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TechTrends e-Newsletter I October 2003 Page 2 of 4 <br /> • Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), a process designed to maximize <br /> N equipment productivity and slash maintenance expenditures. <br /> 0 '1 <br /> • Pull Systems/Kanban, which helps you control the flow of resources in a <br /> production process and reduce inventory, slash order turnaround times, and <br /> boost cash flow. <br /> • Quality Systems. <br /> P • Internet Technology. <br /> y • Product Development. <br /> • Strategic Management. <br /> What's more, MTI offers 360vu through our affiliation as a Manufacturing Extension <br /> 11': Partnership (MEP) center. MEP is a nationwide network of not-for-profit centers <br /> whose sole purpose is to provide small and medium-sized manufacturers with <br /> `` business help. The centers, which all 50 U.S. States and Puerto Rico, are linked <br /> together through the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of <br /> Standards and Technology. The result: Clients have access to an unparalleled <br /> network of manufacturing- and business-related expertise and resources. <br /> For more information on MTI's 360vu offerings, go to <br /> 1 www.minnesotatechnology.orq, or call 612/373-2900, 800-325-3073 <br /> li IiTech Notes <br /> Technology business news from around Minnesota. <br /> Mankato-based phone and Internet service provider Hickory Tech Corp. recently <br /> announced that it will sell all of its wireless subsidiary, Minnesota Southern Wireless <br /> Co., to Western Wireless Corp. of Bellevue, Wash., for $25 million in cash and stock. <br /> III .:. <br /> 1 <br /> The deal, which is subject to FCC review, is scheduled to close in the fourth quarter <br /> of 2003. <br /> 0 <br /> DMS Imaging, a Fergus Falls-based provider of imaging equipment, supplies, and <br /> services, recently named Mark Casner president and chief operating officer. <br /> The Minnesota Dislocated Worker Program (DWP) recently gave Blandin/UPM- <br /> Kymmene of Grand Rapids an award from for its help in providing help to laid-off <br /> employees. The firm offered up to $10,000 to each former employee through its <br /> tuition reimbursement program and hired a placement company to help provide <br /> transition assistance. DWP is a program of the Minnesota Department of <br /> Employment and Economic Development. <br /> 0 <br /> 0 St. Cloud-based Bankers Systems Inc., a St. Cloud-based provider of compliance <br /> resource solutions for financial institutions, recently acquired Atchley Systems, a <br /> Dallas maker of anti-money-laundering software. <br /> 1 The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) <br /> recently announced that a total of 10 regions from around the state have submitted <br /> applications to become Minnesota Job Opportunity Building Zones (JOBZ). The JOBZ <br /> program is designed to stimulate economic development activity in distressed areas <br /> of Minnesota by providing local and state tax exemptions. The JOBZ designations <br /> 0 will take effect on January 1, 2004. <br /> One JOBZ applicant, the northwestern Minnesota city of Perham, will not wait to <br /> • 0 find out if application will be accepted. The city is considering creating a special Tax <br /> Increment Financing district for Willis Rubber, a Wadena-based business that is <br /> 0 <br /> looking into building a production facility in Perham. <br /> t <br /> t4 <br /> http://www.minnesotatechnology.org/publications/techtrends/2003/November/printVersi... 11/10/2003 <br />