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Hawaii-based structural engineering company augments Coffman’s multidiscipline services

HONOLULU – October 10, 2022 – (Newswire.com)

Multidiscipline consulting engineering firm Coffman Engineers, Inc. (Coffman) announced today that structural engineering firm Shigemura, Lau, Sakanashi, Higuchi and Associates, Inc. (SLSH) has executed a letter of intent to join Coffman. The companies plan to finalize the asset purchase agreement by Nov. 1. Once the agreement is finalized, Coffman will welcome SLSH’s four owners and all six staff members to the company before the end of the year. The decision to join Coffman is part of SLSH’s ownership transition plan to provide continued support to their staff and established clients while the ownership plans for retirement.

“We were selective and committed to finding the right firm to partner with that would benefit our clients and staff. We were motivated by Coffman’s drive for the same level of client care and attention to detail that our clients have become accustomed to. Our work and values are also complementary. We look forward to bringing our teams together to start a new chapter and to serve our clients with increased resources,” said Howard Lau, PE, Shigemura, Lau, Sakanashi, Higuchi and Associates’ President. 

SLSH owners Howard Lau, PE, Craig Sakanashi, PE, Wayne Higuchi, PE, and Beverly Ishii-Nakayama, PE, will join Coffman as principal advisors. The addition of SLSH expands Coffman’s Honolulu structural group from three to 13. SLSH has provided consulting structural engineering services to private and public clients throughout the Pacific Region for more than 52 years. SLSH’s experience augments Coffman’s structural engineering capabilities and complements the company’s other engineering disciplines. 

SLSH and Coffman have an ongoing working relationship and share many of the same clients. The two companies’ markets and clients align, particularly in military/DoD, healthcare, housing, and education. 

“We are honored and humbled that SLSH has chosen Coffman as part of their leadership transition. We have a lot to learn from their 52 years of doing business in Hawaii. We welcome them to our office ‘ohana and are prepared to continue the level of service they have established with their clients,” said John Thielst, Coffman’s Senior Vice President, Managing Principal, Pacific Region.

After the agreement is finalized, SLSH, as Coffman Engineers, will continue to support clients and honor their project commitments with the same staff and quality. The SLSH staff will move to Coffman’s downtown Honolulu office before the end of the year.

For more information, visit the announcement page at: https://www.coffman.com/news/SLSH-joins-coffman-engineers/. The announcement page will be updated after the deal closes.

About Shigemura, Lau, Sakanashi, Higuchi and Associates, Inc. (SLSH)

SLSH is a Hawaii-based full-service consulting structural engineering firm providing services to clients in both the private and public sectors. The firm was started in 1970 by Stanley Shigemura and has provided engineering services for the past 52+ years for various types of projects utilizing all available construction materials. SLSH uses the latest technology and software to arrive at solutions more rapidly, investigate more structural options, and results in cost-effective solutions for clients.

About Coffman Engineers, Inc.

Coffman Engineers is a multidiscipline engineering consulting firm that integrates many disciplines, including civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, fire protection, and other specialties, to offer clients local, high-touch services. Coffman has 620 employees in 20 offices across the U.S. committed to building a better world. Coffman’s Pacific Region has 68 employees and includes offices in Honolulu and Guam. Their multidiscipline services support clients and projects throughout the Pacific and Asia. Visit coffman.com or connect with us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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808-687-8884

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The brand’s launch represents a huge step towards advancing the circular economy

PHILADELPHIA – October 10, 2022 – (Newswire.com)

American Box announces the introduction of its new division, Impact Recycling Partners, to further its mission to help organizations give materials a second life. This milestone represents a significant accomplishment for American Box to optimize and reinvent zero waste initiatives. The new division furthers the goal of commercial sustainability by providing innovative zero waste and landfill diversion programs. While American Box aims to upcycle used materials efficiently, Impact Recycling Partners focuses on systemic change by helping organizations implement new material and waste management methods.

Impact Recycling Partners amplifies American Box’s message of environmental responsibility. This news comes after American Box’s substantial strides in sustainability practices since 1956 but specifically highlights efforts from the past decade, including:

• Generating $27 million in revenue for clients from conversion efforts
• Giving 139 million cardboard boxes a second life
• Diverting 38,000 tons of mixed plastics from landfills

This immense success uncovered a clear need for American Box to expand its offerings. President of American Box Brandon Spradlin recollects, “We got our start helping local companies give corrugated shipping boxes a second life through a reuse program that was very much ahead of its time. Today, we are focused on inspiring organizations to break the status quo when it comes to waste and recycling programs.” The demand for widespread, innovative recycling programs continues to increase. Impact Recycling Partners solves this problem while creating value for organizations, employees, and stakeholders. American Box developed the new brand to optimize the circular economy by providing businesses with tailored zero waste improvement plans. Their ability to refine commercial recycling and waste management processes uses resources more efficiently and turns waste into income streams.

To learn more about Impact Recycling Partners and their mission, visit their website at https://irp.earth.

About Impact Recycling Partners (IRP) and American Box Company

American Box started in 1956 with a mission to give materials a second life. Impact Recycling Partners (IRP) further aims to positively impact the environment by rethinking the world’s approach to zero waste. IRP creates customized waste and recycling programs for organizations and helps them pursue zero waste facility certification. Traditional waste haulers take waste to landfills or divert it to recycling centers, prolonging the negative impact. Instead, IRP finds creative ways to repurpose resources, giving used materials a new purpose.

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Together with launching its new website, Tayloright is rolling out a new set of antler bone men’s wedding rings

IVINS, Utah – October 10, 2022 – (Newswire.com)

Today, Tayloright LLC, a popular seller of durable men’s wedding bands, is launching a new set of men’s wedding rings made with antler bone. Antler bone — the underlying raw material for producing these men’s wedding bands — prevents it from scratching or rusting. Antler bone men’s rings from Tayloright LLC are unique and have a touch of class.

Tayloright LLC launched the antler bone men’s wedding rings with excitement and joy. When you are ready to go down the aisle with the woman of your dreams, visit the Tayloright LLC website and order a ring made with antler bone from its store. The antler bone wedding ring will complement your outfit and personality on your wedding day. The producers of the antler bone men’s wedding ring use strong and flexible antler bone to produce the wedding rings. Most of the new antler bone wedding bands have a wood color and a durable finish, which means it does not rust.

After its research on the durability of antler bone, Tayloright LLC is introducing its new collection of antler bone men’s wedding rings in its physical shop and online store at www.mensweddingrings.us.

Tayloright LLC antler bone men’s wedding ring specifications:

• The raw material for manufacturing the rings is antler bone (a strong, durable, and malleable bone from deer antler).
• Antler bone — the raw material for producing the ring protects it from rusting.
• The rings have a wood-finish texture.
• The rings are available in a variety of styles, textures, and designs.

“The deer antler rings from Tayloright LLC are customizable. We can etch engravings on the ring if you demand it when placing an order. All the deer antler bone men’s wedding bands we sell in all our stores are durable and will last long, as long as you maintain the ring properly. The bones the manufacturers use in making the rings are real antler bones. As a man who wants to start the forever journey with his fiancée, your style, outfit, personality, and class will get a boost if you wear one of our trendy and luxurious wedding bands,” said Ron Johnson, co-founder of Tayloright LLC.

“Today, Tayloright LLC proudly launched our latest set of men’s wedding rings made with antler bone in our online store and physical store in Washington. We have various styles, textures, and designs of men’s wedding rings you can select from; there’s a ring for every man in our store. Our antler bone rings are durable, waterproof, and do not scratch. You won’t have to worry about itching or scratches while wearing our antler bone wedding bands,” said Taylor Johnson, founder and CEO of Tayloright LLC.

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The wearable sustained acoustic medicine (sam®) treatment has been effectively utilized by sports medicine doctors, athletes and beyond to help rapidly treat tendon, ligament and other soft-tissue injuries.

TRUMBULL, Conn. – October 10, 2022 – (Newswire.com)

ZetrOZ Systems, creator and manufacturer of the sam® wearable ultrasound device product line, is continuing to expand its clinical education program on the benefits of sustained acoustic medicine for soft tissue healing, the usage of the pain relief treatment and attaining health insurance coverage of the pain relief device. 

Sustained Acoustic Medicine (sam®) is the only home-use bioregenerative medical device cleared by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration for the treatment of select medical indications, most commonly for chronic joint pain of the shoulder, knee and elbow, and the treatment of overuse injuries. More than 50 clinical and scientific studies support its effectiveness in healing injuries, restoring function and returning patients to work and everyday activities.

“Our sam® technology is touching thousands of lives daily, and we want to continue providing education to more healthcare providers as a way to bring this innovative intervention forward to Americans who can benefit from this treatment,” said Dr. George Lewis, founder and CEO of ZetrOZ Systems. “This technology offers results without the need for opioids or other drugs while treating and healing patients up to 40% faster than standard methodologies.”

Clinical education on sam® is directed by Dr. Rod Walters and Dr. Rajiv Mallipudi. Walters is a nationally recognized leader in athletic training with decades of experience at major universities and as a consultant to clients including the National Football League, the Big 12 Athletic Conference and Cirque du Soleil. He was inducted into the National Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame in 2005.

Dr. Mallipudi, MD, M.H.S, is a board-certified internal medicine hospitalist physician and assistant clinical professor at the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn. He is an active clinical researcher on healthcare quality improvement, with projects examining methods to reduce length of stay for hospital patients and to improve patient outcomes.

Walters and Mallipudi have a shared goal of educating physicians, physical therapists and athletic trainers about the benefits and use of the sam® device, in hopes of reducing the need for surgeries and pain medication and improving patients’ likelihood of returning to work, sports and normal daily activities. By providing clinical training resources, including online videos, medical professionals now have information on best practices for the drug-free and non-invasive treatment of patients’ injuries.

Adherence to a sam® regimen across the repair phase provides a necessary and safe intervention to ensure patients avoid chronic, recurring injuries. Recommended practices are specified in the education materials and include:

• The sam® treatment can be applied with one or two ultrasound stimulators.
• The sam® device should be applied a minimum of four times a week.
• Treatments should be applied incrementally to assess patients’ response to treatment, from an initial one-hour treatment to a maximum of four hours per treatment.
• For acute conditions, treatment duration can range from 4 to 8 weeks.
• For chronic conditions, treatment can range from 2 to 12 weeks.

Clinical education instructs physicians that sam® can serve as a stand-alone treatment or be used to supplement other treatment approaches to stimulate soft-tissue repair and that its value is as a treatment option that does not require surgery or pain relief medications. 

The sam® treatment also is a cost-effective treatment option. For example, a 2020 study on knee osteoarthritis, published in the Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, found sam® provided a greater improvement in functional effectiveness per dollar of care than the standard care options. 

ZetrOZ Systems continues to provide education on sam® technology, most recently participating in the annual PHATS (Professional Hockey Athletic Trainers Society) SPHEM (Society of Professional Hockey Equipment Managers) 2022 Conference in June. Findings showed sam® is a non-invasive, non-narcotic alternative to pain, and that the device’s ease of use led athletes to return to normal activity after treatment.

To learn more, visit zetrozsystems.com.

About ZetrOZ Systems
ZetrOZ Systems is leading healing innovation in sports medicine, developing wearable bioelectronic devices for the delivery of sustained acoustic medicine (sam®). Researched and funded by the federal government, ZetrOZ is built on proprietary medical technology of +46 patents and is the exclusive manufacturer and developer of sam®, a product line designed for the treatment of acute and chronic musculoskeletal conditions. To learn more, visit zetrozsystems.com.

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Climate infrastructure startup’s 8x revenue growth captured the attention of lead investors Fifth Wall

SAN FRANCISCO – October 10, 2022 – (Newswire.com)

EcoCart, a software company building the infrastructure for ecommerce companies to operate sustainably at scale, has raised a $14.5M Series A round. The company, which previously raised $3M in April 2021, will leverage the funds to continue its work toward making ecommerce more transparent and sustainable. 

The round was led by Fifth Wall Climate, and with participation from Capital One Ventures, SVB Capital, Ryder Ventures, Sree Sreedhararaj, CTO at Sephora, Nikila Srinivasan, VP of Product at Instacart, and a handful of other angel investors. Existing investors Base10 Partners, SuperAngel.Fund, and angel Ben Jabbawy, Founder of Privy also participated in the round.

The company has increased revenue more than 8x and grown headcount from 5 to 30 full-time employees, which is a direct result of them capturing the attention of major ecommerce brands across the globe. As the company continues to grow, they plan to expand into new ecommerce platforms as well as other custom builds with their evolving API capabilities.

“Using EcoCart is like having your own trusted sustainability team to guide you through the process of measuring, offsetting, and analyzing your carbon footprint,” says Kyle Hency, Co-Founder and former CEO of Chubbies. “Their way of threading sustainability into the shopping experience doesn’t only help brands communicate about what they’re doing to be more sustainable but it genuinely delights customers in the moment. It’s also an extremely easy way for ecommerce brands to take that first step toward operating more sustainably, which removes potentially the biggest hurdle brands face when they first start considering sustainability.”

EcoCart’s platform has grown extensively since the previous financing round, having added capabilities such as product detail page content, educational homepage banners, live impact counters, and in-depth sustainability reporting. In addition to new capabilities, the roster of carefully vetted offsetting projects that the company partners with to help their customers fund genuinely impactful offsetting activities has also grown. This expansion has allowed EcoCart to offer even more impactful sustainability-led experiences, solidifying the company as a clear leader in the sustainable commerce space. As a result, brands leveraging EcoCart have seen higher than 60% adoption rates from their customers, which has led up to a 22% lift in conversion rate and a 38% increase in average order value.

“EcoCart makes sustainability an everyday touchpoint for consumers, unlocking a scalable way for thousands of companies to contribute to impactful, sustainable projects that support people and help to decarbonize our planet,” said Brendan Wallace, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Fifth Wall. “We are proud to back EcoCart through its next stage of development and growth and explore how the real estate sector can harness the power of consumer action to make a meaningful impact globally.”

EcoCart was founded in 2019 by Dane Baker and Peter Twomey. Since inception, EcoCart has worked alongside merchants of all sizes, from retail giants to home-grown businesses, who don’t have the time or resources to go through a full product lifecycle audit and analysis, to help them calculate, analyze, and offset their carbon emissions. The company’s continued growth, and this new round of funding, is further evidence that the need for sustainability solutions for businesses of all sizes will only continue to grow.

“Since partnering with EcoCart last year, Dane, Peter, and team have made tremendous strides towards their vision of making the entire retail industry more sustainable. We’ve seen EcoCart build strong trusted relationships with their customers around the most critical point of the ecommerce experience: checkout,” noted Rexhi Dollaku, Partner at Base10 Partners. “Base10 is excited to continue backing this special company, which is well on its way to  solidifying a spot in every brand’s ecommerce toolkit.”

EcoCart’s robust product suite has enabled the company to support 2,000+ customers including Siete Foods, Walmart Canada, Supergoop!, Bird Scooters, Mr. Beast’s Feastables, APL, and more. With this new round of funding, EcoCart will continue building next generation climate tools to enable ecommerce brands to operate more sustainably with a mission to make an impact with every online transaction.

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CU1 and former NFL player and veteran sportscaster Mike Golic will launch the partnership at the Shamrock Series presented by Credit Union 1 and invite local nonprofits in South Bend, Michiana, and Chicagoland to apply for grants.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – October 8, 2022 – (Newswire.com)

Credit Union 1 (CU1)—a leading financial institution with branches across Illinois, Indiana, and Nevada, and the Official Banking Partner of Notre Dame Athletics—is announcing its partnership with the Golic Family Foundation, a charitable organization started by notable Notre Dame alumnus, former NFL player and veteran sportscaster Mike Golic and his family. Together, CU1 and the Golic Family Foundation plan to offer $100,000 in grants to local nonprofits serving the South Bend community and beyond in 2023. 

The partnership builds upon the success of the inaugural Golic Sub-Par Classic at The University of Notre Dame, held in June 2022. Credit Union 1 was the primary sponsor for the event, which benefited The Logan Center, Center for the Homeless, Food Bank of Northern Indiana and the South Bend Animal Resource Center. 

“South Bend will always be home to our family thanks to the countless memories and milestones we have celebrated here, and we look forward to giving back to the community that helped shape us all,” says Golic. “Through the Golic Family Foundation, which will expand on the success of the inaugural Sub-Par Classic, we will raise money for causes near to our heart, and we are excited that this partnership with Credit Union 1 will allow us to give back in an even bigger way.” 

In addition to the $100,000 of grants that will be distributed, Credit Union 1 also plans to donate $200 to the Golic Family Foundation each time a new member opens a Fighting Irish Program account, allowing members to participate in giving back to the community. 

“In our 65-year history, Credit Union 1 has always been committed to supporting families and communities. As we expand into the South Bend community with our new branch located just minutes from the University of Notre Dame campus, we wanted to ensure that our presence went beyond just serving our local members,” says Todd Gunderson, President and CEO of Credit Union 1. “The partnership with the Golic Family Foundation was a natural fit, and we look forward to strengthening our ties with the residents of South Bend and the wonderful nonprofits that serve the community.” 

Grants will be distributed throughout 2023, but interested organizations can learn more and submit an application now at creditunion1.org/golic. 

About Credit Union 1  

Credit Union 1 is celebrating 65 years of helping members reach their financial goals. CU1 is a member-owned, not-for-profit financial cooperative serving 85,000 members across 14 branches located in Illinois, Indiana, and Nevada. CU1 also serves members nationwide thanks to a highly rated mobile app, 30,000 surcharge-free ATMs, and 5,000 shared-branch locations. CU1’s mission is to exceed our members’ expectations by delivering innovative financial solutions to help achieve their maximum economic potential. In 2021, CU1 provided $9.9 million in direct financial benefits to members through lower loan rates, high savings rates, and fewer fees than banking institutions.

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