UP Technologies Changes Name to Transentric.Business Editors ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 25, 2000 Company to bring supply chain visibility, message exchange, and carrier software and services to a variety of new markets Union Pacific Technologies, a leading supply chain management company, is changing its name to Transentric(TM), effective today. The former UP Technologies, a subsidiary of Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : UNP Unp The symbol for the element unnilpentium. ), recently became a part of Fenix, a holding company extending Union Pacific's technology assets into new industries. "The name change to Transentric reflects our growth and our ongoing push to provide companies with visionary technologies that will transform their supply chains," said George Gagen, executive vice president of Transentric. "This is just the beginning of our identity overhaul as we expand to international markets and continue our commitment to make commerce supply chains work more effectively for business." Transentric's product suite links the shipping, scheduling and inventory tracking process with e-commerce and transportation management solutions. Core products, such as Transentric's Shipment Management Solutions (SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. ) suite, provide shipment tracking, intransit inventory That materiel in the military distribution system that is in the process of movement from point of receipt from procurement and production (either contractor's plant or first destination, depending upon point of delivery) and between points of storage and distribution. visibility, transportation performance data, multifaceted message exchange services and carrier transportation management solutions. About Transentric Formed in 1987 and located in St. Louis, Transentric is a supply chain management company that touts 13 years of profitability and revenue growth. Transentric is building on its development of railroad software products and shipment management solutions to expand its customer base into the e-commerce arena. In addition to railroad industry clients in the U.S. and Mexico, Transentric boasts clients in trucking, paper, chemicals, beverage and other industries. About Fenix Headquartered in Dallas-Fort Worth, Fenix is a technology holding company formed by Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP), the nation's largest railroad. It was created to leverage and incubate incubate /in·cu·bate/ (in´ku-bat) 1. to subject to or to undergo incubation. 2. material that has undergone incubation. in·cu·bate v. 1. Union Pacific's extensive portfolio of technology assets. Among the Fenix companies are Nexterna, an Omaha-based wireless data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. company; Transentric, a St. Louis-based supply chain management company; PST PST Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, see there , a Boulder-based time, attendance and scheduling software company; and an entirely new and yet-to-be-named broadband telecommunications company See telecom company. . Fenix's mission is to increase shareholder value for Union Pacific by actively seeking venture capital, strategic partnerships and alliances to accelerate the growth of the Fenix family of companies. |
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