As the industry leader in voice-enabled workflow solutions, Mountain Leverage helps its partners maximize their performance in distribution centers of every size. The company’s story began in West Virginia, where the founder drew his inspiration.
2022
Staying On-Trend and Establishing Trust
The Importance of Branding
Advertising has become a helical heart center. One that spins the lifeblood of digital and print media into the energizing force on which global commerce runs daily. But what real impact does advertising have these days, and is its return on marketing investment (ROMI) still worth the effort?
Keeping Colleagues Connected, While Apart
We’re In This Together
Every generation has a turning point – a historical marker people reference when comparing what life was like before and after.
1Berkshire and the Berkshire Innovation Center
A Growing Digital Innovation Hub in the Heart of New England
In an era marked by pandemic-induced social distancing and a rising cost of living, rural living is reclaiming its popularity. In western Massachusetts, the region known collectively as the Berkshires has garnered and enjoyed a reputation as a rich cultural and artistic center not only in the Bay State but across the region. Now, its economic development agency 1Berkshire, through a collaborative partnership with the Berkshire Innovation Center and Osher Lifelong Learning at Berkshire Community College (collectively the “Tech Impact Collaborative”) plans to kick its plans into high gear to create a new rural economy and innovation hub ripe for investment and opportunity.
Wiregrass Economic Development
Southern Hospitality – Soaring High in Wiregrass Region
Southeast Alabama is a great place to live, learn, work, and prosper, facts of which the residents of Coffee and Geneva Counties, along with the City of Daleville in Dale County, are well aware.
Caglia Environmental
High-Tech Sustainability
After profiling Caglia Environmental in March 2017, Business in Focus is checking back in to learn about the company’s facility upgrades, continued sustainability efforts, and ongoing connection to its community.
Big Country Raw
Ten Years of Progress in Raw Pet Food Manufacturing
In most Canadian homes, pets are considered to be part of the family, and their humans make every effort to care for their wellbeing. Living through a pandemic has changed the way people look at food, with many choosing to eat healthier, less processed foods. This new focus on wellness has also reached the pet food industry.
Unisource Solutions
Strategy with Analytics, Design, Services and Made to Order Product Solutions
For over 30 years, Unisource Solutions, headquartered in Los Angeles California and providing solutions nationwide, has assembled one of the most comprehensive and trusted packages of workplace services in the industry. Their holistic approach to creating, outfitting, managing, and measuring inspiring workplaces has helped some of the most dynamic companies meet employee experience, organizational agility, and business objectives. The hallmark of their end-to-end product and service solutions is their unique combination of strategic and tactical expertise and ability to respond to planned and unplanned customer requirements on time and on budget with little or no oversight required.
Seagate Construction
Serving Atlantic Canada
For almost 20 years, Seagate Construction Inc. has provided customers in Canada’s Atlantic provinces with a rare level of service on projects from spas to restaurant renovations, and breweries to historic clock restorations.
Health and Safety in a Changing World
Keeping Workers Safe & Comfortable
As the COVID-19 pandemic has made personal protective equipment something everyone has had to think about, designers of such gear are stepping up to the challenge of creating more comfortable, more effective equipment and workwear for those who need it most.
Focus Media Group Celebrates 10 Years
The Story Behind the Stories
We are Focus Media Group, or FMG. For the past ten years, we’ve been honoured to bring you the stories of businesses across all sectors, and we can assure you that we’ve had fun doing it! To celebrate our 10th anniversary, we’d like to tell you our story.
Building Sustainability into Supply Chains
Logical Logistics
The Silk Road, which linked China, Western Asia, Persia, Central Asia and Europe, is an early example of a supply chain, used to transport jade and bronze, and later precious Chinese cloth. Much like spice trade routes, this supply chain saw products like black pepper, cinnamon, turmeric and star anise travel thousands of miles before reaching their final destination. It is interesting to consider how challenges of logistics have been so deeply ingrained in our society.
The Buzz Around Bees
The Money In Honey
Check out any local farmer’s market this season and you’ll be sure to find at least one stand devoted to all things bee-related: candles, waxed food wraps, soap, lip balms, and of course, honey. You can’t help liking these little guys who are working so hard for us.
HIPOWER SYSTEMS
Power to the People: Building QUALITY Generators
HIPOWER SYSTEMS harnesses the power of its international parent companies while remaining small enough to give customers a level of personal service and American-made quality that are hard to come by in standby and portable power generation manufacturing.
Strait Crossing Bridge Ltd.
The 25-Year Link
The 12.9 km (8.9-mile) Confederation Bridge linking Prince Edward Island to the mainland is a stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway that crosses the Northumberland Strait. But that doesn’t begin to describe a structure which is the longest bridge in the world over ice covered waters.
City of Lehi, UT
Move Over Silicon Valley – Silicon Slopes Coming Through
Since 2000, Lehi City, Utah, the eighth fastest-growing city in the U.S., has been pioneering Utah’s future as the preferred home for tech giants. The city’s great lifestyle, above-average salaries, and abundance of housing come wrapped in the natural beauty of lakes, rivers, and mountains.
Northeastern Nevada Regional Development Authority
Good as Gold and Getting Better
Bordered by Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, and California, the State of Nevada is famed for everything from snowy peaks and desert valleys to Las Vegas glitz and being the world’s fourth-largest producer of gold. Now it’s time for North Nevada to add a lot more value.
Women Driving Economic Recovery
Entrepreneurs by Necessity
Is a “she-covery” possible as we bounce back from COVID-related job and economic losses?
CUA
The Better Way to Bank
It’s good to find a financial institution like CUA, a provider of services and benefits that open the door to brighter financial futures for its customers, and a place where everyone’s voice is heard.
Upper Valley Business Alliance
Creating Opportunity—Together
The cities of Lebanon and Hanover are located in the Upper Connecticut River Valley region of central New Hampshire. With a combined population of roughly 27,000 people, the Upper Valley has a breadth of cultural and recreational activities to explore. The region offers incredible educational opportunities, and its medical technology industry is rapidly growing.
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