On Wednesday, Shares of Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE:IM), gained 1.36% to $31.36.
Ingram Micro, declared the Trust X Alliance, the IT industry’s premier community for top-performing solutions providers. Formerly recognized as the Venture Tech Network (VTN), which started in 1998, the Trust X Alliance’s collective resources and expertise deliver a level of IT services and solutions companies won’t find anywhere else. With more than 10 million customers served and supported, the Trust X Alliance is renowned for assisting organizations of all sizes to rise above IT challenges and build better businesses.
In support of the new branding, Ingram Micro launched a new website, www.trustxalliance.com. The site is designed to provide businesses around the globe with a closer look at the exclusive vetting process for membership into the Trust X Alliance, in addition to the extensive reach, range of expertise and collective experience that members offer to their local communities and worldwide. Additionally, the community’s new signature emblem, which was previewed earlier this year at Ingram Micro’s Spring ONE event and is now featured on members’ websites, business cards and collateral, makes it easier for channel partners to market and differentiate their premier status, and for businesses to identify Trust X Alliance members.
“The Trust X Alliance represents hundreds of the world’s most talented, skilled and business-minded IT service providers who are individually strong and collectively extraordinary,” said Paul Bay, executive vice president and chief executive, Ingram Micro U.S. and Export. “It’s an honor to build the Trust X Alliance brand and make it easier for businesses worldwide to partner with an IT service provider they can trust to assist realize the promise of technology and exceed their aims.”
Ingram Micro Inc. distributes information technology (IT) products; and provides supply chain and mobile device lifecycle services worldwide. The company offers printers, scanners, displays, projectors, monitors, panels, mass storage, and tape products; digital signage products; digital cameras and video disc players, game consoles, televisions, audio, small appliances, media administration, and home control products; barcode/card printers, AIDC scanners and software, and wireless infrastructure products; Internet protocol video surveillance, security and fire alarm systems, and access control smart cards; processors, motherboards, hard drives, and memory products; and ink and toner supplies, paper, carrying cases, and anti-glare screens.
Shares of Owens Corning (NYSE:OC), inclined 1.52% to $47.56, during its last trading session.
Owens Corning declared that it received a perfect score of 100 percent on the 2016 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender workplace equality, administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.
Owens Corning joins the ranks of 407 major U.S. businesses that also earned top marks this year.
Daniel Smith, senior vice president of organization and administration at Owens Corning, stated, “We’re happy to receive another perfect score on the Corporate Equality Index. Likewise, Owens Corning is happy to be recognized as an organization where our employees feel comprised, respected and valued for the great work that, in turn, earns high marks from our customers.”
The 2016 CEI rated 1,027 businesses in the report, which evaluates LGBT-related policies and practices counting non-discrimination workplace protections, domestic partner benefits, transgender-inclusive health care benefits, competency programs, and public engagement with the LGBT community. Owens Corning’s efforts in satisfying all of the CEI’s criteria results in a 100-percent ranking and the designation as a Best Place to Work for LGBT Equality.
Owens Corning, together with its auxiliaries, produces and sells glass fiber reinforcements and other materials for composite systems; and residential and commercial building materials worldwide. It operates in three segments: Composites, Insulation, and Roofing.
Finally, Shares of Southern Co (NYSE:SO), ended its last trade with 0.80% gain, and closed at $44.46.
Georgia Power declared the latest construction achievement in the expansion of Plant Vogtle near Waynesboro, Georgia – the recently accomplished 15-hour continuous concrete pour for the Unit 3 “turbine tabletop.” The milestone marks the first turbine tabletop placement for a U.S. AP1000 new nuclear project.
The turbine tabletop is comprised of about 2,400 cubic yards, or 250 individual concrete trucks, of self-consolidating concrete measuring 10 feet-thick. The tabletop serves as a pedestal for the Unit 3 generator and turbines and is designed to support the weight of the heavy components.
The Southern Company, together with its auxiliaries, operates as a public electric utility company. It is involved in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity through coal, nuclear, oil and gas, and hydro resources in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi.