Accellent merges and buys other firms.(NEWS FROM / Contract Manufacturers)

Once you have decided to invest in a franchise, step back from the excitement of going into business for yourself and make sure the franchise of your dreams is all it promises to be. You may have been working with a franchise broker or a franchise salesperson employed by the ......

By the very nature of the orthopaedic market the need for high quality, durable components is vital. This $1 billion international market relies upon precision engineering to provide the appropriate components able to withstand some of the toughest conditions--the human condition and the stresses of modern life. The striking notion ......

1 Guidant*--$25.4 billion Acquirer: Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, N.J. Personal care products, pharmaceuticals and surgical equipment Target: Guidant Corp., Indianapolis Cardiovascular medical products 2 Anthem-WellPoint--$16.5 billion Acquirer: Anthem Inc. (now known as WellPoint), Indianapolis Health insurance Target: WellPoint Health Networks, Thousand Oaks, Calif. Health insurance 3 Simon Property Group--$5.1 ......

AN ACTIVE BABY BOOMER generation is boosting the economy in northern Indiana, where both orthopedic and recreational-vehicle manufacturers are benefiting from folks determined to keep moving. A need for new knees and hips. Kosciusko County's hotbed of orthopedic and surgical product companies is heating up even more as the baby ......

The city of Warsaw, a community of 13,000 people, seems to offer the best of the rural and urban lifestyles. Located on gently rolling countryside about halfway between South Bend and Fort Wayne, Warsaw is near the Lake Wawasee resort area and has three lakes within its boundaries. It is ......

DePuy Orthopaedics, a leading producer of arthritic surgical implants and other related products, announced the opening of its new Research and Innovation Center at its Warsaw headquarters. The 49,000 square-foot facility opened in early September, and will be used by DePuy researchers to expand its innovative work in the advancement ......

Company to Watch: 3F Therapeutics Inc. It wasn't the blockbuster year that we had forecast for this Lake Forest maker of heart devices. No buyout. No venture funding. A year ago 3F was flush with cash, having nabbed $14.2 million in venture capital funding led by a big medical device ......

Much of the basic technology which serves as catalysts for new fields comes from the national or international laboratories-the World Wide Web was developed at CERN; the graphical user interface at University of Illinois; genetic algorithms by psychologist/computer scientist John Holland at University of Michigan. So, it should come as ......

Companies that don’t set aside time for building a broader customer base may find themselves with no customers at all.

Bob Leduc has an nice article up on Home Biz Tools that explains why post card marketing is effective for all kinds of businesses (including eBay, and for driving traffic to sites/listing pages/eBay Stores). I would just add a few points that will help you get your post cards ......