"Live At Home" is a new initiative of the Alexian Brothers,
a 700-year-old religious order that operates senior care facilities throughout
the nation. The Live at Home program provides integrated levels of care
-- from very modest assistance to nursing home level services - that are
designed to be delivered at the care recipient's home, without the requirement
to enter a nursing home.
The program is designed
to provide aging adults their best opportunity to live and age in their
own homes, even through advancing years and declining physical abilities.
This unique program creates a fully functional retirement community without
walls, providing the assurance of lifetime care without insurance or relocation
to a continuing care retirement community.
In addition to assuming risks for members' long-term care expenses, regardless of future health and longevity, the program enables members to transfer 100 percent of the value of their enrollment fee to residency at a continuing care retirement community should the member change his or her mind about remaining at home. www.alexian.org
Over the past two years Chattanooga-based Astec Industries has introduced
a modular aggregate processing plant, which replaces custom designed and
built plants that process rock and gravel with a system of factory-built
modular components that can be assembled quickly on the customer¹s
site to create a stronger, more durable and cheaper facility.
Historically, these plants have been designed for aggregate producers by their in-house engineering staffs or by outside engineering consulting firms. Engineers would then select components from various manufacturers and hire a fabricator to build the plant foundations on the plant site. Since Astec is the only company in the world manufacturing all the components used in aggregate processing plants, the company was able to design the plants using modules built in the factory. www.astecindustries.com
In 1995 two veterans of the physical rehabilitation and rubber &
plastics industries joined forces to capitalize on trends toward health
care cost containment and the growing concern about the health risks of
latex products. Today Magister Corporation sells portable, latex-free
physical therapy and rehabilitation products in more than 45 countries
worldwide.
The company employs 17 people and last year doubled its physical plant size to 20,000 square feet. The Magister line now includes shock-attenuating shoe inserts for orthopedic patients, the squeezable Eggsercizer for hand therapy and the REP Band, a latex-free resistive exercise band that is now the most widely distributed product of its kind on the market. www.magistercorp.com
In 2001 PlayCore and Chattanooga¹s Siskin Children¹s Institute
formed an innovative partnership that resulted in the creation of a universally
accessible playground that serves as a model for other playgrounds around
the world. The playground at Siskin¹s Chestnut Street headquarters
is also used as a testing facility for ADA accessible components. The
PlayCore playground has given Siskin students the opportunity to play
and interact independently with each other in ways they may have never
had before.
Having the Siskin playground so close to the company¹s design and manufacturing facilities in Fort Payne, Alabama allows GameTime to install, test and observe the use of the newest playground technology for children with special needs. Recently PlayCore moved its corporate headquarters from Wisconsin to Chattanooga, a critical step in the collaborative effort of the two organizations. www.playcore.com
Tennessee Valley Infrastructure Group is a consortium of manufacturers,
engineers and economic development professionals that have combined resources
to supply municipal infrastructure and economic development services to
small and medium-sized communities in the developing world. Infrastructure
development in emerging economies has typically meant mega-projects near
major population centers. Yet development projects targeted at smaller
population centers and industrial parks are equally necessary for long-term,
diversified growth.
TVIG has developed the Integrated Infrastructure Platform (TM), a self-contained, quickly deployable and portable unit that can include power generation, water purification, waste treatment and telecommunications. Integrated Infrastructure Platform (IIP) units are prefabricated to minimize production costs and to allow easy shipment and installation at the site. TVIG can also provide communities with customized economic development programs that take advantage of the infrastructure supplied by the IIP. www.tvigroup.com
Since the company¹s inception in 1986, U.S. Xpress has worked
continuously to bring the trucking industry into the electronic age. The
company has sought to build a competitive advantage by placing an emphasis
on matching the best people with the latest technology.
U.S. Xpress Enterprises
has used the aggressive adoption of technology as a key component of its
competitive strategy, including satellite-based e-mail connections with
all trucks, electronic data interchange with customers and vendors, e-commerce
tracking of trucks and goods shipped and anti-collision radar technology.
Space age technology has become standard equipment on U.S. Xpress trucks.
As the company moves into the future, the latest and best technological
advances will continue to play a role in providing industry-leading safety
and service. www.usxpress.com