The MD-DE-D.C. Beverage Association, a MACo Gold Corporate Partner, supports efforts to reduce waste in landfills and waterways along with providing community support. According to an opinion piece in the Washington Times: ... I’m proud of the work America’s leading beverage companies have undertaken to increase recycling and reduce waste in our communities. We ensure our products can be easily recyclable by producing 100 percent recyclable aluminum, glass and plastic containers, making them among the…

Comcast, a MACo Gold Corporate Partner, has improved operations for a family of Baltimore businesses with its Business Solutions. TCI Trucking, Import System International and Import Sterilization Inc. have implemented Comcast's 75 Megabits-per-second internet and Business Voice Edge. According to the press release: The internet is the backbone of our business. Our dispatch system, office applications, custom services, client communications are run over it. We require a service that has great reliability, accessibility and speed…

The Academy for Excellence in Local Governance, a voluntary certificate course for local government officials and professionals, will hold a Graduate course focusing on leadership on January 18, 2019. The Academy for Excellence in Local Governance certificate program was founded by MACo and MML, is facilitated by the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy, and is sponsored by the Local Government Insurance Trust (LGIT). The Academy Graduate Program was designed to provide continuing education…

Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company, a MACo Gold Corporate Partner, was created as the Maryland State Accident Fund in 1914. In over a century of business, it has accomplished some pretty awesome things. Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company has $2 billion in total assets. In 2013, Chesapeake Employers received its first A.M. Best financial strength rating of A- (Excellent). Approximately 410 professionals are employed with Chesapeake Employers. Chesapeake Employers markets workers' compensation insurance directly to business owners…

Ørsted, in an agreement with the D.E. Shaw Group, has acquired 100% equity interest in Deepwater Wind. The merger of the two companies' offshore wind assets and organizations will make it the leading US offshore wind platform. The platform will include comprehensive geographic coverage and the largest pipeline of development capacity. Before the acquisition, the companies had these assets: Deepwater Wind: Block Island (30MW), the only operational offshore wind farm in the US Three offshore…

MACo’s Winter Conference will hold Solutions Showcase Sessions, formally known as Sponsor Showcase Sessions, to educate attendees about products and services from participating conference sponsors and Corporate Partners. Each session will be 30 minutes and will be held in the “Life is On” Attendee Lounge (sponsored by Schneider Electric), in Skipjack AB with a few being presented in Windjammer. The Sponsor Showcase Session schedule is below: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2019 2:45 pm – 3:15 pm  |  Skipjack…