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In a Tumultuous Year for Coal in the United States, Attendance from Overseas Surged STAMFORD, Conn., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2013 International Coal Preparation Exhibition and conference, held April 28-29 in Lexington, KY, saw record international attendance -- up 17% from 2012 -- from a total of 21 countries. The increase was notable given the current state of the coal industry in the United States, particularly the Appalachia region, and coal producers' moratoriums on...
NEW YORK, Feb. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital content innovator Joe Territo has been named SVP, Content and User Engagement for Penton, a new executive position created to accelerate innovation around the digital user experience for all Penton brands, CEO David Kieselstein announced today. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130204/CL53124 ) Territo most recently served as Executive Director, Content, for Advance Digital, which operates leading local news and information...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Did heads of the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Department of Transportation (DOT) put their credibility at risk, and perhaps air safety, too, when they reiterated their support of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner program prior to FAA's grounding of the US fleet? In an editorial analysis entitled, "Too Close for Comfort?" to be published in the February issue of Air Transport World, Editor-in-Chief Karen Walker observes as...
CLEVELAND, Jan. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IndustryWeek, the leading business information source for executives and operations leaders in the manufacturing industry, has announced the winners of its 23rd annual IW "Best Plants Awards". This annual program salutes outstanding North American manufacturing facilities on the leading edge of efforts to increase competitiveness, enhance customer satisfaction, and create stimulating and rewarding work environments. The 2012 IndustryWeek...
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Jan. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- China will remain the primary driver of global production growth over the next four years, but the U.S. will remain the No. 2 vehicle producer in the world as North America continues to play a unique role in the automotive industry. The report comes from the newly released joint Global Light Vehicle and Powertrain Forecast service from two respected sources of automotive data and analysis, WardsAuto and AutomotiveCompass. The new...
NEW YORK, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Marketing executive Kate Spellman, who most recently launched and served as president of United Business Media's UBM Studios, has joined Penton Media as senior vice president, marketing, CEO David Kieselstein announced today. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130107/CL37412) She will report to Kieselstein in the company's New York City headquarters, and serve as a member of Penton's Executive Committee. Under Spellman's...
STAMFORD, Conn., Nov. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to rising public and private-sector demand for more sustainable management of organic waste, Penton's Waste Industry Group today announced a strategic business initiative to bring new information, insights and thought-leadership to this fast-growing global market segment. The centerpiece of the initiative is an exclusive partnership with former US Composting Council Executive Director, Dr. Stuart Buckner, to create original...
NEW YORK, Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Penton Media today acquired Farm Progress from Fairfax Media Limited of Sydney, Australia, significantly expanding its agriculture sector footprint to become the largest and most diversified agriculture information business in North America, offering live events, digital products, data, marketing services and publications. This acquisition directly supports a key Penton strategy of increasing investment in existing sectors that offer strong...
NEW YORK, Oct. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Penton Media today launched Trusts & Estates Plus, the first tablet app for estate planning and wealth management professionals to aggregate content. The iPad app is now available in Apple's App Store.(SM) "We talked with our Trusts & Estates magazine and WealthManagement.com subscribers and we learned several important things," said Warren N. Bimblick, senior vice president, strategy and business development at Penton. "We learned...
NEW YORK and CHICAGO, Oct. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In a move signaling the company's strategic push into the fast-growing field of business-to-business sustainability services, Penton Media today announced its investment in a strategic alliance with Chicago-based GreenPoint Partners to develop and commercialize "Green Per Square Foot (PSF)", a web-based "energy efficiency marketplace." GreenPSF will enable building owners, managers and end-users to determine ways to operate more...
