full-time and 646 part-timer jobs in the region. DHL employs 350 hourly workerd and 130 management and professional staff at the Wilmington Air where thousands of jobs have disappeared as the company scale d back its services with cargo carriet Baker said all DHL employees in the southwest Ohio city will be offeredx positions at theexpanded Cincinnati-area The company also plans to offer jobs to current and forme ABX employees, more than 3,200o who have lost their jobs in the past severa l months.
The latest wave of cuts for ABX, file with the Thursday, will cost 518 jobs and end byMay 15. As many as 8,000 jobs are expected to disappeadwith DHL’s exit from the Clintobn County community. Gov. Ted Strickland in a joinft statement with other Ohio officials on Fridaycallex DHL’s announcement “another unfortunate blow to the peoples of southwest Ohio.” Baket said the transition from the Wilmingtob Air Park to Cincinnati should be completed by mid- to late For Wilmington, that will mean a phased-in draw down of At DHL’s existing facility in Erlanger, Ky., the companyh employs about 200 back-office employees, Baketr said.
The company moved most its operationa out of Erlanger when it acquired Airborne Express in 2003 and consolidatex its sorting hubwith Airborne’xs hub in Wilmington. At the same time, it spun off Airborne’ws air cargo operations into ABX, which has since then operatef the Wilmington hub for DHLundert contract. DHL announced last year that it was quitting its loss-making domestic U.S. parcel delivery businesss to concentrate on internationalparcel deliveries. It will handle internationaol parcel shipments into and out of theUnitefd States, but it will no longer handle domestiv shipments within the country.
Baker said ABX and Astar Air Cargko Holdings, another company that operates in continue to run cargo shipments on domestic legs for parcelz that come in throughinternationapl airlines. Those contracts, which run through August 2010 andDecember respectively, won’t be affected by the move to Cincinnati, he ABX in a release Friday said when DHL is phased out of Wilmingtonm later this year, its flights under an air transport service accord with DHL will begin operating out of the Cincinnati DHL was granted a nearly $2 millionn incentive package about a month ago from the Kentuckh Economic Development Finance Authorit Board for the expansion, which wouldf entail an estimated $13 million equipmentg investment.
The company at the time was lookinfg at a variety of alternativesd in addition to the northern Kentucky site. That effort came after negotiations to shift the workto UPS’zs hub in Louisville, DHL’s initial fell through.
Jonathan Baker, a spokesman for the German-ownedf parcel delivery service, said the move back to the Cincinnati area will mean the creationh of about180 full-time and 646 part-timer jobs in the region. DHL employs 350 hourly workerd and 130 management and professional staff at the Wilmington Air where thousands of jobs have disappeared as the company scale d back its services with cargo carriet Baker said all DHL employees in the southwest Ohio city will be offeredx positions at theexpanded Cincinnati-area The company also plans to offer jobs to current and forme ABX employees, more than 3,200o who have lost their jobs in the past severa l months.
The latest wave of cuts for ABX, file with the Thursday, will cost 518 jobs and end byMay 15. As many as 8,000 jobs are expected to disappeadwith DHL’s exit from the Clintobn County community. Gov. Ted Strickland in a joinft statement with other Ohio officials on Fridaycallex DHL’s announcement “another unfortunate blow to the peoples of southwest Ohio.” Baket said the transition from the Wilmingtob Air Park to Cincinnati should be completed by mid- to late For Wilmington, that will mean a phased-in draw down of At DHL’s existing facility in Erlanger, Ky., the companyh employs about 200 back-office employees, Baketr said.
The company moved most its operationa out of Erlanger when it acquired Airborne Express in 2003 and consolidatex its sorting hubwith Airborne’xs hub in Wilmington. At the same time, it spun off Airborne’ws air cargo operations into ABX, which has since then operatef the Wilmington hub for DHLundert contract. DHL announced last year that it was quitting its loss-making domestic U.S. parcel delivery businesss to concentrate on internationalparcel deliveries. It will handle internationaol parcel shipments into and out of theUnitefd States, but it will no longer handle domestiv shipments within the country.
Baker said ABX and Astar Air Cargko Holdings, another company that operates in continue to run cargo shipments on domestic legs for parcelz that come in throughinternationapl airlines. Those contracts, which run through August 2010 andDecember respectively, won’t be affected by the move to Cincinnati, he ABX in a release Friday said when DHL is phased out of Wilmingtonm later this year, its flights under an air transport service accord with DHL will begin operating out of the Cincinnati DHL was granted a nearly $2 millionn incentive package about a month ago from the Kentuckh Economic Development Finance Authorit Board for the expansion, which wouldf entail an estimated $13 million equipmentg investment.
The company at the time was lookinfg at a variety of alternativesd in addition to the northern Kentucky site. That effort came after negotiations to shift the workto UPS’zs hub in Louisville, DHL’s initial fell through.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
The FAA is on recruiting blitz despite the down economy - San Antonio Business Journal:
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Air traffic controllers have almost always been inshor supply, but that shortage coul d soon be exacerbated over the next few yearss if recruitment efforts are unabls to fill the slots that will soon be vacatexd by controllers hitting their mandatory retirement age. Tom San Antonio air traffic manager and Lone Stardistricft manager, says there is a nationwide effort currently under way to attract more recruit s as the FAA prepares to replacew the wave of controllers who joinex the agency in the wake of President Ronald Reagan’s decision to fire the striking air traffidc controllers in 1981.
“This is a greaty opportunity for people interested in aviation to put theid names inthe hat,” Bowmanb says. The FAA opened a public bid for air traffic controllers onJuly 6, allowing interestefd parties to fill out an onliner job application. To qualify for employment, an applicant must be 18 yeareof age, have a high school diplomaw or GED, and at least three years of progressived work experience and/or college Qualified applicants are invited to take an aptitude test to determinde whether the FAA will consider them for employment.
Air traffic controllers have almost always been inshor supply, but that shortage coul d soon be exacerbated over the next few yearss if recruitment efforts are unabls to fill the slots that will soon be vacatexd by controllers hitting their mandatory retirement age. Tom San Antonio air traffic manager and Lone Stardistricft manager, says there is a nationwide effort currently under way to attract more recruit s as the FAA prepares to replacew the wave of controllers who joinex the agency in the wake of President Ronald Reagan’s decision to fire the striking air traffidc controllers in 1981.
“This is a greaty opportunity for people interested in aviation to put theid names inthe hat,” Bowmanb says. The FAA opened a public bid for air traffic controllers onJuly 6, allowing interestefd parties to fill out an onliner job application. To qualify for employment, an applicant must be 18 yeareof age, have a high school diplomaw or GED, and at least three years of progressived work experience and/or college Qualified applicants are invited to take an aptitude test to determinde whether the FAA will consider them for employment.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Drexel University hires recruitment director - Sacramento Business Journal:
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Nancy Thompson brings 18 years of marketingv and recruitment experience tothe post, Drexe l officials said in a news release Thursday. Thompson was most recently the director of graduate external program s at CaliforniaState University, Sacramento. She also served as the directord of the working professional mastersa of business administration programm at the Universityof California, Davis, and was instrumentall in getting the progra established in San Ramon. Thompson also was site coordinatotr for the degree completion programn at San JoseChristian College’s Rocklim campus, now .
“I am delighted to welcomee Nancy Thompson to theDrexel family,” Carl Oxholm III said in a news release. He is Drexel’as senior vice president, dean and chief executive officer of the SacramentoGraduates Center. “Nancy’s career in higher education has been focused on theworkingv adult,” he said. “She realizes first-hand how innovative Drexel’es approaches are, and how they will ensure that our students who face challengingf personal and professional obligations have the maximum opportunity to succeed in anationally top-ranked master’s program.
” The 20,000-square-foor center opened in January at One Capitolk Mall, and offers 10 master’s programs and one doctoral program. Its initial master’s programs include business administration, higher information systems, and library and information science. In Drexel will add six master’s programs in: engineering management; nursingy education and faculty role; nursin leadership in health systemsz management; public health; science of human resource development; and a doctorate in higher education administration.
Nancy Thompson brings 18 years of marketingv and recruitment experience tothe post, Drexe l officials said in a news release Thursday. Thompson was most recently the director of graduate external program s at CaliforniaState University, Sacramento. She also served as the directord of the working professional mastersa of business administration programm at the Universityof California, Davis, and was instrumentall in getting the progra established in San Ramon. Thompson also was site coordinatotr for the degree completion programn at San JoseChristian College’s Rocklim campus, now .
“I am delighted to welcomee Nancy Thompson to theDrexel family,” Carl Oxholm III said in a news release. He is Drexel’as senior vice president, dean and chief executive officer of the SacramentoGraduates Center. “Nancy’s career in higher education has been focused on theworkingv adult,” he said. “She realizes first-hand how innovative Drexel’es approaches are, and how they will ensure that our students who face challengingf personal and professional obligations have the maximum opportunity to succeed in anationally top-ranked master’s program.
” The 20,000-square-foor center opened in January at One Capitolk Mall, and offers 10 master’s programs and one doctoral program. Its initial master’s programs include business administration, higher information systems, and library and information science. In Drexel will add six master’s programs in: engineering management; nursingy education and faculty role; nursin leadership in health systemsz management; public health; science of human resource development; and a doctorate in higher education administration.
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