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Facility to Create Hundreds of Jobs, Produce Quality Product ARUA, Uganda, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pan African Tobacco Group (PTG) Founder Tribert Rujugiro Ayabatwa announced today that ground has been broken on the company's new $20 million tobacco processing and production operation in northern Uganda. The new warehouse and factory, located in Arua, will be operational in five months and will produce its own water and electricity. Once up and running, it will employ 200...

$20 Million Investment to Increase Production, Create Jobs ARUA, Uganda, March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pan African Tobacco Group (PTG) Founder Tribert Rujugiro Ayabatwa today announced a $20 million (USD) expansion to the company's processing and production operations in northern Uganda that will directly create 700 new jobs and support thousands more throughout East Africa. The investment will allow for construction of a new 30,000 square-meter warehouse and a new factory that...

PITTSBURGH, June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- "The Allegheny Airport Authority is unfairly boosting fees for customers taking taxis, Super Shuttles and limousines to and from Pittsburgh International Airport," according to Jamie Campolongo, president and chief executive officer of Pittsburgh Transportation Group (PTG). "With virtually no warning or discussion," he added, "the Airport Authority has doubled the fees charged to all our equipment serving the airport. They have raised...

PITTSBURGH, May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Yellow Cab of Pittsburgh, a division of the Pittsburgh Transportation Group (PTG), is introducing propane-powered taxi cabs to Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl will be on hand around 11:45 a.m. at the cab drivers annual barbecue Wednesday, May 30 at the PTG garage on Preble Avenue in Manchester to see the first group of an anticipated 55 cabs to undergo the conversion. "It's all part of the green initiative undertaken by our...

PTG joins cleantech industry’s most exciting startups to showcase its innovative approach to wastewater disinfection that makes water available for re-use while generating renewable energy. San Leandro, CA (PRWEB) February 28, 2012 Greg Ryan, co-founder and CEO of Pasteurization Technology Group (PTG), has been invited to participate in the Tenth Annual Cleantech Forum, the annual gathering of the global clean technology innovation community that takes place in San Francisco March...

New image sharing and export options include recording of paint strokes to play back in ArtRage 3.5 Studio on Mac/Win for further editing, creation of tutorials to communicate the artistic process and higher resolution output for large format printing. New York, New York (PRWEB) October 12, 2011 A new update to ArtRage for iPad is now available (1.3). This new version can share paintings via Facebook, DropBox, and deviantArt, and export to a wider range of image formats via iTunes and...

PITTSBURGH, July 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- "We have had a series of requests from residents and hotel operators for service in the Greater North Hills including Cranberry, Seven Fields, Mars, Adams, Marshall, Bradford Woods, Pine and Franklin Park," said Jamie Campolongo, president and chief executive officer of the Pittsburgh Transportation Group (PTG). PTG is the parent of Yellow Cab of Pittsburgh. "The calls," he added, "have complained about a lack of service in the Greater North Hills,...

PITTSBURGH, July 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- While recognizing the serious situation facing Pennsylvania's transportation system because of inadequate funding, we are deeply concerned about the financial impact on our over 400 independent contractors and on Pittsburgh Transportation Group (PTG) PTG has a fleet of some 800 vehicles, including taxis, vans, limousines and shuttles. PTG companies include Yellow Cab, People's Cab, Super Shuttle, ExecuCar/Embassy Coach, and PTG Charter Services....

PITTSBURGH, July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- "We're anticipating increasing growth as the economy continues its resurgence," according to Jamie Campolongo, president and chief executive officer of the Pittsburgh Transportation Group (PTG). "As a result, we will be adding 50 new cabs to our Yellow Cab fleet over the next six months at a cost of $750,000," he added. "Further," noted Campolongo, "in accordance with the green philosophy of our parent company Veolia Transportation, the largest...