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Aereon Solutions, 116 Village Boulevard, Suite201, Princeton Forrestal Village, Princeton 08540. Nigel Gardner,COO and CFO. 609-524-4030; fax, 609-524-4031. Home page: www.aereonsolutions.comThis company works on wireless devices and optimizing service processesand has expanded from four to 10 people. It is concentrating on theHVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) market, mobile applicationproductivity solutions for technicians and engineers on the road.”Given market conditions,” says Arshad Massood, company founder,”we are confident that 2003 or 2004 will be very profitable.”Africa World Press Inc., 541 West Ingham Avenue,Trenton 08638. Kassahun Checole, publisher/president. 609-695-3200;fax, 609-695-6466. Home page: www.africanworld.comA publisher of books specializing in African and African Americanissues has expanded with a move from 3,500 feet at Princess Road to6,000 feet at West Ingham Avenue in Trenton. “We divided our publishingspace from our distribution, says Kassahun Checole, president,”sowe have more space for publishing.” The distribution warehouse movedto Alianza, 5514 Emily Road, Levittown PA 19057. The editorial departmentemploys 12 people who publish 120 new books annually, sold by catalogand at 32 exhibitions around the world.A native of Eritrea, he immigrated to the United States in 1971 andearned his bachelor’s degree from State University of New York atBinghamton. The 55-year-old had been teaching sociology and Africanstudies at Rutgers when he decided to open the business (U.S. 1, May24, 1994).Amtech Business Systems, 2667 Nottingham Way, Mercerville08619. Maria Valente, president. 609-689-9919; fax, 609-689-9929.Home page: www.amtechsvc.comMaria Valente expanded her business from Manhattan with a move toNottingham way. She has a total of 10 employees who do networking,service, and computer repair.Top Of PageBuy OutsMerritt, a division of Bollinger, 437 Wall Street,Princeton 08540. A. Theodore Merritt, president. 609-497-1205; fax,609-921-7864. Home page: www.bollingerprinceton.comThe Alfred H. Merritt Agency has been purchased by Bollinger Inc.and is now known a division of Bollinger. Last fall it moved from5 Washington Street in Rocky Hill to 437 Wall Street in Research Park.Now there are three Bollinger agencies in Research Park, includingBarbara Spalding’s group at 437 Wall Street (888-452-2200; fax, 609-497-1274, www.BollingerPrinceton.com)and Princeton Risk Managers Inc., at 435 Wall Street (609-924-9222;fax, 609-924-8155). At the latter, H. James Griffith brokers commercialand automobile insurance and is a Lloyds of London correspondent.Envirogen (ENVG), 4100 Quakerbridge Road, PrincetonResearch Center, Lawrenceville 08648. Robert S. Hillas, CEO. 609-936-9300;fax, 609-936-9221. Home page: www.envirogen.comShaw Environmental & Infrastructure Inc. is expected to pay $3.6million for Envirogen, a biotech that does toxic and hazardous wastecleanup, bioremediation research, and on-site removal of organic contaminants.The 60-person Quakerbridge Road headquarters is expected to stay open,and the company has an additional 70 workers in Illinois, Wisconsin,and Michigan.Robert S. Hillas, the CEO, had been a partner in the venture capitalfirm of DSV Management and had also worked at Warburg, Pincus as ananalyst of environmental technology. Shaw Environmental and Infrastructurealso has offices at 200 Horizon Center Drive.Top Of PageCrosstown MovesStudio E Imaging, 243 North Union Street, SuiteC 4, Lambertville 08530. Dan Engongoro, owner. 609-773-0404; fax,609-773-0458. E-mail: dan@studioeimaging.comHome page: www.studioeimaging.comDan Engongoro moved his commercial photography studio from ResearchPark and also changed the name from Studio E Photography. He had beenQLM’s photographer and photo manager until he set up a joint venturewith QLM to take outside contracts.Working in large formats (4 x 5 and 8 x 10), he does still lifes,products, food, and people, and specialize in lightpainting —using fiber optics to paint the set with light. “I live in Titusvilleand there is more of an art community in Lambertville, versus beingin a business park,” he says. “I have national accounts andthe clients don’t need to come to shoots because I can E-mail a Jpegfor approvals or upload the shoot to an FTP site, then send a CD-ROM.”Law Office of Cheryl Toto Beal Esq., 2662 NottinghamWay, Hamilton 08619. 609-586-2100; fax, 609-586-7245.Cheryl Beal moved her law office last year from Pennington to NottinghamWay. She went Amherst College, Class of 1983, Rutgers Newark law school,and focuses on real estate, matrimonial, and wills and estates.Care Capital LLC, 47 Hulfish Street, Suite 310,Princeton 08540. Jan Leschly, chairman/CEO. 609-683-8300; fax, 609-683-5787.Home page: www.carecapital.comThe life-sciences venture capital firm moved from 100 Overlook todowntown Princeton at the end of November. Phone and fax are new.Creative Benefits Plans Inc. (CBPlans), 101 InterchangePlaza, Suite 105, Cranbury 08512. Thomas Richman, manager. 609-409-1300;fax, 609-655-2887. Home page: www.cbplans.comThe three-person benefit planning company moved from 8 South RiverRoad last fall. It offers benefit plans for small to medium-sizedfirms.Grewal Inc., 2123 Route 33, Lexington Square Commons,Hamilton Square 08690. Karpal S. Grewal, president & general manager.609-588-5557; fax, 609-588-5614.Last month Karpal Grewal moved his administrative office from 2117Route 33 to an office two buildings down. The company owns gas stations.The Hermes Group LLP, 1 Palmer Square, Suite 330,Princeton 08520. Mark I. Massad, senior partner. 609-924-7200; fax,609-924-7250. Home page: www.thehermesgroup.comThe accounting firm, the Hermes Group, has moved from 17 Hulfish,Suite 280, to 1 Palmer Square. Founded in 1985, the firm was formerlyknown as Kelly Massad.Relearning by Design, 447 Forcina Hall, c/o Collegeof New Jersey, Box 7718, Ewing 08628-0718. Holly Houston, executivedirector. 609-771-2921; fax, 609-637-5130. Home page: www.relearning.orgThe educational consulting firm moved from an office in Penningtonto a suite at the College of New Jersey. It offers conferences, in-serviceworkshops, and national seminars.Signature Title Services, 217 Nassau Street, Princeton08542. William A. Slover, president. 609-924-2100; fax, 609-497-4597.Last year the title company moved from 82 Nassau to 217 Nassau, butit did not change phone or fax.S. R. Thomas Actuarial Associates Inc., 2277 Route33, Golden Crest Corporate Center, Suite 409, Trenton 08619. StephenR. Thomas, president. 609-588-9166; fax, 609-588-9163.After four years at 1 Nami Lane, this four-person actuarial officemoved to Golden Crest Corporate Center. Founded in 1997, it offersconsulting for pension plans.Ronald Berlin, Architect, 360 Nassau Street, SecondFloor, Princeton 08540. 609-921-1800; fax, 609-921-8484.When his lease at 211 Nassau Street expired last month, Ron Berlinmoved his general architecture practice to the second floor of 360Nassau Street.A.J. Perri Blue Dot Services, 1589 Reed Road, Pennington08534. Ken Brink, general manager. 800-287-2164; fax, 609-737-1494.The heating and cooling systems company moved to 1589 Reed Road. Corporateoffices are in Sunrise, Florida.Top Of PageDownsizingP.B. Eaton and Associates, 10 North Main Street,Pennington 08534. Peter B. Eaton, president. 609-737-8385; fax, 609-737-0654.Peter B. Eaton, a member of the investment firm C.P Eaton & Associates,has closed his office, and is now conducting business from his home,says a spokesperson for the firm, which has its headquarters in Rowayton,Connecticut.C.P. Eaton & Associates, founded in 1983, identifies and representsinvestment firms. Over the past 10 years, the firm has launched intothe institutional marketplace seven emerging investment managementfirms, representing seven different asset classes — both traditionaland alternative. In the aggregate, these firms manage some $50 billion.According to its website (www.cpeaton.com), the firm, in 1989, becamethe first placement agent to successfully introduce a hedge fund tothe marketplace.His biography on the website states that Peter B. Eaton, a decoratedVietnam veteran and Wharton M.B.A., joined his brother, Charles P.Eaton, in the firm in 1996. Prior to that time, he was a partner inHunter, Keith, Marshall & Eaton, and the founder of P.B. Eaton & Associates,firms that specialized in the placement of private debt, sale-leasebackinvestments, real estate syndication, and equipment leases.Morgan Stanley, 100 Franklin Corner Road, Box 1573,Lawrenceville 08648. Bob Reidy, branch manager. 609-844-7900; fax,609-844-7950. Home page: www.ms.comThe Nassau Street office of the Morgan Stanley brokerage house hasclosed, and calls are being taken by the Franklin Corner Road office,where Bob Reidy is now the branch manager.Travel World Travel Agency, 212 Carnegie Center,Suite 206, Princeton 08540. Carol Argenti, owner. 609-799-8989; fax,609-799-6266.The travel agency moved from Ellsworth’s Center to Carnegie ExecutiveCenter but did not change phone or fax. It offers corporate and leisuretravel, with an emphasis on meeting planning, incentive travel, andbusiness travelers.SpanLogix Corporation, Box 3414, Princeton 08543.Thomas D’Innocenzi, president, CEO. 609-613-9773. E-mail: info@spanlogix.comHome page: www.spanlogix.comThe multimedia design company has moved from shared space with Regusat 100 Overlook and has a new mailing address. It offers digital contentconversion and outsourcing — web design, CD-Rom presentations,flash animations, print media, PDA content, and it has an offshoreworkforce.Top Of PageLeaving TownSPT Electrical Supply, (Rexel Electrical and DatacomProducts), 1263 River Avenue, Route 9, Lakewood 08701. 732-905-9080;fax, 732-905-8003. Home page: www.rexel.comPrinceton’s wholesale electrical supply shop, known as Rexel STP,closed at 811 State Road because of sky high rent, says Bob Ludwig,a branch manager.”Our lease expired and the landlord wanted Quakerbridge mall rates.We can’t mark up 300 percent and then have a 50 percent sale —we serve electricians, architects, engineers, and homeowners on awholesale basis,” says Ludwig. “What makes us different fromHome Depot — you have a problem and your electrician would cometo us with the drawings and we would sell him the supplies. The peoplein the Princeton area were reaping the rewards of getting our pricing.”The $26 billion company has its headquarters in Paris and its U.S.headquarters in Dallas. “With all the mergers, soon there willbe only seven or eight big players,” says Ludwig. He notes thatthe company did not leave the area permanently. It is working withSchultz Realty to find a new location, probably near QuakerbridgeRoad, for a summer move-in. Meanwhile it will deliver to its Princetonclients.Fiserv-FIS (Field Information Services) (FISV),4 Princess Road, Building 200, Suite 213, Lawrenceville 08648. 609-895-8900;fax, 609-895-8910.A data processing customer support center on Princess Road has closed.Owned by a Brookfield, Wisconsin-based firm, it was formerly a divisionof NCR Corporation.GMAC Global Relocation Services, 212 Carnegie Center,Suite 206, Princeton 08540. 609-514-2626; fax, 609-951-0386.The residential relocation services offices of GMAC has moved fromthe Carnegie Center to Warren, and calls are being taken by 908-542-5400.InterCure Inc, 400 Kelvey Street, 12th Floor, FortLee. 609-799-7599 or 877-988-9388. Paul Shiels, CEO. Home page:www.intercure.comInterCure has moved from its offices at 214 Carnegie Center to FortLee, but the former phone number still works. Erez Gavish, the company’sfounder and CEO, says the move was made because Fort Lee is closerto his home in Manhattan, and also closer to the homes of a numberof his employees. Another reason for the relocation, he says, is that”there are great deals” in office rents right now. “There’slots of empty space.”Intercure, with 10 employees in the United States and the same numberin Israel, develops and markets interactive, device-guided breathingtherapies, designed, among other things, to lower blood pressure.Gavish, just back from Korea, where he signed deals with pharmaceuticalcompanies on behalf of InterCure, says his business is growing anda new website (www.intercure.com) is to up and running within a week.Vexcorp Video Exchange Professionals, 3371 Route1 South, Lawrence Commons Suite 215, Lawrenceville 08648. Homepage: www.vexcorp.comThe Lawrence Commons office of Vexcorp has closed and has no telephonelisting. It was set up to provide digital video teleconferencing andrecruiting for medical, legal, and technical professionals.Top Of PageName ChangesBarsky Homes LLC, 306 Alexander Street, Princeton08540. Roman and Igor Barsky, principals. 609-924-7111; fax, 609-924-7199.The Barsky brothers changed the name of their company from DRES BuildersLLC to better reflect their business — building single familyhomes in Mercer County.Alliance One, 3705 Quakerbridge Road, Suite 117,Box 5818, Trenton 08638. 609-890-8383; fax, 609-584-7300.Calls for Financial Outsourcing Services are now being taken by AllianceOne. Financial Outsourcing Services had been doing outsourcing forEast Coast Credit. Alliance One has the same phone, fax, and addressas the previous company.Top Of PageDeathsJohn Coulter Duncan, 47, on February 6. He was the sonof Stuart Duncan, drama reviewer for the Packet, and Nell “Petie”Duncan, of N.T. Callaway Real Estate. A memorial service will be Saturday,February 15, at 11 a.m. at Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street.Previous StoryCorrections or additions?This page is published by PrincetonInfo.com— the web site for U.S. 1 Newspaper in Princeton, New Jersey.
