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Online Services for the Week: BuildNet, Inc., TradePower, supplyFORCE.com, Environmental Support Solutions (Environ.com) and BuildPoint Corp.

By Greg Mazurkiewicz
October 6, 2000
  • BuildNet, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, NC), a provider of e-commerce services and management software to homebuilders, dealers, and suppliers in the residential construction industry, and TradePower (Linthicum Heights, MD), a B2B digital marketplace and supply chain solution for the construction industry, have announced a partnership to link BuildNet's e-commerce platform with TradePower's commercial digital marketplace.
  • supplyFORCE.com (King of Prussia, PA), a provider of B2B e-commerce solutions for the procurement of MRO and construction supplies, announces the addition of Platt Electric Supply, Inc. (Beaverton, OR) to its North American network of more than 300 independent distributors.
  • Robert Johnson, president of Environmental Support Solutions (Environ.com; Tempe, AZ), will speak at the Third Annual Earth Technologies Forum, Washington, DC, a conference and exhibition on global climate change and ozone protection. Johnson will present his speech, "Refrigerant Management and EPA Regulations Compliance: Part II", during a panel moderated by Julius Banks of the EPA, on October 31.
  • Environ.com also announces that it has expanded its Advisory Board. Members now include:
  • ¾ Craig Krumwiede, president of Harvard Investments.

    ¾ Robert Lee, senior development engineer at DuPont Co.

    ¾ Peter Hathaway, senior vice president of finance for Allied Waste Industries.

    ¾ Glenn Williamson, chairman and ceo of Nest Ventures.

    ¾ William J. Warren, president and ceo of National Inspection Services.

    ¾ Francine Hardaway, Ph.D., a partner in stealthmode.com.

    ¾ Trent Smock, a partner in Predictive Index.

  • BuildPoint Corp. (Redwood City, CA), an e-commerce company for the construction industry, announces the appointment of Allen Britt as director of customer service for the company's Charlotte, NC-based customer service center.
  • Publication date: 10/09/2000

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