Posted July 11 CRT/tanka, a Richmond public relations and marketing
firm, signed Novation, an Irving, Texas-based health
services contractor, for national public relations services.
Another new client, Pri-Med of Boston, a provider of
continuing education for physicians, signed with CRT/tanaka
for strategic planning. (News release)
Franklin Street Marketing, a Richmond-based marketing
services firm, partnered with Warren Douglas, a Fort
Worth, Texas marketing firm. The move gives Franklin,
which has 20 years of healthcare marketing experience,
access to the Texas hospital market to offer strategic
marketing and creative planning. (News release)
Posted July 10
Canon Virginia Inc. of
Newport News, a provider of custom manufacturing services,
will manufacture a compact, desktop 3-D modeler for 3D
Systems Corp. The V-Flash desktop modeler will allow
designers, engineers and students to design and produce
three-dimensional model designs from their home, office
or school work stations. (News release)
Luna Innovations Inc.,
a Roanoke-based technology company, will team with
Intuitive Surgical Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif. to enhance
surgical tools for minimally invasive operations. Intuitive’s computer-operated da Vinci
surgical system is used in many chest, gynecologic and
urologic procedures. Luna’s navigational aids will
allow surgeons better understanding about where da Vinci’s
surgical tools are within the body. (The Roanoke Times)
Northrop Grumman and SAIC agreed to split
its eight-year joint venture AMSEC LLC to allow
the companies to focus on their core strengths. Northrop
will take the ship engineering and technical services,
and SAIC the aviation and combat systems operations.
The AMSEC name and Virginia Beach headquarters will continue
and AMSEC’s 1,000 Hampton Roads employees work
will not be affected. (The Virginian-Pilot)
