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Greenland Corporation Announces Contract With United Hockey League Team.


SAN DIEGO -- Greenland Corporation (OTCBB OTCBB

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:GRLC) announced that it has signed a contract with the Fort Wayne Komets The Fort Wayne Komets are a minor league hockey franchise currently playing in the International Hockey League. The Komets played in the previous incarnation of the International Hockey League from 1959 until 1999, when they joined the United Hockey League (which took the IHL name , a member of the United Hockey League.

The Fort Wayne Komets are one of fourteen teams in the United Hockey League, located in seven states throughout the Midwest. Each team in the league plays an 80 game schedule with 40 games at home.

The sport of hockey has a long history in Fort Wayne, beginning in 1952 in the International Hockey League Presently, one ice hockey league is using the name International Hockey League:
  • International Hockey League (2007-), midwest North America
Several other leagues have used the name, or one similar, in the past:
. In 1990, the then current owners moved the team to Albany, New York For other uses, see Albany.
Albany is the capital of the State of New York and the county seat of Albany County. Albany lies 136 miles (219 km) north of New York City, and slightly to the south of the juncture of the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers.
, but the Franke family, the present owners, immediately purchased an IHL IHL International Humanitarian Law
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 franchise, moved that team to Fort Wayne and kept the name Komets. The Komets remained part of the IHL for nine seasons and then joined the United Hockey League. In the 2002-2003 seasons, the Komets captured the UHL UHL United Hockey League
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 Colonial Cup.

"We are pleased that Michael Franke, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of the Komets, has chosen to work with Greenland," stated Thomas Beener, CEO of Greenland. "The Komets have approximately 30 employees and we are hopeful that our performance with the Komets will be the beginning of an expanded relationship with the other members of the UHL to use Greenland's services."

About Greenland Corporation

Greenland Corporation (OTCBB:GRLC) has one principal operating unit: professional employment services ("PEO") and information technology ("IT"). The Company's ExpertHR Michigan(TM), subsidiary provides a variety of professional services related to human resources to small and medium-size businesses. The Company's Check Central subsidiary has developed automated check-cashing systems, including the MAXcash(TM) Automated Banking Machine(TM) (a kiosk designed to provide self-service check cashing and ATM-banking functionality).

Greenland's common stock trades on the OTC Bulletin Board OTC Bulletin Board

An electronic quotation listing of the bid and asked prices of OTC stocks that do not meet the requirements to be listed on the NASDAQ stock-listing system.
 under the symbol GRLC. Information on the Company is available at http://www.greenlandcorp.com/.

Statements in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements and are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including the failure to complete successfully the development of new or enhanced products, the Company's future capital needs, the lack of market demand for any new or enhanced products the Company may develop, any actions by the Company's partners that may be adverse to the Company, the success of competitive products, other economic factors affecting the Company and its markets, seasonal changes, and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The actual results may differ materially from those contained in this press release. The Company disclaims any obligation to update any statements in this press release.
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