Wednesday, July 11, 2012

West Marine Store Awards Interior Renovation Design Contract to Cuhaci & Peterson Architects

ORLANDO, Fla. – Cuhaci & Peterson Architects Engineers Planners based in Orlando’s Baldwin Park, was recently awarded a contract to design the interior of a new West Marine store at Naples Plaza on U.S. 41 in Naples.

Lonnie Peterson, chairman Cuhaci & Peterson, said the project will comprise 13,500 square feet of space formerly occupied by a Books-A-Million, which closed recently.

West Marine, considered the largest boating supply company in the world with 300 stores in 38 states, has 10 locations in southwest Florida.

The Naples Plaza West Marine is scheduled for completion and opening by the end of this year along with renovations of the entire Naples Plaza -- owned by Brixmor Property Group.

Dr. Cynthia A. LaRoe to Exhibit Paintings at Windhorse Theatre in Eustis Nov. 9

EUSTIS, Fla. – Dr. Cynthia A. LaRoe will exhibit her paintings at the Windhorse Theatre located at 353 Plaza Drive in Eustis, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m.

Dr. LaRoe is the wife of Kenneth LaRoe, chairman and chief executive officer of First Green Bank in Mount Dora.

Dr. LaRoe has been painting for many years but this will be the first exhibit of her work at in the Lake County area.

For more information about the exhibit, contact Al Chiodi at (352) 516-4309

Yuval Botansky Named President of ABD Development Company to Replace the late David Kohn, Development of Providence to Continue

PROVIDENCE, Fla. -- ABD Development Company has appointed civil engineer Yuval Botansky president to replace the late David Kohn, who passed away recently.

Botansky, who has more than 14 years of experience in community development, is a former managing director of resort community development in Jamaica and The Turks and Cacicos in the Caribbean.

Botansky said all current operations at ABD Development will continue as planned, including development of Providence, the 1,800 acre golf course community just south of Orlando, of Toscana, the luxury home community in Palm Coast, along with luxury custom home building at Heritage Green and Lakeside Villas at Providence and at Windsor Landing at Wyndham Lakes Estates in South Orlando.

CAMead Technologies is main line in Technology Partnership Poised to Impact Major Industry Markets

WINTER SPRINGS, Fla., – CAMcad Technologies, Inc., (CAMCAD) in Winter Springs has entered a partnership with a leading U.S. machine tool manufacturer that is poised to play a major role in specialized U.S. manufacturing industries.

Don McKillop, chief technology officer at CAMCAD, said the company has partnered with C.R. Onsrud, Inc (ONSRUD), the Waukegan, Ill.-based firm that ranks as North America’s foremost builder of high quality CNC machine tools for the aerospace, woodworking, plastics, and composites industries.

In 2011, CAMCAD, ranked as the leading U.S. reseller of Surfware’s SURFCAM software, which is used to control ONSRUD four and five axis CNC routers that can be programmed to shape extremely precise components and parts for manufacturing industries, McKillop explained.

Under the agreement CAMCAD will provide professional technical support, factory-certified postprocessors, and customer specific on-site training for ONSRUD four and five axis applications used in aerospace, woodworking, plastics, and composites industries, McKillop said.

“Our agreement means no excuses, no finger-pointing, and no lengthy ramp-up time for ONSRUD customers. A new ONSRUD five-axis CNC router can be productive as soon as it is installed,” McKillop said.

CAMCAD is a client company of the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program at the Winter Springs incubator located at 1511 E. State Road 434.

C.R.Onsrud Inc.
C.R. Onsrud, Inc. specializes in high quality CNC machinery designed for the aerospace, woodworking, plastics, and composites industries. We offer a comprehensive line of high-precision machining products including almost 50 standard models of three thru five axis CNC Routers, CNC Mills, and CNC Machining Centers, four models of Inverted Pin Routers, as well as a complete line of tooling and accessories. C.R. Onsrud is well known for superior service capabilities, high-tech training facilities, and an extensive Applications Engineering department to further reinforce our pledge to provide the industry with the best products, service, and customer support! Website: www.cronsrud.com

Surfware,Inc.
Surfware, Inc., developer of SURFCAM CAD/CAM systems and patented TRUEMill technology, provides world class solutions for today's manufacturing challenges. Surfware is dedicated to continuous innovation and development of new technologies that increase customers' machining productivity and profitability. Surfware's goals are to provide top-quality technology, customer service and world class solutions that allow its customers to gain a competitive edge in a changing global marketplace. www.surfware.com


About the UCF Business Incubation Program
Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Business Incubation Program has helped more than 200 emerging companies (including more than 134 current clients) create over $363 million in annual total economic output and more than 3,120 new jobs (taking direct and indirect and induced impact into account) with an average salary of $59,000. With ten facilities across the Greater Orlando community, the Business Incubation Program is a collaboration in economic development among the University of Central Florida, Orange County, the City of Orlando, Seminole County, the City of Apopka, the City of Winter Springs, the City of Sanford, Lake County, the City of Leesburg, Osceola County, the City of Kissimmee, City of St. Cloud, Volusia County and the Florida High Tech Corridor Council. For more information about the Program and its clients and graduates, please visit www.incubator.ucf.edu and UCFBIP on Facebook, on www.facebook.com/ucf4bip.