AmSurg exec elected to Canadian company’s board

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on September 25, 2009 at 12:14 am

Gene Overholt, a gatroenterology pioneer who has been medical director of AmSurg since 1992 and was a board member of the Nashville company until this past spring, has been elected to the board of CRH Medical, a Vancouver-based company (Toronto Ticker: CRM) that develops hemorrhoid treatments.

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Tags: AmSurg Corp., Bergein F. 'Gene' Overholt, CRH Medical Corp., Gastrointestinal Associates PC, governance, Knoxville, Vancouver  

More than 200 green factory jobs set to move here from China

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on June 23, 2009 at 8:10 am

Venture Nashville reports on a promising alliance between a Vancouver company and Murfreesboro-based entrepreneur Jimmy Davis that looks set to bring to the region 250 jobs making energy-efficient street lighting.

He added that Middle Tennessee’s slumping automotive related companies “are all looking for another industry” and have exactly the capabilities needed by the green industries he’s targeted. “We think we let the [economic emphasis] on the auto industry run way too long,” he added.

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Tags: alternative energy, energy efficiency, green business, manufacturing, NCS Power Inc., The Davis Groupe LLC, Vancouver