DesignHub Creates New Web site for Vinylife Hose Co.: The Saline creative services and marketing firm DesignHub Inc. said this week it had designed and developed the new Web site of Vinylife Hose Co. of Romulus.The new site can be viewed at www.vinylife.com. Since 1954, Vinylife has manufactured and supplied flexible, lightweight, steel-reinforced vinyl suction and material handling hose for industrial and commercial vacuum systems and other industrial uses. Vinylife’s unique production process results in hoses of high durability. Vinylife products reliably transfer liquids, sands, powders, granules, dusts, fibers, plastics, chemicals, oils, acids, wastes, smoke, gases, and more. Vinylife’s new Web site provides sizes and specifications for the company’s hoses, fittings, and assemblies. It also lists chemicals and substances handled by Vinylife hose. Common applications in material handling, occupational cleaning and disposal, industrial and commercial vacuums, and liquid and chemical transfer are described. Site visitors can download a step-by-step guide to Vinylife’s hose manufacturing process, and learn the main features, benefits, and advantages of the company’s products. They will also find company news and testimonial quotes from Vinylife customers. Simple fill-in-the-blank forms let visitors order hose samples and request cost quotations online. More information about Vinylife Hose Co. is available from the company at 28567 Hildebrandt, Romulus, MI 48174-2758 phone (734) 946-9191, e-mail  vinylifehose@netzero.com. DesignHub’s Web development services for Vinylife included planning the new site, designing its graphical user interface, editing content, programming the site, and populating its pages with content. DesignHub works with clients on branding, websites, brochures, annual reports, newsletters, press kits, advertising, public relations, direct mail, packaging designs, and exhibit signage, as well as marketing strategies and plans. More at www.design-hub.com.

ImageSoft wins Jackson deal: The Jackson County Friend of the Court office has chosen ImageSoft, Inc. to begin implementing software that will provide a better service to constituents with the reduction in court processing time and immediate access to any case files they may need. Jackson is the 10th county in Michigan to choose ImageSoft to streamline and automate court cases. Jackson County has 16,000 active FOC case files with paper documents stored floor to ceiling across 10 rows. Once the solution is in place, Jackson will convert these documents into digital images and store them in one computer repository. Jackson County estimates the initial stages of the system will be up and running by the end of 2008. Future plans include offering the ImageSoft solution to other departments, including: the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, Clerk of the Court, Circuit Court and other cities and townships within the county. More at www.co.jackson.mi.us,  www.jacksoncountyfoc.com or www.imagesoftinc.com.