Building Materials

Cement Producer Increases Plant Uptime by 10 Percent with Pavilion Technologies

Austin, TX – October 8, 2007 - Pavilion Technologies, a world leader in model-based software, today announced that leading cement and building materials producer Titan America, has achieved increased operational efficiency with Pavilion’s Cement Control and Optimization Solution. Titan America sought the Pavilion Raw Material Preparation application to improve the stability and utilization of its raw mill at its Pennsuco facility in Miami, Florida. Since the implementation, Titan’s Pennsuco plant has achieved a 10 percent increase in mill operating time by significantly reducing the number of mill starts and stops through improved control of mill loading.

WAYNE, PA - August 21, 2007 - As the Premier integrated software provider for large-enterprise lumber dealers and building component manufacturers, Deacom, Inc. today announces that Carter Lumber has selected the Deacom Integrated Accounting and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software System to refine and manage its manufacturing business processes. With over 200 stores in 10 states, Carter Lumber is one of the United States' top building materials retailers and manufacturers of trusses, custom moldings, millwork, engineered lumber, and prefabricated wall panels.

Carter Lumber will use the Deacom ERP System to consolidate and streamline its labor tracking, production scheduling, inventory, sales order entry, and purchasing functions in real-time, as well as link to its Mitek design software for integrated ties between the engineering and business process.

Software Captures New Product Concepts and Ensures Selection of Best Ideas

San Jose Calif.—July 31, 2007—Centric Software, the leading provider of Product Intelligence™ applications for the extended enterprise, today announced that it is supplying Masco (NYSE:MAS), one of the world's leading manufacturers of home improvement and building products, with a software application to capture new product ideas and guide contributions through a standard process that is specifically designed to filter out the best ideas and identify ideas worthy of patenting.

"The wealth of ideas and 'back of the envelope' thinking within companies is key to cost-effective revenue growth and creating a competitive edge," said Chris Groves, CEO of Centric Software. "Yet many companies struggle with how to implement new idea capture and triage. Often, those closest to the product have the best ideas for innovation. An investment in capturing internal creativity drives revenue growth and provides a return on their investment."

Teutrine Has Chosen Infor ERP COM To Reduce Manual Adjustments And Failures, And Accelerate Transactions Along Their Entire Value Chain
MUNICH, Germany - Jun 03, 2007
Infor today announced that Teutrine has deployed Infor ERP COM, Infor's integrated Enterprise Resource Planning solution. Teutrine is a leading provider of construction site management services, assembling, repairing and modernizing works for customers worldwide in the cement, lime and gypsum industry as well as for power stations with coal grinding plants. Infor EPR COM will enable fast and secure transactions along the entire value chain, including sales, service, warehouse management, production planning and execution, dispatching and procurement. Teutrine will now be able to increase transactions. In particular, Teutrine benefits from the integrated project management module that will deliver automated quotations much faster to customers.

i2 Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITWO) today announced that HeidelbergCement, one of the leading producers of building materials worldwide, has selected i2 Supply Chain Strategist to optimize its global Logistics network. The initial implementation will be in eastern European countries, with plans for an eventual broader rollout.

HeidelbergCement has selected i2 Supply Chain Strategist to drive more efficiency through its production and distribution network. The solution is designed to support key strategic decisions at each stage of the Supply Chain from raw materials Procurement to finished goods distribution. It can provide Insight into the tradeoffs between alternative strategies regarding site location, facility missions, product mix, transportation strategies and inventory deployment strategies.

U.S. Cement Producer to Deploy Pavilion’s Pyroprocessing Control Solution to Increase Production and Reduce Energy Costs

Austin, TX - Pavilion Technologies, a world leader in model-based software, today announced that Monarch Cement Company has chosen Pavilion’s Pyroprocessing Control Solution to optimize two kiln lines at its Humboldt, Kansas plant. Monarch will deploy the Model-Predictive Control (MPC)-based application to improve operating stability, enhance product quality, reduce specific energy costs and minimize NOx emissions. Monarch is the fifth cement manufacturer in six months to deploy Pavilion's Cement Solution.

Building on its existing relationships with Brett Landscaping and Building Products, leading Supply Chain provider Wincanton has secured an additional contract, resulting in it managing all national distribution for the building materials specialist. The addition to the current service offering will see Wincanton transport well in excess of 100 loads each day as part of a £7m a year agreement. The contract was secured on account of Wincanton's ability to maximise cost savings through improved efficiencies and load planning.

The new contract follows Brett's acquisition of Tarmac TopPave in 2006, which required additional distribution and more complex load planning while retaining all operations under a single supplier. Under the new contract, Wincanton will collect loads from sites in Poole, Pocklington, Cliffe and Barrow as well as Brett's new distribution centre at Junction 29 of the M25 and deliver a variety of materials to builders' merchants and construction sites across the UK. The estimated material transported each year will reach nearly one million tonnes.

World’s Leading Producer, Distributor of Flooring Products, Mohawk Industries Signs with Harbor Payments for Accounts Receivable Automation

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Harbor Payments, the leading provider of next-generation electronic billing, invoicing and payments management solutions, announced today that Mohawk Industries, Inc. (NYSE: MHK), the world’s leading producer and distributor of carpet, rugs, ceramic tile, wood and laminate flooring, has licensed the Invoice Harbor™ platform for automated accounts receivable processing. Mohawk operates under four divisions in the U.S. and Europe, generating annual worldwide revenues of approximately $8 billion.