Moving and Storage Business News

The News Review:

- Coast-To-Coast Retains Self Storage Promotions
- No room in the cellar? Try wine storage units
- Itâ’s Free, Plentiful and Fickle
- Moving trucks are wearing rolling billboards — for free.
- FinancialContent.com – Stock Quotes and Business News
- Rezone irks residents: Folsom planning panel backs reclassifying…
- Overhead Truck Doors meet demands of dryfreight trailers.

Coast-To-Coast Retains Self Storage Promotions
PR.com – PR.com (press release) – Dec 28, 2006
“Self Storage Promotions is clearly the best agency for us. We were not only impressed by Self Storage Promotions’ understanding of the industry and its players, but also by the vast resources and capabilities the firm could bring to Coast-To-Coast in the and globally. ”“No one knows more about self-storage than RK Kliebenstein and his partners at Coast-To-Coast Storage. The company demonstrates outstanding capabilities and its executives boast a strong track record of visionary leadership in this space,” said Jennifer LeClaire, Founder and Creative Director of Self Storage Promotions. “When industry experts and customers describe RK as an expert, renowned author and industry pioneer, our decision to pursue this company was an easy one. ”The Self Storage Promotions team reports directly to RK Kliebenstein. Led by Jennifer LeClaire, the strategic promotions team includes Trisha Ostrowski, Meredith Lovejoy, Tamas Kato, Raj Kumar, Katie Ford, Melanie Madon, Elizabeth Millard, Sarah Sleeper, Patti Unger, Daniel Landlofli and Craig Zimmerman.

No room in the cellar? Try wine storage units
Roanoke Times – Dec 28, 2006
About $8 million to $10 million worth of wine is in this room,” he said. “Reputation is very important. ”
Many wine storage companies are offshoots of moving companies, self-storage businesses and wine stores. Even in markets with more space such as California, collectors are concerned about humidity and temperature. Wine stored above 70 degrees ages more quickly and can spoil. Humidity of more than 80 percent can bring mold, while not enough humidity can dry out the cork. Exposure to oxygen also spoils wine.

Itâ’s Free, Plentiful and Fickle
New York Times – Dec 28, 2006
Engineers have cut the price of electricity derived from wind by about 80 percent in the last 20 years, setting up this renewable technology for a major share of the electricity market. But for all its promise, wind also generates a big problem: because it is unpredictable and often fails to blow when electricity is most needed, wind is not reliable enough to assure supplies for an electric grid that must be prepared to deliver power to everybody who wants it – even when it is in greatest demand. In Texas, as in many other parts of the country, power companies are scrambling to build generating stations to meet growing peak demands, generally driven by air-conditioning for new homes and businesses. But power plants that run on coal or gas must “be built along with every megawatt of wind capacity,” said William Bojorquez, director of system planning at the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. The reason is that in Texas, and most of the United States, the hottest days are the least windy. As a result, wind turns out to be a good way to save fuel, but not a good way to avoid building plants that burn coal. A wind machine is a bit like a bicycle that a commuter keeps in the garage for sunny days… The economics of wind would change radically if the carbon dioxide emitted by coal were assigned a cash value, but in the United States it has none. Coal plants produce about a ton of carbon dioxide each megawatt hour, on average, so a price of $10 a ton would have a major impact on utility economics. Another possibility is energy storage, although this presents other difficulties. In May, Xcel and the Energy Department announced a research program to use surplus, off-peak electricity from wind to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen could be burned or run through a fuel cell to make electricity when it was needed most. Xcel plans to invest $1. 25 million, and the government $750,000.

Moving trucks are wearing rolling billboards — for free.
Free with registration – Salt Lake Tribune, The – AccessMyLibrary.com – Dec 28, 2006
(28-DEC-06) Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT). 28–Doug Bagley so loves Utah that he offered to let state tourism officials cover his A-1 Pioneer Moving & Storage trailers with scenic Utah photographs — for free.

FinancialContent.com – Stock Quotes and Business News
CBS 2 – Dec 28, 2006
, a member of the S&P 500 and the Forbes Global 2000, is a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust that primarily acquires, develops, owns and operates storage facilities. The Company?s headquarters are located in Glendale, California. The Company?s storage properties are located in 38 states and seven European nations. At September 30, 2006, the Company had interests in 2,003 storage facilities with approximately 126. 4 million net rentable square feet in the United States and 160 storage facilities with approximately 8. 4 million net rentable square feet in Europe. Additional information about Public Storage, Inc.

Rezone irks residents: Folsom planning panel backs reclassifying…
Free with registration – Sacramento Bee – AccessMyLibrary.com – Dec 28, 2006
28–The Folsom Planning Commission backed a proposal to rezone for industrial use a portion of city-owned property that it previously designated for affordable housing. The parcel was designated for residential development to meet terms of a legal settlement requiring the city to provide adequate land for affordable housing. The potential buyer said the rezoning would allow his company to remain in Folsom. But residents of the historic district objected to adding more light-industrial acreage at the gateway to an area that is the focus of revitalization efforts. 68 acres west of Sibley Street, between Glenn Drive and Blue Ravine Road. City planner Steve Banks said the land is part.

Overhead Truck Doors meet demands of dryfreight trailers.
Industrial News Room – Dec 28, 2006
comHeadquartered in Marion, Ohio, TODCO manufactures and services overhead doors, swing doors and walk ramps for the trucking industry. The company maintains manufacturing plants in Marion and Upper Sandusky, Ohio and Fresno, California. For more information, go to.