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News Releases
ENKON and Lafarge Reach Agreement to Deploy enviroLIS Worldwide
Victoria, B.C., January 31, 2008 - ENKON Information Systems
is pleased to announce that Lafarge, the world leader in building materials, and ENKON,
a leader in providing web-enabled Environmental and Land Information Management Systems,
have reached an agreement to deploy ENKON's enviroLIS system on a worldwide basis. enviroLIS
is a suite of web-based software tools that land and environmental managers use to efficiently
manage their facility and land asset information.
Niko Zorkin, President of ENKON, commented on the agreement: "We have worked with Lafarge
over the last five years, implementing and deploying our flagship product, enviroLIS, for
their North American operations. Through this successful partnership, we have developed a
powerful land and environmental application for the construction materials industry. By
deploying a centralized, web-based model for their Worldwide Enterprise, Lafarge will
realize the economies and efficiencies of a seamless land and environmental management
business solution on a global scale."
Zorkin goes on to explain that the Lafarge deployment will be undertaken in a number of
stages and over several years, with subsequent stages including multilingual systems and
data population for many of Lafarge's operations. ENKON has opened a branch office in
Birmingham, United Kingdom to service and support this deployment, as well as to position
themselves in the European market for subsequent global deployments.
Lafarge is the world leader in building materials, with top-ranked positions in all of
its businesses. Founded in 1833, the company currently has 71,000 employees, worldwide
sales of more than 17 billion euros, and a presence in more than 70 countries.
ENKON Information Systems is a leader in providing web-enabled environmental and land
information management systems to clients across North America, Europe, and Australia.
Formed in 1997, ENKON counts amongst its clients some of the largest construction materials
companies, as well as major transportation organizations, in the world.
Washington State looks to Victoria Company for Innovative
Watershed Management Solution
Victoria, B.C., May 24, 2006 - ENKON Information Systems Inc. (ENKON) announced
today that it has been contracted by the Washington State Conservation Commission
(WSCC) to deploy and host a web-based repository for the state's Conservation Districts'
habitat restoration projects. The project is known as the Watershed Data Pilot Project
(WDPP). It will provide Washington State Conservation Districts, the Washington
State Conservation Commission (WSCC) and other local entities supporting habitat
restoration with a single web-based application and data repository of project and
monitoring data. The data will be shared by all the participating agencies. This
never-before-seen level of collaboration is drawing great interest from environmental
scientists and enthusiasts across the state and beyond.
ENKON, chosen as the successful vendor after an exhaustive RFP and screening process
that included stiff competition from prominent IT companies throughout North America,
will provide the WSCC with its enviroLIS application, handheld devices, hosting
services, project management, and integrated GIS (mapping) capabilities.
Niko Zorkin, President of ENKON states: "We are very excited to be selected by the
WSCC to assist them in this innovative and ground breaking pilot project. The concept
is to enable diverse agencies and organizations that all work in the field of habitat
restoration in Washington State to share information in real time over the Internet.
This state-level collaboration will help them to manage and monitor their habitat
restoration activities more effectively and efficiently. This project represents
a new market niche for our product, enviroLIS, which is ideally suited to address
the WSCC's needs."
The WDPP's technological infrastructure is based on ENKON'S Environmental and Land
Information System (enviroLIS), a suite of web-based software tools that helps environmental
and land managers reduce time, save money, and increase efficiency in managing information
about their facilities and land assets. enviroLIS has traditionally been marketed
and sold to Fortune 500 companies that have the need for staff to collaborate in
the management of their environmental and land asset information pertaining to their
properties and facilities.
"The WSCC should be commended for their foresight and commitment to watershed and
habitat health in commissioning this well-thought-out pilot project, which will
ultimately pave the way towards a long-term watershed data management solution for
the entire state," adds Zorkin.
About ENKON
ENKON Information Systems was formed in 1997. ENKON's objective was to deliver
information management tools to environmental managers through innovative software
solutions. Through 20 years of environmental consulting experience witnessing the
manual tracking of information management processes, ENKON's cofounders believed
that computerization of these processes would improve an organization's long-term
environmental performance. Today, through enviroLIS, ENKON offers comprehensive
software packages in Environmental and Land management. Both can be integrated
with ENKON's high-end mapping package, EasyMap™. ENKON's objective remains to deliver
leading-edge information management tools to its broadening customer base. Future
growth is forecast in the areas of environmental health and safety.
About WSCC
The mission of the Washington State Conservation Commission is to lead the citizens
of the state in the wise stewardship, conservation, and protection of soil, water,
and related natural resources on private lands. The WSCC does this by providing
structure and leadership for good governance by conservation districts who provide
education, technical assistance, and implementation of land management practices.
Rinker Materials Corporation Selects enviroLIS for Permit Management and
Tracking
Rinker Materials, one of the largest producers of concrete block, pipe, aggregate,
cement and ready-mixed concrete in the United States, has chosen ENKON Information
Systems' web-based environmental management solution, enviroLIS,
as its solution for managing and tracking permits. This will be used by the entire
Concrete Pipe Division.
Rinker Materials operates in 31 states across the U.S. and employs in excess of
10,500 people.
"This partnership with Rinker further consolidates our increasingly strong position
as the leading provider of information management services to the Aggregate industry",
states Niko Zorkin, President and CEO of ENKON.
"Rinker has chosen to deploy one of our newest environmental management modules,
Permit Tracker, as it will greatly assist them in ensuring permit compliance within
their operations."
ENKON's web-based information management systems are used by companies in environmental,
health & safety and land-management applications. ENKON has been working with
major companies in the Aggregate industry since the mid-1990's, and has come to
be recognized as a business partner that truly "gets" the issues, challenges and
business processes involved in managing enterprise information within that market
sector.
enviroLIS is currently deployed at over 1,500 sites within the
Aggregate/Cement/Materials Handling industry, managing environmental and land information
processes for over 2,000 facilities throughout North America.
Boston Sand and Gravel Deploys enviroLIS EMS on Company Wide Basis
In 2002 Boston Sand and Gravel began the process of implementing a sustainable Environmental
Management System (EMS) for its 9 companies and 20 facilities producing and distributing
ready mix concrete, aggregate and bark mulch in northeastern USA.
Because of its diverse operations, which also include railroad operations, Boston
Sand and Gravel recognized the need for an efficient and flexible Information Management
System (IMS). "We selected the ENKON web based system over 8 other competitors in
a competitive bid/selection process. We were confident that ENKON could help us
achieve 3 critical project criteria: to implement the IMS to a strict (less than
12 month) schedule, to employ a system that organized environmental management information
in a very simple, user-friendly manner for a broad user group and to ensure that
the IMS platform we selected would allow us the flexibility to accommodate changing
business needs and include other risk management information such as safety, transportation
and maintenance." states Linda Charpentier, Director, Environmental Health &
Safety at Boston Sand and Gravel Company.
ENKON worked closely with us to deploy a complete environmental suite and continues
to support our IMS needs. The system is a valuable resource for us."
Victoria Company Provides On-line Information System for Australian Passenger Rail
VICTORIA – ENKON Information Systems Inc., a Victoria-based software development
company, has landed a major contract to export the BC-developed EasyMap™ technology
to Western Australia.
EasyMap™ Hosted Solutions, was selected by the Public Transport
Authority of Western Australia to provide system-wide information for its urban
passenger rail network. ENKON's system will alleviate the data management issues
for over 5,000 km of rail corridor, reducing the time and money that the Public
Transport Authority spends on managing its land and rail assets.
"This is our first contract for EasyMap™ outside North America," ENKON President,
Niko Zorkin, said. "It is very exciting for us and it positions EasyMap™ as a world
leader in web-based systems for the rail industry. Our hope is that we can leverage the
product's reputation into other jurisdictions where commuter rail is a significant part of
the public transportation system.'
ENKON's web-based information management systems are used by companies in environmental,
health, safety and land-management applications. EasyMap™ technology is already a
North American leader in hosting web-based information management systems for the freight
and commuter rail industry. The product is unique because it provides low cost, powerful,
Internet-based mapping and information management that is also easy-to-use.
"Since founding ENKON in 1996, a lot has changed in the business environment," Zorkin said.
"Just 10 years ago, it would have been impossible to host an information management system
for a client as far away as Australia. Now, through the Internet and with high-speed global
connections, ENKON and other Canadian companies have access to markets large enough to make
product innovation in web-based services financially viable. That is very promising for our
local economy."
Work on the EasyMap™ project with Western Australia is scheduled to begin early
in 2004.
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