GRANDVIEW, MO (December 2011) – Peterson Manufacturing announces the release of its Master Catalog for 2012. Already on its way to customers, the new Catalog is brimming with Solutions On The Move –– over 276 pages of vehicle safety lighting products and accessories.

The Catalog’s color-coded format and new quick-reference icons make it a snap for users to locate items and compare major features at a glance. Showcasing the widest, deepest product line in Peterson’s history, the 2012 Catalog boasts more than 700 brand new items, including:

• Redesigned and expanded 4” round and 6” oval models––all made in the USA
• Redesigned 2” and 2.5” LED models––all made in the USA
• Over 20 new models of Great White® LED interior, dome and utility lights
• Expanded Electrical Accessories with new wiring, switch & terminal assortments
• Expanded ECE Lighting section for equipment destined for overseas

Also included in the Catalog is Peterson’s new Warranty Statement plus details of a new LED Limited Lifetime Warranty.

“We are committed to manufacturing and offering competitive, high-quality, American-made lighting products,” said Steve Meagher, Peterson’s Vice President Sales. “We’re proud to be engineering so many real solutions for customers, and they’re all easier than ever to find in our new Catalog.”

For Catalog questions or to order print copies or the CD-Rom version, customers are invited to contact Peterson’s Customer Service Department directly at 1-816-765-2000, or email us at pmsales@pmlights.com.

Peterson Manufacturing Company is a world-leading innovator in the production of a complete line of vehicle safety lighting, mirrors, reflectors, and related products. As an ISO 9001:2008 certified company, Peterson Manufacturing is a key subsidiary of Peterson Corporation, 12 highly specialized companies and over 3,000 people working in global transportation-related industries.

MANSFIELD, MA (December 2011) – IntelliChief LLC, the leading provider of paperless solutions for the IBM i (System i, iSeries, AS/400), today announced that Peterson Manufacturing Company has selected IntelliChief to raise efficiency across department operations.  By choosing IntelliChief, Peterson Manufacturing is demonstrating a commitment to reducing their use of paper, while decreasing company costs and document processing time.

Peterson, a vehicle safety lighting systems and accessories company headquartered in Grandview, Mo., is a world-leading innovator in the production of a complete line of vehicle safety lighting, mirrors, reflectors, antennas and related products. Their mission is to provide customers with the maximum value in safety products and accessories through a commitment to continuous improvement in quality, cost and service.

As the leading provider of Paperless Process Management, IntelliChief delivers complete integration with Peterson Manufacturing ERP choice, Infor LX, so employees of Peterson Manufacturing can find and retrieve documents electronically directly from their Infor LX screen.  IntelliChief allows for companies to transform into paperless environments.

“When evaluating document management vendors, we wanted software that was not only going to help us drive productivity and reduce costs, but we wanted a solution that was going to be easy to use,” said Rick Stephens Jr., Corporate Director of I/T at Peterson Manufacturing Company.  “As the Paperless Processing Management leader, IntelliChief was the nearly unanimous choice of our user community. We believe that as we move forward and standardize on IntelliChief, we will notice how easy it is to take advantage of vendor discounts and eliminate double payments using electronic workflow.”

Peterson Manufacturing selected the IntelliChief solution to be implemented within their company.  As users begin to familiarize themselves with the IntelliChief solution, they will realize the value of eliminating paper and costs associated with manual tasks, as they can now be automated via IntelliChief.

Peterson Manufacturing Company is a world-leading innovator in the production of a complete line of vehicle safety lighting, mirrors, reflectors, and related products. As an ISO 9001:2008 certified company, Peterson Manufacturing is a key subsidiary of Peterson Corporation, 12 highly specialized companies and over 3,000 people working in global transportation-related industries.

Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto, California and their Charles B. and Ann L. Johnson Center for Pregnancy and Newborn Services is focused on providing exceptional care and service to mothers and families from pregnancy to infancy. Packard Children’s is one of the only children’s hospitals in the Bay area, as well as across the country, to offer obstetric, neonatal and developmental-behavioral pediatric services in one place.

With a highly skilled team of neonatologists, obstetricians and support staff, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford is prepared to provide the best care for a normal or high risk pregnancy. Known as leaders in high-risk obstetrics care in California and beyond, their knowledge and experience in diagnosing, consulting and treating fetal abnormalities is unmatched.

Packard Children’s five state-approved Perinatal Diagnostic Centers provide a full range of diagnostic, treatment, consultation and counseling services to pregnant women. Patients have access to services and resources including:

• Fetal Doppler Ultrasound
• Genetic Counseling
• Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist

Please visit the website for Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital’s Charles B. and Ann L. Johnson Center for Pregnancy and Newborn Services in Northern California to learn more.

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Stanford Children’s Hospital is a 40-bed, Regional Level III NICU with ECMO unit which means they offer the highest level of neonatal care. They provide nationally-recognized care for high-risk newborns to full-term babies that need a little extra support.

Services provided by their highly sought after expert team of neonatologists include caring for babies that:

• Need ventilators
• Undergo cardiovascular surgery
• Require nitric oxide therapy
• Require cooling for neonatal brain injuries
• Need more complex therapies such as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Packard Children’s Hospital has been designated a Center of Excellence by the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO).

The importance of family-centered care and support at Packard Children’s Hospital is apparent. Parents are core members of their NICU care team. They believe that a family’s participation with the health care team will improve a baby’s care. Prenatal care is also available through specialists such as perinatologists who perform comprehensive evaluation and diagnostic services for numerous conditions including those related to infant developmental delay.

Please visit the website for Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital’s NICU in Northern California to learn more.

“We pride ourselves on providing products that enable firefighters to perform their job in a more efficient manner, using superior materials, that help reduce work place injuries during the call,” says Steve Touchton, R•O•M Emergency and Specialty Products Manager. “We’ve now taken that a step further by offering an industry-leading, seven-year warranty.”

The new seven-year coverage extends to R•O•M roll-up doors, Perfect Match Wet Paint, cargo trays and slides, LED compartment lights and LED interior lighting. Door ajar switches and other electrical components are covered for three years and one year, respectively.

“From the time we introduced roll-up doors to the fire service, we paved the way for improving access and safety for first responders,” continues Touchton. “By extending our warranty for our products, we’ve further solidified our partnership with the fire service.”

Complete details about the warranty can be obtained on the R•O•M website at www.romcorp.com/warranty.html.

About R•O•M
R•O•M Corporation is headquartered in a 65,000 sq. ft. facility in suburban Kansas City, MO. The company’s product line includes R•O•M roll-up doors, hose bed covers, cargo trays, LED compartment lights and LED interior lighting. The company also services the food distribution industry, service and utility fleets, and building security markets. ISO 9001-certified and owner of 10 U.S. and Canadian patents, R•O•M serves its national and international customer base with a field staff of territory managers and an inside customer development team. The company’s website is www.romcorp.com.

For more information, contact:

Steve Touchton
R•O•M Corporation
6800 E. 163rd St.
Belton, MO 64012
Phone: 800-827-3692 ext. 267
Website

Four-Star Physicians
Take Charge for Better Health, a magazine by Healthy Memphis Common Table, recently listed 78 physicians with privileges at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare as four-star physicians in Memphis. Only 98 physicians in Memphis received the four-star designation, based on a survey of more than 50,000 people. Nearly 440 physicians were involved; full results can be found at www.healthymemphis.org.

Transplant Center of Excellence
The Transplant Institute at Methodist Healthcare was recently awarded Center of Excellence status with Blue Cross Blue Shield’s Blue Distinction Centers for Transplant (BDCT). In order to receive this distinction, the Transplant Institute, which specializes in liver, kidney, pancreas and living donor transplant, was required to meet stringent clinical criteria and demonstrate its commitment to quality care.

About Methodist Healthcare
Specializing in cardiovascular care, neurosurgery, transplant, and cancer care, Methodist Healthcare offers quality medical services to Memphis, Tennessee, and the Mid-South.  This August, Methodist Healthcare became the first hospital in Memphis to make Emergency Room wait times for all of its adult hospitals available online and via text message. To learn more, visit www.methodisthealth.org.

The knowledgeable cardiac specialists and cardiovascular surgeons provide the latest in cardiac research, heart care and heart surgery with a network of service locations that offers patients and families the optimal care they need.

Recent highlights of Methodist University Hospital’s heart program include:

• The Certified Chest Pain Center at Methodist University Hospital is the first in the Mid-South to be certified in AMI, and the first in West Tennessee to be certified as a Primary Stroke Center and a Brain Attack Program.
• Methodist University Hospital recently became a proud partner with Columbia University Medical Center’s HeartSource. It’s the largest partnership of its kind in the United States, and another example of their commitment to providing the best overall cardiac care possible for Memphis and the Mid South. The strong academic partnerships with Columbia University Medical Center and The University of Tennessee Health Science Center allow Methodist University Hospital to achieve a higher standard of excellence.

To learn more about cardiac care and cardiac surgery in Tennessee, please visit the website for Methodist University Hospital’s Cardiovascular Institute.

Approximately 1,500 adolescents and children with neurological disorders are hospitalized annually at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. Teams of pediatric neurosurgeons, neurologists and skilled support staff treat a variety of conditions, including:

• Childhood cerebral astrocytoma – tumors that develop in brain cells in the cerebrum.
• Craniosynostosis – a condition where the small spaces in a baby’s skull close to early, so the skull can no longer stretch and expand to allow for the young child’s brain to grow.
• Ependymoma – brain tumors that arise from cells lining the passageways in the brain that produce and store the cerebrospinal fluid or CSF.
• Intractable epilepsy – a form of epilepsy where pediatric seizures cannot be controlled by medication.
• Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome – a form of epilepsy that develops in early childhood.
• Medulloblastoma – brain tumors that arise in the posterior fossa region of the brain. The exact cell of origin is not known.
• Temporal lobe epilepsy – a form of epilepsy where seizures start in the temporal lobe of the brain.
• Tethered cord syndrome – a disorder caused by tissue attachments that limit the movement of the spinal cord within the spinal column.
• Scoliosis – a type of spinal deformity where spinal curvature may occur on the right or left side of the spine, or on both sides in different sections.
• Spine tumors in children – abnormal tissue growth within or next to the spinal cord.

Le Bonheur’s world-renowned neuroscience team also performs neurodiagnostic procedures such as pediatric MRI, CT scan for children, pediatric arteriogram, high density EEG and pediatric MEG.

Please visit the website for Le Bonheur Children’s neuroscience institute in Tennessee to learn more.

As one of the largest pediatric cardiac programs in the United States, the Herma Heart Center takes great pride in providing some of the best results worldwide for treating even the most complex heart problems and continues to set national benchmarks for surgical outcomes.

The experienced team at the Herma Heart Center offers every kind of diagnostic test, treatment and procedure  available for pediatric heart care such as pediatric heart surgery, Norwood procedure, fetal echocardiography, catheterization procedures including device closures for heart defects, the newest medications and heart transplants.

To learn more about cardiac care in Wisconsin, please visit the Website for Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin’s Herma Heart Center.

The pediatric oncology program at Children’s Mercy provides comprehensive care to children with cancer in a family-centered environment to promote optimal health and well-being. The expert staff of pediatric oncologists, advanced practice nurses, physician assistants, social workers and clinical research coordinators ensure patients and their families receive the best possible care.

Learn about the experiences of some of Children’s Mercy’s pediatric cancer patients:

• Video: Braden’s Story, childhood cancer.
  Read about Braden’s fight with neuroblastoma.
• Video: Anna’s Story, pediatric cancer.
  Read about Anna’s battle with childhood cancer.
• Video: Alexis’ Story, childhood cancer.
  Read about Alexis’ fight with leukemia.