Messe Frankfurt, organizer of the 2002 ISH North America show in Toronto, announced it has agreed to key terms with Echelon Corp. for extending stewardship of the LonWorld Trade Show and Conference to events held in North America.

Dearborn and Kohler have recently updated their Web sites and some new items are waiting to be checked out.

General Business Consultants created a workbook and operations manual to handle business when its computer systems are down.

Build.com has entered into an agreement with Chicago Faucet to create exclusive stores for its product line, including Chicago Faucet¿s full line of residential and commercial products.

Slant/Fin released its new Hydronic Explorer heat loss calculator and boiler-baseboard specifier.

The Management Information Systems Group is offering free EDI training courses.

Prophet 21 introduced Trading Partner Connect 6.0, the company¿s latest version of its Internet trading network designed to help distributors, manufacturers and suppliers streamline the commerce process.

The Management Information Systems Group promoted Liza Roney to marketing manager.

ImproveNet reported a pro forma operating loss of $4.6 million.

Management Information Systems Group promoted Liza Roney to marketing manager.