Business Countywide

By MATTHEW T. HALL
San Diego Daily Transcript

Carlsbad

U.S. Microbics Inc. announced Thursday that its wholly owned subsidiary Sub-Surface Waste Management Inc. and Environmental Reclamation Inc., a full-service contracting and engineering firm specializing in environmental projects, will form a new entity called Environmental Bio-Reclamation LLC.

That company has been selected by a confidential major company for a paid demonstration of its proprietary bio-augmentation technology in consideration for qualifying as a contractor to treat a significant quantity of impacted soil at a former operation in the western United States.

U.S. Microbics creates and markets proprietary microbial technology that provides natural solutions to environmental problems.

San Diego

MassHysteria Inc., a developer of new media applications and Web solutions, has added two new features to SyncTV for the NBA Finals.

A real-time Web application that is viewed in conjunction with live televised NBA playoff games on NBC, SyncTV now offers visitors audio and video options to see and hear clips, interviews and highlights of the current or previous games. By integrating streaming components into the application, MassHysteria added the ability to include several audio options -- including live home and visiting team broadcasts, ESPN Radio broadcasts and a choice of nine foreign language broadcasts -- and such video options as the pre-game show, selected interviews and game highlights.

Designed by Venetec International, StatLock catheter securement devices will be included in a major new catheter kit from B. Braun, one of the world's largest suppliers of health care products.

The StatLock PICC Plus is designed to hold winged catheters of variable dimensions, including central venous catheters and peripherally inserted central catheters. The first to include StatLock in catheter kits, B. Braun will sell them in Europe and Asia.

Rancho Santa Fe

Rancho Santa Fe Technology Inc., a leader in mission critical network communication services, has been awarded a contract to install a sophisticated, high-speed structured cabling system for Brown & Caldwell's new headquarters in Walnut Creek.

The project will include the installation of Category 5 enhanced structured cable from Lucent's Systimax product line.

matt.hall@sddt.com