Badger Meter (BMI) generates the bulk of its revenue selling commercial and residential water metering systems to water utilities. The company has significant long-term growth potential, as its water utility customers upgrade to advanced metering (AMR/AMI) systems from manually read meters. According to the company, less than 30% of water meters installed in the U.S. have been converted to AMR/AMI, which means approximately 37,000 water utilities are still operating manually read meters. Badger Meter claims a current market share of approximately 20% in North America for AMR/AMI. There is plenty of room for growth as more customers upgrade their meters to the newer technologies. The company is satisfying the market demand with its popular ORION drive-by AMR and the GALAXY fixed network AMI. In addition, Badger Meter has an agreement with Itron (ITRI) to resell the ITRON drive-by AMR until early 2011. Also, the ...

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Cimetrix, Incorporated (OTCBB: CMXX) (www.cimetrix.com), a leading provider of factory automation and equipment control software solutions for the global semiconductor, photovoltaic, and electronics industries, today announced that it has been named one of Utah’s top public companies by Utah Business Magazine. The annual list of Utah’s Top 40 Public Companies was released in the July 2009 issue of the magazine. Cimetrix was ranked #32 on the list based on Utah Business Magazine’s criteria.

Kohl’s Department Stores (NYSE: KSS) is partnering with Hunger Task Force to create Kohl’s Serving Up Supper for Kids. This one-year

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Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Badger Meter (BMI) provides liquid flow measurement products and control technologies to utilities (primarily water and to a much, lesser extent natural gas) and industrial customers.

The company sells manually read meters, automatic meter reading (AMR) systems and fixed network advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) systems to utilities. Badger Meter continues to post higher sales in its utility product line, which accounts for more than 80% of its total revenue.

A major factor behind the company’s growth is the decision for water utility customers to upgrade to advanced metering (AMR/AMI) systems from manually read meters. The company is satisfying this market demand with its popular ORION drive-by AMR and the GALAXY fixed network AMI.

In addition, Badger Meter has an agreement with Itron (ITRI) to resell the ITRON drive-by AMR until early 2011.

There are plenty of customers that are still operating manually read meters. According to the company,

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Water is essential for life. It’s quite literally an investment that you can’t live without. And while you might not be able to trade water futures on the Chicago Board of Trade, providing people with H2O is a $400 billion global industry, according to an article by Harvard’s Garry Emmons.

“In an age of global water scarcity, with governments scrambling to create new water systems or repair deteriorating ones, there is money in water,” he says. And Emmons isn’t the only expert who thinks water is soon to be a very valuable commodity. “Water is going to be more important than oil in the next 20 years,” predicted Dipak Jain, dean of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, to Bloomberg.

That’s thanks in large part to your local water utility. While cities and municipalities run 85% of water utilities, there are scores of for-profit companies left over to turn water

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New products will help growth in the post-recession periodHubbell (HUB.B) has a significant presence in the electrical markets for lighting fixtures, wiring devices and outlet boxes. The company launched its residential wiring systems product line in the September quarter of 2006. Management stated that this was the largest product launch in the company's history.HUB.B is currently the market leader in both industrial and commercial wiring systems. With its next product launch, the company will gain a foothold in residential wiring systems as well. The new products (over 1700 SKUs) have been divided into the Home Select and Net Select wiring and data communication categories. The company has built the sales team and completed its promotional program.Management stated that the success of a product launch becomes evident on the completion of around three ...

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Water is, by far, the most important element we need to survive. You can go a month without eating, but not even a week without water. Lack of adequate drinking water has killed almost 800,000 people this year. Now politicians are throwing billions of taxpayer dollars at water and wastewater systems.

Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act sets $126 billion aside for infrastructure projects. The majority of this is for roadwork and water infrastructure.

On top of that, $144 billion more is going to state and local governments. A large amount of that cash will be spent on these failing water systems. After all, we’ve already seen pipes burst throughout the country, and no one wants to be next governor on CNN trying to explain why the state didn’t fix its water pipes.

Right now, there are a handful of dividend producing water infrastructure stocks that are giving investors the chance to profit

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January 14, 2009 ndash; Yesterday Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold introduced S. 222 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the national limitation on qualified energy conservation bonds and to clarify that certain programs constitute a qualified conservation purpose, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance. We expect to see further legislation supporting energy efficiency and alternative energy development. Here is the text from Feingoldrsquo;s comments on the floor:nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, over the past few days I have introduced a series of bills that are part of my E4 Initiative, dubbed E4 because of its focus on economy, employment, education, and energy. Today I am introducing two bills that are part of this effort: the Community Revitalization Energy Conservation, CREC, Act of 2009 and the Energy and Technology Advancement, ETA, Act of 2009.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; The newest among my E4 bills is the Community Revitalization Energy Conservation, CREC, ...

The Water Utilities Industry has declined by almost 20% compared to its combined market capitalization a year ago. It is one of the few parts of the economy that has done worse than the general S&P 500 Index. The decline during the first half of June 2008 has been terribly steep. Is there any relief in sight?

Answers to questions of financial viability should follow relevant diagnoses. Utilities all over the world have been subject to unrealistic expectations for many years. Even free market economies are not exceptions. We use too much water, and do not recognize its true value. This cannot continue whether or not we hold industry stocks.

The Water Utilities Industry has untapped potential for green business. It is positioned just right to leverage environmental awareness for new drivers of competitive advantage. Water is a closed system as a sustainable resource, and enterprises based on this substance must fashion

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