(Morrisville, N.C.) Montie Design, an innovative concept-to-marketplace product design and development firm, recently hosted a successful Lunch and Learn event featuring accomplished engineering firm EPEC Technologies. Attendees gained valuable insight into flex circuit design, a reliable and malleable approach to inter-connecting electronics which is quickly replacing conventional printed circuitry with a myriad of new product design applications. (more…)

(Morrisville, N.C.) Full-service advertising and branding firm The Marketing Machine has published the first in a series of educational podcasts on best practices for advertising, marketing, branding and public relations with “Tradeshows 101” available online at www.themmachine.com. The podcast features The Marketing Machine President Paul Spinak as well as Greg Fawcett, VP of client relations. (more…)

(Cary, N.C.) SAS has joined Change the Equation, a new CEO-led initiative to improve science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. SAS is a longtime supporter of efforts to improve the US education system and keep the country on the cutting edge of innovation. (more…)

(Raleigh, N.C.) Twenty teachers from middle and high schools across North Carolina who merge biotechnology and agriculture in their classrooms are honing their knowledge and skills this week, with an eye on feeding and fueling North Carolina’s agricultural future. (more…)