Oct 13, 1997

Preston Gates & Ellis

Preston Gates & Ellis announced that eight new associates have joined the firm in the Seattle, Portland, and Los Angeles offices. In Seattle, G. Christopher Wang will practice business law, John R. Lange will practice intellectual property law, Kevin R. Wallace will practice real estate law, and Patricia B. Heffernan will practice litigation. In Portland, Marnie Allen will practice municipal, environmental and land use law, and Carol T. Juang will practice general law. In Los Angeles, Collette Vogele will practice technology and intellectual property law, and James Kawahara will practice environmental litigation.

Oct 08, 1997

Weber Marketing Group

Weber Marketing Group, a Seattle-based integrated marketing communications agency, announces the hiring of Doug Kamiakis as project manager and the promotion of Jessie Chan-McCann to senior graphic designer. Kamiakis brings to the firm an extensive background in project management and in development of Web and interactive media using some of the latest digital technologies. Chan-McCann has been with Weber Marketing Group for almost two years, and has extensive experience in both digital and traditional print design.

Oct 07, 1997

PCT Construction

Pacific Concrete Technologies has consolidated its operations and moved its corporate offices to 7400 Third Ave. S. in Seattle's South Park area. The new phone and fax numbers are: (206) 767-4044 and (206) 763-3963. The company is also changing its name to PCT Construction Inc.

Moss Adams

Gary P. Grinstead and Michael J. Mansfield have been named partners with the Seattle office of Moss Adams LLP, the largest regional accounting office. Grinstead is a tax specialist with 22 years of experience and is also director of tax services for high technology clients. Mansfield has 18 years of tax consulting experience and specializes in services to closely held companies in the construction and manufacturing industries.

Sandusky Radio

Sandusky Radio of San Francisco has appointed 37-year broadcast engineer veteran George Bisso as the new project engineer for the radio group. Bisso will be responsible for designing, installing, and maintaining critical RF, digital and audio processing systems for the radio stations. Based in San Francisco, Sandusky Radio owns and operates ten radio stations including five stations located in Seattle.

Battelle, Terra Vac form joint venture

RICHLAND -- Battelle and Terra Vac Corp. have teamed up to form a new company, Current Environmental Solutions LLC, which will bring to market two technologies for cleaning up contaminated soils. The technologies, called "six-phase soil heating" and "in situ corona," are both electrically-based. Six-phase soil heating is a technique that steam strips contaminants from soils in place, eliminating the need for excavation or soil pre-treatment. The technology relies on an electrical current to heat the soil, causing moisture to boil and strip volatile and semi-volatile contaminants from soil particles. The contaminated steam is removed through venting and is treated above ground. The technology has been demonstrated successfully at several sites across the United States over the past four years. Meanwhile, in situ corona is designed to destroy organic contaminants underground. The technique destroys toxic materials such as chlorinated solvents, PCBs, pesticides and industrial fuel oils and lubricants. This technology is still under development. Both technologies were developed by Battelle researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) through funding from the Department of Energy. Battelle operates PNNL for DOE. Terra Vac is an environmental engineering firm that specializes in site assessments and in situ, (or "in place"), soil and groundwater remediation. The company has 11 offices on three continents, including a Seattle office managed by Michael E. Dodson. Based in Richland, Current Environmental Solutions initially will focus on the deployment of six-phase soil heating, as well as further development of in situ corona. For more information, call Theresa Bergsman at Current Environmental Solutions at (509) 943-8810.

FGH acquires Echo Recycles

KENT -- FGH Inc., a Kent company that recycles printer parts, recently purchased Echo Recycles of Seattle, a firm that specialized in recycling laser printer toner cartridges. Since the acquisition, FGH changed its name to Ecco Recycles. The acquisition will increase Ecco's business by 25 percent and enable it to begin recycling virtually every plastic part its clients' computer printers, said Ecco Recycles President Mike Stead. "Together we're able to more fully serve our company's needs," Stead said. "Now there's really no printer-using company that can't use our services." Seattle resident Brian McCarthy originally founded Echo Recycles in June 1996, the same month FGH began its operations. Echo became the Seattle area's only recycler of printer cartridges, while FGH concentrated on the plastic parts in the printers themselves. Both recycling markets were virtually untapped, Stead said. McCarthy, who recently changed careers and began working as a bicycle manufacturer, approached Stead several months ago with the idea of selling his company to FGH. With the acquisition of Echo, Stead said he expects his gross sales to exceed $330,000 this year. He said he hopes his company will continue to grow by 25 percent a year. Ecco Recycles, which now has a staff of seven, receives 90 percent of its recyclable printer parts from companies in the Puget Sound area. But, Stead pointed out, the company can accept parts from anywhere in the country via UPS delivery. "We want to make sure that businesses don't throw away any part of their printers," Stead said.

Oct 03, 1997

Copithorne & Bellows

Copithorne & Bellows, one of the largest global public relations firms, has opened a Northwest office in Bellevue, a move that the company says reflects the area's growth as a technology industry center. Other offices are in Asia, Europe and the United States. The new office will open with clients including FileNet, an enterprise management software company, and Piggyland, an interactive CD ROM game. Will Ludlam will be director and general manager. Four or five office staff will be hired initially.

Owen Media

Owen Media has opened a new office in Seattle. Clients of the high tech public relations firm include Intel Corp., the Electronic Messaging Association and the Customer Support Consortium. Paul Owen is president. He is a former vice president of MorseMcFadden Communications.