NEWS: October 2005 Archives - Ben Franklin Technology Partners of PennsylvaniaSubscribe
BPL Global Delivers Broadband Over Powerlines to Pittsburgh Suburbs
High-speed internet is coming to an electric outlet near you. "Broadband over Power Line" is seen by many as the technology that can unseat cable broadband and DSL technologies, which together account for nearly all consumer broadband in the country.... Read More
KC Distance Learning Is First Tenant in Bloomsburg Business Incubator
The Bloomsburg Regional Technology Center (BRTC) is the most recent addition to the Ben Franklin Business Incubator Network and in early August, Ben Franklin client KC Distance Learning (KCDL) became the very first tenant. Mark Burke is director o... Read More
BFTP’s Powder Metals Initiative Wins U.S. Department of Commerce Award
BFTP's Powder Metals Initiative received high honors when the Commerce Department announced the organization was the winner of the 2005 Excellence in Economic Development Award for Regional Competitiveness. Pennsylvania State Representative John E... Read More
Videon Central Still Leading the HDTV Technology Wave
More than five years ago, Videon Central was awarded Ben Franklin funding to develop high definition television (HDTV) products for personal computers. Their first product did just that and enabled PC monitors to receive and display HDTV signals. Lit... Read More
Biosyn Brings New Jobs to the Region, Hope to the Third World
Biosyn Inc., a Huntingdon Valley biotechnology company whose main product could help stem the AIDS epidemic, is staying put. Almost a year after being purchased by California-based Cellegy Pharmaceuticals Inc., the company has decided to relocate its... Read More
Digestive Care’s Innovative Medicine for Cystic Fibrosis Finds New Markets
Dr. Tibor Sipos knows the value of niche marketing. Fifteen years ago he left his position as director of dental research at Johnson & Johnson to form Digestive Care, Inc. His goal: to develop a much-needed cystic fibrosis medicine - one the phar... Read More
You Can Go Home Again: Fischione Instruments Returns to BFTP
The Commonwealth's landmark 2004 study "Manufacturing Pennsylvania's Future" confirmed that process and product innovation are the best ways for manufacturers to compete in today's market. With this in mind, Fischione Instruments returned to BFTP mor... Read More
Howard/McCray Launches New Display Case Product Line
Howard/McCray - a leading manufacturer of display cases used in supermarkets and convenience stores - unveiled its new curved-glass merchandising line at the company's headquarters in the Northeast Philadelphia on September 7. Participating in the... Read More
Going the Distance: T-Networks Merger to Provide Wider Spectrum of Products
Industry-leading optoelectronics component manufacturers T-Networks, Inc., in Upper Macungie Township and ASIP, Inc. of Somerset, New Jersey are merging into a new company, Apogee Photonics, that is combining operations at the T-Networks' facility an... Read More
PRO Barrier: Protecting Our Buildings From Vehicle Attacks
PRO Barrier Engineering LLC, a homeland security products company based in Hummelstown, received BFTP 2005-2006 funds to introduce a new anti-terrorism vehicle barrier. The funds will be used to conduct full-scale crash tests to prove the barrier mee... Read More
