EFI Electronics, Square D celebrate merger in S.L.
EFI Electronics Corp. of Salt Lake City and Square D Co. of Illinois celebrated their merger Friday at EFI's headquarters at 1751 S. 4800 West.Square D is a leading supplier of electrical distribution, industrial control and automation products, systems and services. EFI will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Square D.
Job Corps recruiting youths for training, area programs
Job Corps is recruiting disadvantaged youths ages 16-24 for job training while either living at its campus or commuting.
A primarily residential program, Job Corps provides students with room, board and some spending money while they learn. Depending on vocational interest and availability, applicants are usually assigned to a center closest to their home.
Utah's Job Corps centers offer high school diploma and/or GED classes and training in trades such as business/clerical, facility maintenance, culinary arts, welding, carpentry, cement masonry and painting. For information, call 800-426-5627 or visit www.jobcorps.org.
Downtown winners to get awards at May 23 breakfast
The Downtown Alliance has announced the winners for its eighth annual Downtown Achievement Awards, which will be presented during a breakfast at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W. Broadway, beginning at 8 a.m. Tuesday, May 23. Registration begins at 7:45 a.m.
The 1999 Achievement Award recipients and the categories of their awards are: Salt Lake Art Center (Arts); Broadway Lofts -- Westside Development (Urban Innovation & Design); Zephyr Club (Special Events); Utah Opera Company, for its season ad campaign; Utah Heritage Foundation, for its walking tour guide brochure and map (media); TRAX/Utah Transit Authority (civic & economic development); John Schumann Sr. (individual achievement); FFKR Architecture/Planning/Interior Design and Gastronomy Inc. (special achievement); and Hotel Monaco/Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group (restoration/beautification).
Reservations for the awards breakfast and program are $20 per person or $160 for a table of eight. Call Joy Postma at 359-5118.
Panel on women, careers is today at Westminster
First Security Women's Financial Services is sponsoring a panel discussion titled "Wired Women: Dot.Com Career Challenges and Opportunities." The panel will be Tuesday, May 16, at 5:30 p.m. in the Gore Lecture Hall at Westminster College, 1840 S. 1300 East.
Panelists are Jolene Day, director of human resources at mycomputer.com; Josie Gay, co-founder and president/CEO at iNetz Media Group; M.C. Patton, manager of employee development at Campus Pipeline; and Linda Strasberg, content development manager at QuicKnowledge.com. Deseret News technology writer Lois Collins will moderate the discussion.
Call Kathy Hillis, vice president of First Security Women's Financial Services, at 246-5132 or toll-free at 888-299-0636.
Banquet Thursday to honor manufacturing winners
The Manufacturing Extension Partnership has announced the winners of the Excellence in Manufacturing Awards, to be presented at a banquet at Utah Valley State College Thursday, May 18, at 6:30 p.m.
Winners and their various categories are: Black Diamond Equipment Ltd. (technology infusion); Geneva Pipe Co. (value added innovation); Applied Composites Technology (Rural Development); Gentner Communications (electronic commerce); and Campbell Scientific Inc. (2000 Outstanding Manufacturer).