About Bridgestone Americas, Inc.
Bridgestone Americas' corporate family (BSA) traces its roots to the establishment of The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company in August 1900. It was then that 31-year-old Harvey S. Firestone (1868-1938) started tire production with 12 employees in Akron, Ohio.
On the other side of the globe in 1931, Shojiro Ishibashi (1885-1976) created Bridgestone Tire Company Ltd. (later renamed Bridgestone Corporation). He fashioned the company name by reversing the English translation of his own: “Ishibashi,” which literally means “stone bridge” in Japanese.
Bridgestone Corporation purchased Firestone in 1988 for $2.6 billion, transforming the companies' combined operations into the world's largest tire and rubber company. The operations in the Americas were renamed Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. (BFS) and became the largest subsidiary of Bridgestone. As part of its integration with Bridgestone's existing U.S. operations, Bridgestone/Firestone moved its headquarters from Akron to Nashville in 1992.
In an effort to enhance its core business units and to address its customers' needs and wants, the company today does business in the Americas under a holding company structure in which Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM) owns several operating units and subsidiaries.
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Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, the successor to BFS, is part of a larger business unit also known as Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (BATO). Reporting into this business unit are the company's Latin American tire operations, the U.S. and Canadian consumer tire businesses and the U.S. and Canadian commercial tire businesses. These businesses include tire manufacturing and wholesale and original equipment sales operations across a broad line of products, including consumer, commercial truck and bus, agricultural, and off road tires. Product development and research related to these businesses are also conducted by BATO. BATO sells tires for passenger, light truck, truck, bus, off road, motorcycle, agricultural and kart applications through a variety of different outlets, including independent dealers, discount retailers, warehouse clubs and stores owned by Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC (BSRO), a sister company to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC. In addition, through its Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions (BBTS) unit, retreading customers have access to industry-leading research and development, manufacturing, marketing and sales expertise, providing them with a total tire solution.
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Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC (BSRO), consists of a family of more than 2,000 company-owned vehicle service and tire locations across the United States, including Firestone Complete Auto Care™, Tires Plus™, ExpertTire™ and Wheel Works™ store locations. Credit First National Association and Firestone Complete Fleet Care™ operations are also part of BSRO.
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Firestone Diversified Products, LLC (FSDP) consists of building and industrial products, natural rubber, and industrial fibers and textiles businesses.
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BSAM has international manufacturing and sales subsidiaries located in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Venezuela, with additional sales representation throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. The Latin American Tire division is part of BATO, and the companies that are part of the Latin American Tire division are direct subsidiaries of BSAM. BSAM also has a manufacturing facility and sales subsidiary in Canada.
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Today, Bridgestone Americas consists of an international family of enterprises with 52 production facilities and more than 50,000 employees throughout the Americas.
A Technological Leader
The Bridgestone family of companies, which include Bridgestone Americas, is a world leader in tire and related technologies. The collective entities utilize the tri-polar research and development centers in Tokyo, Akron and Rome to produce advanced tire technologies for products that meet consumers' needs. This continuing investment in research and development has resulted in new products incorporating the latest technology, like winter tire, better fuel economy and Run-Flat technology, for better, safer products. In addition, Bridgestone Americas operates world-class proving grounds in Ft. Stockton, Texas; São Pedro, Brazil; and Acuña, Mexico.
In many cases, the race track is the company's test center. Bridgestone companies' participation in Formula One and IndyCar Series racing benefits their technology as well. From the race track, to the interstate, to the street where people live, the knowledge gained in developing their race tires makes everyone a winner.
Quality Products
Tires are the largest part of Bridgestone Americas' business, accounting for approximately 70 percent of annual revenues. BATO develops, manufactures and markets tires for almost every kind of vehicle. In fact, the company sells more than 8,000 different types and sizes of tires — from a 13-foot-tall giant radial for earthmoving equipment to a kart tire that stands only 10 inches high.
In addition to tires, BSA is also engaged in retreading operations throughout the Western Hemisphere, and is recognized internationally for producing a variety of quality products, including building and industrial materials, natural rubber, and industrial fibers and textiles.
Today, all Bridgestone Americas facilities are certified to internationally recognized environmental system requirements; new facilities are certified within two years of construction or acquisition. All facilities work every day to continuously enhance their operations, resulting in continuous enhancements to the products they manufacture.
Community Involvement
Bridgestone Americas is committed to being a good corporate citizen nationally, regionally and especially in the communities where BSA has manufacturing plants, sales facilities, retail locations and offices.
Giving back to the community is the foundation upon which Bridgestone Americas was built. Since 1952, the Bridgestone Americas Trust Fund has contributed millions annually in support of causes that champion children's issues, education, diversity, and the environment and conservation. This annual, multi-million dollar effort has provided innumerable benefits. Bridgestone Americas adheres to the Bridgestone Way, the global Bridgestone group's corporate philosophy to build not just better products, but better communities.
Guided by its One Team, One Planet message, Bridgestone Americas is dedicated to achieving a positive environmental impact in all of the communities it calls home. This commitment includes efforts such as developing tires with improved fuel economy; manufacturing products and providing services in an environmentally responsible way; and establishing wildlife habitat and education programs; among many other initiatives.
In addition, Bridgestone Americas continues to look for opportunities to educate all drivers, especially new drivers, about driving safety. Its comprehensive driver safety education programs include initiatives such as Teens Drive Smart, Safety Scholars, Mario Andretti's Real Information On Safety, Driver's Edge, Car Care Academies and tiresafety.com.
For more information, please visit www.BridgestoneAmericas.com .
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Nashville! You're gettin' a Dell! As part of their corporate expansion plan, Dell Computers chose to build a new office, manufacturing and distribution center in Nashville, Tennessee. They selected GS&P to provide civil site master planning/design, mechanical, plumbing and electrical engineering services for this project. After presenting multiple options, Dell chose master plans for two different sites located within a one mile radius of each other. All aspects of final building locations, traffic analysis and utility design were incorporated into each plan. The first phase of design and construction included a call center/support building and a manufacturing building. Both projects were designed and constructed utilizing the fast-track approach and were designed and constructed in an eight-month timeframe.
Dell Computers became an important corporate employer in Middle Tennessee when it announced in May 1999 that it would expand operations from its central Texas base to the Nashville area. In August 1999 the company opened its Eastgate manufacturing facility, a 260,000-square-foot factory for the production of desktop computers, in Lebanon. A little more than a year later, in September 2000, the company officially opened a main campus at a site near the Nashville airport on Murfreesboro Road.
Dell's modern industrial campus generated controversy in the city because of the number of government inducements used to lure the company to Nashville, the millions spent on infrastructure, and tax breaks granted by the local government. It also led to the destruction of one of the original buildings of the Tennessee Lunatic Asylum, a Gothic Revival landmark designed by Nashville architect Adolphus Heiman. State and city officials, along with the business community, strongly supported Dell's move to the region, wanting to position Nashville and Tennessee in the mainstream of high-tech business development. As the Nashville Business Journal of April 14, 2000, opined: "The Nashville region's future lies in high tech." In February 2001 the corporation announced its first layoffs at its Texas operations, but spared Nashville and Lebanon of the job cuts. At that time, the company employed 3,300 in Middle Tennessee. Then, in May 2001, came news that the next round of job cutbacks would impact the new Tennessee facilities.
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Dell to Launch Free Recycling of Dell-Branded Products for Consumers Globally |
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Dell recently announced plans to provide free recycling of any Dell-branded product for consumers around the world as part of a new global recycling policy. Dell currently offers consumers no-charge recycling of any brand of used computer or printer with the purchase of a new Dell computer or printer. Under the new policy, the first of its kind in the industry, Dell will provide consumers no-charge recycling of any Dell-branded product, regardless of whether a replacement product is purchased. The National Recycling Coalition said that Dell is setting the standard for the industry with this new policy. The new recycling service, already available in Europe, is slated to launch in the U.S. in September and globally by November. For more on Dell's recycling services, please visit www.dell.com/recycling .
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Dell's Products Help Save Energy for Customers |
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New Dell server, workstation, notebook and desktop systems now include enhanced energy efficiency characteristics that help customers decrease electricity usage and system operating cost. Built with energy saving technologies, the new ninth-generation PowerEdgeTM servers can lower power consumption by up to 25 percent, providing an increase in performance per watt of electricity of up to 169 percent. All Dell notebooks now ship by default with sleep-state enabled, in addition to Dell's OptiPlexTM desktop and Dell PrecisionTM desktop workstation products which already had this function. This power-management feature automatically puts the computer into a low-power “sleep” state after 15 minutes of inactivity, but allows the computer to quickly “wake-up” when needed. The Energy Star program estimates that allowing a computer to enter sleep state when it is not being used saves about 70 percent of the electricity required to power that computer. More information is available at www.dell.com/environment . |
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Dell Complies with New EU Environmental Regulation |
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The EU's Directive on the Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS), which went into effect in the European Union on July 1, restricts the use of environmentally sensitive material in electronic products, such as cadmium, hexavalent chromium, lead and mercury. Almost all of Dell's products are affected by the RoHS Directive, primarily through the substitution of lead-based solders and finishes. Dell established a lead-free qualification process to help ensure that products meet stringent reliability and quality requirements, as well as regulatory compliance requirements. From June 1, Dell started implementing compliance controls to prevent the shipment of non-RoHS compliant products to Europe or Japan, where similar regulation exists. Dell intends to implement the requirements of the RoHS directive on global product lines. For more details on Dell's RoHS transition, please visit www.dell.com/rohsinfo . |
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Dell Accelerates Timetable to Remove Environmentally-Sensitive Materials from Products |
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Dell will eliminate the use of environmentally-sensitive chemicals including all brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in products by 2009, well in advance of legal requirements. "Dell's decision to remove these harmful chemicals reflects a move within the electronics industry in the right direction to become cleaner," said Zeina al-Hajj, spokeswoman of the environmental group Greenpeace International. Dell continually adapts the design of its products to use fewer resources and minimize or eliminate the use of environmentally sensitive materials. As of June 30, Dell had prohibited the use of BFRs and PVC in plastic mechanical parts for all new Dell branded products and peripherals. More information on Dell's chemical use policy is available at www.dell.com/environment . Clean Production Action recently published a report on the efforts of several companies addressing chemical use issues which includes Dell's work on chemical use policies and BFR elimination, the report can be accessed here: http://www.cleanproduction.org/library/CPA-HealthyBusiness-1.pdf .
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Dell Computers Recognized in New Environmental Procurement Tool |
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Twenty-eight models of Dell desktops, monitors and notebooks have been recognized by the newly launched Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT), making up nearly half of the products on the list. EPEAT, a project of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Green Electronics Council, rates computers based on environmental attributes including energy consumption, recyclability, materials selection and packaging. Dell helped lead the effort to develop EPEAT and is one of the first computer manufacturers to register products in the tool. All listed Dell computers have earned a silver rating, the second level in the three-tiered EPEAT rating system. EPEAT has already been embraced by many large volume government purchasers. It is expected to offer Dell customers a consistent, widely-accepted standard for green IT procurement initiatives. Please visit www.epeat.net for a complete list of EPEAT-approved Dell products. Additionally, you can discuss “green purchasing” with Tod Arbogast, head of Dell sustainable business, on Dell's new blogging platform at www.direct2dell.com . |
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Dell Holds First Computer Recycling Day in Brisbane, Australia |
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On May 13, Dell held its first community recycling day in Brisbane, Australia, the second Dell recycling day in the country. Fifteen volunteers from Dell recovered 9.4 tonnes of unwanted computer equipment from consumers, in partnership with MRI and the Nathan Campus of Griffith University. In 2003, Dell became the first computer company in Australia and New Zealand to offer a national computer recycling service. Last year Dell recovered 73 tonnes of unwanted computers in Australia and New Zealand. The recycling day in Brisbane was one of more than 60 community computer-recycling events worldwide directly managed or sponsored by Dell in the last three years. For more details, visit www.dell.com.au/recycle . |
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Dell and Goodwill Launch Computer Recycling Programs in San Antonio and San Diego |
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A free recycling service launched by Dell and Goodwill in San Antonio and San Diego is expected to divert tons of unwanted computers and computer equipment from landfills. Reconnect San Antonio and Reconnect San Deigo, the new computer recycling programs, offer a community-based solution to environmentally responsible electronics disposal. Area residents can drop their unwanted computer equipment at their local participating Goodwill for recycling. The recycled materials will be remarketed and proceeds go to Goodwill to support job training and employment services for individuals with disabilities and other employment barriers. Reconnect San Antonio and Reconnect San Diego are the latest in a series of Dell environmental initiatives. Other Reconnect programs are under way with Goodwill in Central Texas, Michigan and the San Francisco Bay area. Go to www.reconnectpartnership.com for more information on Dell's recycling partnership with Goodwill. |
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Dell Approved As a Ceres Company |
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Citing the company's recent progress on electronics recycling and its overall commitment to social and environmental improvements, the Ceres board of directors has approved Dell as a Ceres company. Ceres is a national coalition of investors, environmental groups and other public interest organizations, including nearly a dozen Fortune 500 companies, that works to tackle sustainability challenges. Dell, ranked 25th among Fortune 500 companies, is the first company in the computer industry to join Ceres. For more information, visit www.ceres.org . |
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Destination Dell Program – One Year Old and Growing |
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Dell's commuting program for Central Texas employees, Destination Dell, recently celebrated its one year anniversary with growing participation from Dell team members. The program advocates and facilitates commuting alternatives such as carpooling, bike riding and public transit. In Destination Dell's first year, 205 team members enrolled in the program and saved more than 155,000 miles. With continually climbing fuel costs and growing air quality concerns, more Dell employees are expected to participate in the coming year. |
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Dell Announces New Manufacturing Facility in Brazil |
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Dell is expanding operations in Brazil with a new manufacturing facility to support the region's recent growth and enhance the customer experience in the region. The facility will be built in Hortolândia, São Paulo, and is expected to start operations during Q4 of this year. The new factory will facilitate the import and export of components and products, reduce production costs, expedite delivery, and place Dell closer to the majority of its customers in São Paulo City, the largest economic center in Latin America.
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Dell Grows Team in Tennessee |
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Dell will expand its Americas customer contact operations and increase employment at its Middle Tennessee facilities by up to 1,000 people to as many as 4,500 people over the next several quarters. The Middle Tennessee customer contact center interacts with customers and businesses throughout the U.S. and Canada. The employment increase is being driven by an expansion of sales professionals in public sector and corporate accounts, and an addition of Dell services technicians and managers. Dell launched the Middle Tennessee operations in August 1999 with about 200 production, sales and call center employees. |
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Gay Pride Month Celebration Promotes Respect and Dignity for All |
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Dell celebrated Gay Pride Month in June in the U.S. with a keynote speech by Judy Shepard. Shepard, who founded the Matthew Shepard Foundation to combat anti-gay violence as a result of the murder of her son, spoke passionately about the need to foster respect and dignity for all. Gay Pride Month promotes visibility and validates the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. Dell has recently received the 2005 Secretary of Labor's Opportunity Award, the highest award given by the Department of Labor to federal contractors for their voluntary diversity efforts. For more information on Dell's commitment to diversity, visit www.dell.com/diversity . |
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Michael Dell Addresses WCIT, Calls for Global Emphasis on IT |
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During his keynote address at the 2006 World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) in May, Michael Dell called for governments worldwide to play a key role in fostering the information technology industry, improving their economies and living standards in the process. About 2,000 business, government and academic leaders from more than 80 countries attended the biennial WCIT in Austin, Texas to discuss and create policy recommendations for global digital access, health care and IT privacy and security. In his speech, Mr. Dell addressed the role governments can play in creating a successful IT sector, citing the importance of promoting a high-quality education system, modern technological infrastructure and conditions necessary to attract foreign investment such as tax incentives and regulations that foster, not stifle, innovation. For more on the speech, please visit www.wcit2006.org . |
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Dell Celebrates First Annual Global Ethics Day |
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Dell employees celebrated the first Dell Global Ethics Day with employee activities around the world throughout the month of May. More than 1,400 employees in Central Texas joined Thurmond Woodard, Dell's chief ethics, compliance, and privacy officer, and other senior executives in discussing the importance of “Raising the Bar” and “Winning with Integrity,” this year's theme. Team members from all regions were recognized for their outstanding ethics during the celebrations. Other special events included games, raffles, special guest speakers, executive presentations and inspirational videos. The celebrations were designed to remind team members of Dell's seven tenets of ethical behavior: trust, integrity, respect, judgment, courage, honesty and individual responsibility. “This is a day to reaffirm our commitment to ethics and to our core values,” said Dell's CEO Kevin Rollins. |
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Dell Wins Best Employer Award from Slovakian Government |
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Dell received the Best Family-Friendly Employer award from the Slovakian Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Family. The government award is given to the company that takes measures to enhance work/life balance with an emphasis on social services. The Dell facility in Bratislava, Slovakia was recognized for creating good conditions for work and family balance, which helped set Dell apart from the other 71 companies in the competition. Dell in Bratislava provides computer and Internet access to women on maternity leave, has alternative working hours for parents of young children, supports activities for the Women Networking Forum at Dell, and offers company-paid language education for team members during working hours. |
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Dell's Ohio Team Brings Home Award of Ergonomic Excellence |
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Team members representing Dell's Small Package Hub in Ohio recently brought home the Ergonomic Excellence Award for Cost Savings in the Ergo Cup competition. The Ergo Cup is an international competition with entries judged on innovation, risk reduction, presentation quality, simplicity and cost savings. The team presented their project –“Think inside the Sand Box” - as part of the Applied Ergonomics Conference in Orlando, Fla. The current workstation setup requires workers to excessively reach, bend, and walk to fulfill the order. The team in Ohio has dedicated some warehouse space to an area called “The Sand Box.”, where workers on the floor can safely use various tools to create their own models to improve ergonomics and in turn productivity. Dell was the only company in computer industry represented at the conference. For more information, please visit www.appliedergo.org . |
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Dell Awards Merit Scholarships to Children of Employees |
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Dell recognized the outstanding scholastic achievement demonstrated by the 2006 Dell Merit Scholars. Each of the 15 children of Dell employees was offered a grant for $2,000 to assist in pursuing his or her higher educational aspirations. The awards were presented to the students at a reception with Michael Dell. |
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Global Scientists Name Dell Top Computer Hardware Provider |
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Receiving the most votes from more than 2,400 scientists around the world, Dell was selected for a Life Science Industry Award for computer hardware. The award recognizes companies that have made the greatest contributions to life science technology during the past year. “Our goal is to provide the research community with the most effective and reliable technology for their important work,” said Ro Parra, senior vice president, Dell Americas. |
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Literate Community Grants Awarded to Non-Profits in Four U.S. States |
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Dell Foundation recently awarded “Literate Community” grants to 22 organizations in four U.S. states – Texas, Tennessee, Oklahoma and North Carolina. The two-year $50,000 grants support innovative and collaborative initiatives that address educational and literacy needs in communities where Dell has facilities and help students succeed in the digital economy and competitive global marketplace. To view a complete list of grants, please visit www.dell.com/dellfoundation . |
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Community Involvement Fairs Connect Dell Employees with Local Charities |
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The One Dell: One Community campaign kicked off in July with Community Involvement Fairs throughout Dell U.S. sites. Through the fairs, Dell team members met representatives from nonprofit and community organizations in the area, learned about the needs in the community and made a connection with the local charities. The fairs also provided Dell employees an opportunity to plan their team building activities for the company's Global Community Involvement Month in September, when Dell employees around the world participate in volunteer activities in their community. Last year's Global Community Involvement Month resulted in about one-half of Dell employees worldwide volunteering time in the community. |
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Dell TechKnow Convinces U.S. Football Star Vince Young to Go Back to School |
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All-American football quarterback turned Tennessee Titan Vince Young is lending his support to Dell's Middle Tennessee TechKnow program. As one of the largest student computer donation programs in the U.S., TechKnow offers a 10-week, 40-hour hands-on course where students work in teams to learn computer technologies. Young will begin visiting students this fall at the seven Metro Nashville Public Schools that host the Dell TechKnow program and will talk with them about the importance of technology and education in achieving their life goals. To date, more than 10,000 low-income or underserved students from almost 42 school districts and more than 65 schools from across the U.S. have graduated from the program. More than 1,000 Dell team members have donated their time and talents to help these students bridge the digital divide. For more information on the program, please visit www.dell.com/techknow .
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Dell's Technology Donation Connects U.S. Soldiers and Families |
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Dell donated OptiPlex desktop computers equipped with flat panel monitors, headsets, Web cameras and laser printers to the U.S. Army family support center at Fort Lewis, Wash. The center is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week for families to communicate in real time across time zones. Soldiers of the U.S. Army's 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Stryker Brigade Combat Team, currently being deployed overseas, can communicate with loved ones via two donated Dell Latitude notebook computers equipped with Web cameras as well as their regular-issue systems. |
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Nashville's PENCIL Foundation Recognizes Dell Tennessee Team Members |
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Dell's Tennessee team was recently recognized by the PENCIL Foundation for its contribution to Nashville's public school education. Nashville Mayor Bill Purcell presented the team the Outstanding System-wide Partner award, the highest recognition from the foundation to its private-sector partners, during its annual BRAVO Breakfast. The nonprofit PENCIL Foundation pairs more than 400 Nashville businesses and organizations with Nashville Public Schools in support of academic programs through volunteerism and donations. Go to http://www.pencilfoundation.org/ to learn more. |
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Dell Helps Low-Income Kids in Brazil Learn Computer Skills |
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In June, Dell launched a new Information Technology School (ETI) in Eldorado do Sul, Brazil for local youth and teenagers from low-income communities to learn computing and business skills. The school is the 9th ETI Dell has launched in Brazil. Dell donated six computers and one printer to the new school. Dell employees supported the initiative by sponsoring the students and teaching classes. After finishing the ETI, students have the option to study advanced computer skills in one of the two Technical Laboratories (LABs). Both ETIs and LABs are part of Dell Brazil's Digital Citizen Project. Since 2002, when the Project was created, more than 5,300 students have graduated. Approximately 40% of the students are sponsored by Dell volunteers. In 2005, the project was recognized with a Digital Inclusion Award by InfoExame, a globally recognized Brazilian magazine. Go to www.dell.com/br to learn more about Dell's philanthropic initiatives in Brazil. |
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Dell CEO Speaks With Students at Opening of Dell Learning Center in China |
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Dell China opened the first Dell Learning Center – a vocational-education and training school for the children of rural migrant workers – in Beijing. Dell CEO Kevin Rollins unveiled the new center, encouraging the students to study hard to prepare for a bright future. The Dell Learning Center, equipped with Dell computers, a server and a projector, provides much needed computer access to this growing population, most of whom come from low-income families and attend make-shift schools with no computer facilities. Dell volunteers will teach students about computers and computing skills. Two more learning centers are scheduled to open in Shanghai and Xiamen by the end of the year. In the past 12 months, Dell has donated more than $82,000 in cash and computer equipment and 7,800 hours of employee volunteer time in China. For more, please visit www.dell.com.cn . |
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Dell's UK Team Helps Students Prepare for Higher Computing Exams |
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Chryston High School in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, recently ran a series of computer workshops for its students with help from Dell's local technical support and training staff. Twenty-seven students participated in the two-hour sessions to prepare for the Higher Computing exam. Students were asked to take apart a notebook PC, study the components, learn how to configure a PC and get it running on a network. “Feedback from the students and staff has been wonderful, they all thoroughly enjoyed being involved and the workshops really helped to bring their course alive and experience something of the real world, "said Lorraine Taylor, principal teacher of IT at Chryston High School. |
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Dell Team Members Volunteer at the Amsterdam Special Olympics |
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Dell Amsterdam employees rallied together and volunteered for the recent Koala Games at the Olympic stadium in Amsterdam. The Koala Games are associated with the Special Olympics for disabled and mentally handicapped children. This year, 170 children from four schools in the Amsterdam area took part in 14 sporting events organized by Dell employees, including basketball, high jump, football, penalty shoot-outs, judo and hockey. After four hours of intense sporting events, the children gathered together for the medal ceremony where each child was presented with a gold Olympic medal from a Dell employee. |
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Dell Canada Team Members Make a Difference for Hundreds of Students |
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Volunteers from Dell Canada enriched and inspired hundreds of junior high students from the Edmonton, Alberta area through the local Junior Achievement program. Team members led students in discussions and programs designed to help the students understand the importance of education, how technology is playing a role in education today and the personal and economic costs of dropping out of school. |
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Dell Supports Nashville Cares |
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As part of Dell's HIV prevention campaign and commitment to extend support of HIV/AIDS services organizations in Dell communities, Dell recently supported the Nashville Cares 20th Anniversary Dinner. Nashville Cares is the leading HIV prevention and AIDS Services Organization in Middle Tennessee. |
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