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Small to midsize enterprises (SMEs) are leveraging product lifecycle management (PLM) technology and adopting best practices to improve product development and deliver more innovative products to customers. A recently published report, Profitable Product Development for SMEs by Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS), finds that Best in Class companies are hitting the product development metrics that drive profitable growth 49% to 74% more frequently than average competitors. These top performers are up to 14 times as likely as their poorer performing competitive counterparts to meet key targets for product launch dates, product revenue, product costs, development budgets and quality targets.

"As a result of their superior ability to meet development targets, Best in Class companies are delivering innovative products to market an average of 22% faster t...

Digital prototyping and electronic notification technologies are helping engineering and manufacturing organizations to meet launch dates, revenue, cost and quality targets -- on budget -- despite demand for more products of increasing complexity according to a new report from Aberdeen, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS).

Findings from Aberdeen's Digital Product Development Benchmark Report show that digital prototyping enables the assessment of a product's performance and manufacturability. Additionally, electronic forms, lifecycle management and workflows all automate the notification of product development stakeholders. For example, among companies surveyed, 51% of top performers assess manufacturability prior to design kickoff through digital prototypes.

"Digital product development technologies allow companies to build fewer physical prototypes, process f...

IWT Tesoro Corporation (OTCBB: IWTT), a market leader in wholesale distribution and merchandising of ceramic, porcelain, and natural stone floor and wall tiles, announces that it is has contracted with Global Media Fund, Inc.(GMF). GMF will provide $5 million worth of nationally syndicated newspaper features, nationally syndicated radio features and other pre-paid media over the next three years using GMF's currently utilized, industry standard advertising rates. The agreement calls for the regular distribution of feature articles to approximately 10,000 newspapers, news and wire services, industry journals, and consumer publications. The campaign also includes support for Tesoro's distribution channels and wholesale customers. In addition, GMF will coordinate an annual conference specifically focused on meeting Tesoro customer needs and showcasing the company's ...

Winning Brands Corporation (PINKSHEETS: WNBD) www.WinningBrands.ca announces that Benjamin Moore banner stores throughout New York City in the Janovic Paint & Decorating organization are adding Winning Colours® Multi-Cleaner to their product range for consumers and contractors. Janovic is a wholly owned subsidiary of paint manufacturer Benjamin Moore & Co and operates the well known paint and decorating centers throughout New York City.

The arrival of Winning Colours® Multi-Cleaner in New York City is a distribution milestone for Winning Brands. With retailers on both the "East Side" and "West Side" throughout Manhattan, and on Long Island, the new listing will make it more practical for the area's 9 million consumers and contractors to have access to Winning Colours® Multi-Cleaner when ...

IDenta Corp. (PINKSHEETS: IDTA) released a memorandum today detailing a number of significant activities the company will be undertaking in the coming months. The memo lists activities with the government of France, a U.S. visit by IDenta's CEO along with its Chief Scientist in early May, the development of a drug detector for morphine, the completion of testing for two new drug detectors, and applications for two new U.S. patents.

"It is hard to prioritize the value of these business activities, but do I feel that this mission to the U.S. may be our most important in a long time," said Yaacov Shoham, IDTA CEO. "Our marketing channels in the U.S. are beginning to report sales of drug detectors, as well as a growing interest in our IDenta Alert explosive detectors. We have scheduled high-level meetings in each of the cities we are visiting, and expect to m...

Notch Novelty Corporation (PINKSHEETS: NHNV), a manufacturer and distributor of high-value unique sign products and novelty items, reported strong results from the ECRM Dollar Stores/Value Health & Beauty Care and General Merchandise Show in Kansas City.

"Oddly enough at first, our company didn't consider the ECRM planning sessions as an 'order-writing' venue," States Brett Weiss, CEO of Notch Novelty Corporation. "Generally, these are considered opportunities to meet and greet, develop relationships and plan future business. Actually leaving the show with over $86,000 in confirmed orders was way beyond our expectations. We are very pleased with the business written, the things to come and the very positive feedback on the development of the Notch product line. We think there is a lot more business out there and are confident that this show will genera...

Superwire, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: SUPI) ExtreamTV is pleased to announce that Superwire, Inc. and ETV have executed documentation providing for ETV to become a wholly owned subsidiary of Superwire, and are moving toward closing the transaction.

The merger provides the resources to expand ETV's customer base by completing the installation of rooms currently under contract and capturing additional units currently in negotiation. ETV's approach for 2007 includes a 32" LCD TV with each sale to make the sale more attractive and the improved digital viewing will increase on-screen product purchases. In 2007 ETV will increase the current footprint from the mid-Atlantic and Southeast to the Southwest and West Coast by significantly adding to its sales force.

The Company's sales organization is focused on developing relationships with multi-property owners and manag...

S3 Investment Company, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: SIVC), a holding company with two subsidiaries doing business in the China market, has announced that its SINO UJE subsidiary will begin exhibiting today at the China International Medical Equipment Fair Spring 2007 Conference in Dalian, China. The event runs from today to Friday, April 13, 2007 at the Dalian World Expo Center in Dalian Xinghai Square.

According to event organizers, the conference enjoys strong support among its key customers including GE, Johnson & Johnson, Kodak, Siemens, Roche, Hitachi, Toshiba, Aloka, Sony, Olympus, Zeiss, Erbe, Datex-Ohmeda, Pentax, Samsung, Fuji, Shimadzu, Agfa, and Drager, as well as leading Chinese manufacturers like Wandong Medical, Neusoft and Mindray.

A major focus of SINO UJE's exhibit at the conference will be the introduction of the product line of new supplie...

TradeBeam, a leading provider of Global Trade Management (GTM) software, signed a 10-year strategic partnership with the China International Electronic Commerce Co., Ltd. (CIECC) to bring its GTM platform to the Chinese market. The CIECC, which is sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China (MOFCOM), will market and sell TradeBeam's on-demand software solution to over 1,000,000 businesses in China using its sales organization in 100 offices throughout China.

"We selected TradeBeam after a very careful review and strict selection process," said Junsheng Liu, the General Director, CEO and Board Chairman of the China International Electronic Commerce Co., Ltd. "As leading software and service providers in our respective countries, this strategic collaboration will propel both China and TradeBeam ahead of those around the world. We expect that as a result of the CIECC's national marketing and world-class infrastructure throughout China, this offering will si...

Maxager, the original provider of velocity-driven enterprise profit optimization solutions, today announced new chemical industry customers: Degussa (www.degussa.com) and Millennium (www.millenniumchem.com). Rather than viewing profitability with the traditional "margin only" approach, Maxager combines production speed data with margin to generate a profit-per-minute metric. Being time-based, this metric is directly linked to annual earnings and return on assets (ROA) and its use typically offers chemicals and other manufacturers the opportunity to increase in profits worth 3-5% of revenue.

A targeted business intelligence application focused on profit optimization for complex manufacturers, Maxager's software-based service is quick and easy to implement and provides powerful historical analysis, what-if modeling, and variance analysis. Unlike systems which require the creation of reports by expert u...