More than 15 million Americans, or roughly 4.7 percent of the population, live with the constant fear of a severe reaction to a type of food that could result in an allergic reaction. Every aisle in the grocery store and every entrée on a restaurant menu could pose a potentially life-threatening risk of an allergic response that could result in anaphylactic shock, and even death. From seafood to nuts, the sources of danger are everywhere and many consumers have simply consigned themselves to the complex, laborious task of tediously perusing food labels, grilling restaurant wait staff, or nagging friends and family to be mindful of their allergies – all in hopes of avoiding a nasty reaction, hospital visit, or worse.

But there is good news, especially for the 191 million or more people in the U.S. who currently have some form of smartphone. Because app development company, ContentChecked Holdings, has engineered a robust, database-driven series of apps that rapidly index information on over 70 percent of all conventional food products, algorithmically checking in real-time if individual products are consistent with a given user’s specified allergy and/or dietary needs. The ability to simply point your smartphone at a product’s barcode and know in seconds after a scan if a given product is safe or healthy to consume is a massive time saver when it comes to completing the already often arduous and certainly always time-consuming task of shopping for groceries. The database that backs up the company’s apps is updated daily as industry information and end-user feedback is processed by a dedicated team of nutritional experts who are continuously vetting products in order to provide consumers with the most up-to-date and accurate information possible.

With a growing suite of function-specific apps, including one for allergy and dietary needs ContentChecked, as well as SugarChecked, an app for Type 2 diabetics and people simply trying to watch their intake of refined sugars, and MigraineChecked, an app specifically for the more than 36 million Americans who experience food and beverage-triggered migraines or chronic daily headaches, ContentChecked Holdings, Inc. has established itself in short order as a true innovator in consumer awareness utility apps. And the apps do far more than just help users stay away from certain items that are flagged based on their defined settings and preferences by prompting users with a quick menu of alternative options that are either safe or healthier than what they are looking for. This simple, yet ingenious, software allows friends or family members to shop for people with complex dietary restrictions and food allergies, and do so without enduring long, drawn-out product reviews via typically busy product labels, or having to memorize a litany of user-specific things to avoid.

This is a process for parents who have kids with food allergies, but now there is a solution that is just a few clicks away, thanks to CNCK. Users can simple go to Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG; GOOGL) Google Play store, or Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) AppStore, download the latest version of the company’s apps for a nominal fee, set them up for a specific user(s), and then shop with confidence – without the typical stress often associated with making complex dietary and allergy related calls while being jostled by other shoppers in the grocery aisle. The longer-term global potential for such apps is tremendous with a worldwide smartphone market that expanded 13 percent year over year in Q2 this year (according to International Data Corporation), and choice consumer markets in Europe and Asia which lack any similarly compelling offerings along these same lines.

Originally born out of a father’s frustration with the hassle of trying to help his daughter and her friends avoid food allergies and intolerances, with an initial release in Norway, the official launch of the company’s flagship ContentChecked app occurred as recently as February of 2015. Subsequent to going public in April of 2015 – after a reverse merger made ContentChecked a wholly-owned subsidiary of parent company CNCK and a $1.9 million private placement was secured for further development – this revolutionary company, which is creating the first truly user-centric marketplace for consumers and the businesses that cater to their needs, went on to quickly receive trading approval on OTCQB (in June), the primary OTC securities market for reporting issuers.

This still very young company’s product pipeline has a team of engineers at work behind the scenes constantly striving to keep the innovation ball rolling, with plans to tackle other usage demographics already in the offing, including apps for people who want to avoid GMO foods, or who want to eat a vegan, or kosher diet. In many ways the sky is the limit for this sort of rich, database-driven, user-centric consumer intelligence, and CNCK has no intention of resting on its laurels.

The company has come out of the box swinging hard in order to capture first-mover market share in what is an estimated $6 billion food allergy market. CNCK has managed to establish a noticeable presence in a very short time among consumers with dietary restrictions. Management is keen to keep on innovating, fully intent on evolving the company into the go-to source for in depth food and beverage product health and safety data.

Recognizing unmet needs shared by large groups of consumers and developing intuitive, easy to use apps that facilitate shopping or product avoidance/alternate product selection, via increasingly ubiquitous smartphones (which are now around 77 percent market penetration in the U.S.) is just half of he story here as well. The other half is the remainder of the marketplace created through such software, where producers, marketers and retailers themselves can begin to leverage the platform created by CNCK’s apps in order to directly court the business of consumers. The marketplace CNCK is creating will allow a wide range of supply-side entities to actively find and interact with consumers that seek out their products at the actual location of purchase. The very platform which today is primarily helping consumers make intelligent purchases, will no doubt become a major conduit for big data-driven marketing in the future, representing some very attractive digital real estate for CNCK that investors need to be aware of.

To dig deeper, visit ContentChecked at www.contentchecked.com

A recent report from one of the leading market research firms today, Packaged Facts – which has been at the forefront of consumer packaged goods, food and beverage, as well as demographic sector analysis now for over five decades – clearly indicates the strength of the U.S. pet products and services market, which did sales last year of around $73 billion. This is a huge pie for any company to carve into and grab a slice. The report’s trend lines show increased pet ownership rates, higher ecommerce spending on pets, and a population of pets that are living longer, just like their owners. These trends appear intact for the foreseeable future and it seems like everywhere you go on this planet, people just love their pets.

While the pet industry is considered to be resistant to recession, it is better to simply think of the industry today as being driven by family-oriented household spending, and therefore core to spending habits. Most pet owners consider their pets to be a regular member of the family and will go well out of their way to care for a pet, spending a great deal of money for the well-being, as well as overall happiness, of that family member.

Little wonder then that, even by the American Pet Products Association’s (APPA) more conservative estimates, based on their own compilation of various market research, the supplies segment of what they tallied as a $58 billion market last year was around $13.75 billion. With 45 million U.S. households currently owning dogs and 30 million households owning cats, any way one slices up the data, the numbers look good. The Packaged Facts report was keen to emphasize a 38 percent jump last year in the number of pet owners shopping online too, with heavy ecommerce hitters like Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) making it easier than ever to streamline product flow to end markets.

In an industry largely dominated on the services side by players like big box retail outfit PetSmart (NASDAQ: PETM) – which provides services like grooming and pet training, in addition to miles of aisles of pet products – the pet supply market is saturated with cookie-cutter tropes. Only a handful of companies are dedicated to creating defining brands and are capable of successfully cultivating what is essential to connecting with consumers in the pet products space: constant innovation and a tight feedback loop with the end users. A strong brand in this game is essential for success, but a company has to really make that connection with consumers through the products, winning them over to the superior style, design, continuity, and affordability of the brand.

One look at the latest product from rapidly developing proprietary pet supply company, OurPet’s Co. (OTCQX: OPCO), and it is plain to see that this operation really lives up to the vision of its founder, Dr. Steve Tsengas. Intelligent applications to toy design and product engineering, driven by deep insights into cat and dog biology, as well as psychology, have continually defined OPCO as a rising star within the industry.

Launched in May this year, the company’s new Catty Whack® electronic toy for cats was scientifically developed to stimulate the natural hunting instincts of our feline friends, using an erratic feather wand that darts in and out of six different holes and an enticing audio queue. Feeding the animal’s instinctual desires, as well as providing therapeutic mental diversion that is also good exercise, directly addresses the needs of the animal to make them calmer and well-adjusted to domestic life. Only three months after the product’s debut, the Catty Whack managed to take home the New Product Showcase Award for best new cat product at the pet supply industry’s major conference, SuperZoo 2015. The Catty Whack, featuring the company’s electronic RealMouse® sound and erratic movement technology, was voted “Best New Cat Product” in the New Product Showcase by pet industry retailers themselves, illustrating how captivating the design, quality, and overall execution truly is. The company wheeled out a bevy of new products at SuperZoo 2015 in Las Vegas this year, with toys and feeding solutions at the heart of the OPCO booth.

The Catty Whack stole the show though, and this one product is a perfect example of the wide array of trend-setting and highly unique ideas available via OPCO’s OurPets® and Pet Zone® portfolios. This dual-brand portfolio is respectively set up in order to provide a tailored experience for the company’s pet specialty trade customers on the one hand, and those in the mass-market, as well as food and drug channels on the other. The company creates an entire range of products designed to promote the comfort and enjoyment, as well as the health and safety of pets. From accessories and toys to well-designed feeders and bowls, OPCO even makes a constantly evolving selection of pet waste management solutions. Many of the company’s highly unique products are one-of-a-kind market entrants and nearly every offering from OPCO is protected by the company’s growing IP library of over 160 issued and pending patents.

Record Q2 revenues reported by OPCO in early August were no surprise to investors who have been following the company closely. And while quarterly net revenues were up only four percent compared to last year, net income shot through the roof, pulling in a 77 percent gain on strong receptivity in pet specialty end markets, primarily due to the company’s recently introduced bowl designs, as well as new cat toys and accessories.

The PetZone brand is also doing quite well in the mass market, food and drug channels, and a significant uptick in overall profit margins for the quarter was further enhanced by noticeably lower SG&A expenses. These guys run a tight ship it seems and the company even touted an upcoming rollout for a series of three new and proprietary feline waste management products early in 2016, which shows just how aggressively the company is delivering on consumer response to its brands of pet products.

Dr. Tsengas pointed out in the company‘s August 3 earnings conference call that ecommerce was picking up incredible amounts of steam for OPCO, and the segment currently represents about as much as 10 percent of the company’s footprint, which spans direct-mail catalog and internet, as well as leading pet specialty retailers and food, drug, and mass merchandisers. A strong relationship with ecommerce juggernaut Amazon.com doesn’t hurt of course and the company’s imminent expansion from Amazon Canada and Amazon US, with the upcoming Amazon UK opening, will set OPCO up very nicely for maximum product throughput capability. Already tapped for Amazon Japan and India, the sky is the limit for the company’s international brands of pet products, and because the language of design is universal, consumer resonance barriers to entry will be at a minimum.

OurPet’s Co. has honed its design process down to creating holistic products that unify the behavioral, lifestyle, and health needs of both pets and their owners. The result is truly astounding, with products so clever that consumers can’t say no. An example of this is the WonderBowl™ selective feeder, which uses a small infrared tag on the pet’s collar in combination with a properly positioned and unit-based sensor to open the transparent lid for feeding. This brilliant design helps keeps food fresh, ensures that only the correct pet eats from the correct dish, and also keeps anything from getting into the food. The product directly addresses an unmet need that can often be a big problem in multi-pet households and demonstrates how OPCO beautifully addresses that underserved demographic with an elegant solution.

Whether it is coming up with new toys to help stimulate a pet’s mind and therefore contribute to preventing unwanted behaviors, or creating gorgeous designer dog bowls in durable stainless steel, OurPet’s Company is constantly rifling great products out to a loyal user base. It is this kind of forward thinking in product design that is capturing the most sought after consumer dollar demographics in the pet supply space and OPCO is proving itself to be quite the dynamo, churning out creative solutions to underserved or unmet needs in the market.

For more information visit www.ourpets.com and www.petzonebrand.com

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As a growing investment company, Legacy Ventures International operates a business model focused on identifying high-potential businesses with scalable opportunity and sustainable growth. In the company’s own words, “We like to deal with category game changers.”

A bold statement of that nature requires an aggressive management team with considerable and equally as relevant industry experience, and Legacy Ventures CEO Evan Clifford fits the bill.

With more than 15 years of experience as an entrepreneur in the private and public sectors, Clifford has steadily built a network of pertinent business relationships in numerous industries. Throughout the last 10 years, Clifford has successfully steered companies and individuals to achieve professional and personal growth. This dexterity is aptly aligned with his leading role at Legacy Ventures, where the company’s corporate mission is to expand its brand portfolio.

Legacy Ventures current portfolio includes recently acquired RM Fresh Brands, a global servicer of food and beverage retailers and distributors, as well as Boxed Water, Aloe Gloe, Uncle Si’s Iced Tea and Chef 5-Minute Meals. Highly focused on further expansion of this portfolio, Legacy Ventures stands to benefit from excellent financial leadership, and this is where company CFO Rehan Saeed fits in.

Saeed contributes to Legacy Ventures more than 10 years of banking experience, during which he built and managed a real estate portfolio valued at $110 million. His resume also boasts a track record of successful revenue and profitability growth and corporate leadership.

In addition to growing its portfolio, Legacy Venture’s primary focus is, of course, maximizing shareholder value. The company recently commenced trading on the OTCQB venture-stage marketplace, further demonstrating its commitment to shareholders and financial growth.

Leveraging an aggressive business model, a strong management team, and a growing portfolio of game-changing companies and trend-setting products, Legacy Ventures is successfully charting its course for a constant state of forward-motion.

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Harmful products and practices to the environment are a growing concern in today’s world. That’s why Galenfeha, Inc. stands by its company’s pledge of developing environmentally-safe products that promote efficiency. The company designs and manufactures clean stored energy alternatives that power various machines. It creates a line of Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) batteries and chemical injection systems that deliver high performance without releasing damaging emissions.

GLFH’s LiFePO4 battery is lightweight and can easily replace damaging lead-acid batteries that can severely impact the environment. The battery contains no acid and lead and therefore does not emit any gasses during use. The battery also has a Battery Management System (BMS) to monitor voltage, internal temperatures, and charging amounts. These factors contribute to the battery’s long life.

Additionally, the firm successfully built a battery system to use in golf carts. First, since the battery has no acid or lead, the carts do not give off any emission. Second, the battery allows for a significant decrease in weight for the vehicle since only four batteries are needed instead of the usual six. Lastly, the golf carts can be charged at the end of each season then moved to storage without fear of charge loss since the battery has long staying power.

GLFH recently announced its partnership with Oil and Gas Equipment Inc., an oil and gas production supplier, that will distribute its products over a greater area. Even before that, GLFH partnered with Control Equipment Inc., another oil and gas distributor, to expand its market. Establishing key alliances has increased cash-flow and revenues for GLFH that exceed last year’s numbers. This increase will promote the use of a large manufacturing facility to produce even more alternative products.

James Ketner, founder and CEO of Galenfeha, stated that, “Our products are quickly becoming industry leaders, greatly improving efficiency for oil and gas production and operations.” With its new partnerships, the company hopes to expand its brand while staying committed to being a leader in eco-friendly stored energy alternatives.

For more information, please visit www.galenfeha.com

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Lingo Media Corp. is an EdTech company that’s changing the way the world learns English through an innovative combination of proven educational techniques and accessible technology. The company provides both online and print-based solutions through its two distinct business units: ELL Technologies and Lingo Learning. Through ELL Technologies, Lingo has made considerable progress in English-learning markets throughout Latin America. Through print-based publisher Lingo Learning, the company has built a significant presence in the Chinese education market, which includes more than 300 million students.

The company’s groundbreaking English programs are developed and marketed for students at every stage of development – from the classroom to the boardroom. This versatility has allowed Lingo to secure contracts and build relationships with clients in a variety of markets around the globe. In Mexico, a subsidiary of the company has partnered with a recognized university that allows it to offer its courses along with certification. In Peru, the company’s subsidiary provides its groundbreaking Scholar program to a branch of the country’s armed forces.

Through ELL Technologies, Lingo also markets electronic learning solutions that are suitable for pre-readers. Lingo’s Kids program – which features cross-platform, multi-browser compatibility – requires no prior knowledge of the English language, allowing the company to address the entire student life cycle in blended learning environments, traditional classroom settings and the home with one cutting-edge solution. The Kids program addresses the critically underserved pre-school market, which includes roughly 181.4 million children across Asia and 30.1 million throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, according to UNESCO.

Although Lingo has traditionally leaned on its print-based offerings as a primary source of revenue, the company’s recent efforts to shift into the thriving eLearning market have highlighted the immense potential of a more heavily digital approach. In the second quarter of 2015, Lingo recorded more revenue from digital products than print-based solutions for the first time in its history. With the global eLearning market set to reach $107 billion in 2015, according to a report by Global Industry Analysts, the company’s performance and growing foothold in some of the world’s most rapidly expanding markets place it in a favorable position.

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International Stem Cell Corp., a California-based biotech company developing novel stem cell-based therapies and biomedical products, this morning said it will make an oral presentation on the comprehensive results of its preclinical development of human parthenogenetic neural stem cells (hPNSCs) for the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease at the upcoming Neuroscience 2015 in Chicago.

The session, entitled, “Therapeutics of Parkinson’s Disease: Preclinical Studies,” will take place October 20 from 8 a.m.-10:15 a.m. ET.

“The comprehensive data collected from our extensive GLP studies serve as proof of safety and efficacy for our planned clinical trial for the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease in Australia. We look forward to providing an update on the status of our regulatory submission to the Australian government in the near future,” Russell A. Kern, Ph.D. chief scientific officer of ISCO, stated in the news release.

ISCO’s Parkinson’s disease program uses human parthenogenetic neural stem cells (hPNSC), which are a novel therapeutic cellular product derived from ISCO’s proprietary human pluripotent stem cells. hPNSC are self-renewing multipotent cells that are precursors for the major cells of the central nervous system. The ability of hPNSC to differentiate into dopaminergic neurons and express neurotrophic factors to protect the nigrostriatal system offers a new opportunity for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.

ISCO also produces and markets specialized cells and growth media for therapeutic research worldwide through its subsidiary Lifeline Cell Technology (www.lifelinecelltech.com), and stem cell-based skin care products through its subsidiary Lifeline Skin Care (www.lifelineskincare.com).

For more information visit www.internationalstemcell.com

Global demand for lithium-ion batteries in on the rise, and the North American market is leading the charge. The United States currently ranks first in the world in terms of overall number of lithium-ion battery-based grid storage projects, and growing demand for North American alternatives to Chinese-made lead-acid batteries is creating an immediate market for domestically-produced stored energy solutions. It is in this area that Oakridge Global Energy Solutions, Inc. (OTCQB: OGES) is promoting rapid and sustainable growth.

“This company is specifically orientated and has been consciously focused to be the poster child of the onshoring movement,” Steve Barber, chief executive officer of Oakridge, stated in a news release.

As the only ‘Made in the USA’ lithium-ion battery system producer, Oakridge is quickly capitalizing on this ongoing market shift by targeting the golf cart, remote control and unmanned aerial vehicle and home energy storage markets. The company’s focus on these highly profitable niche markets has already helped it confirm order backlogs worth $19.3 million in the U.S., as well as $110 million in domestic and international orders that are currently awaiting firm delivery schedules. With continued development, the commercial potential of the company’s proven technology and proprietary chemistry is effectively limitless.

While Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is capturing its fair share of attention for its battery-powered products, both the Harvard Business Review and The Washington Post have said that golf carts have considerable potential for disrupting the auto industry. Both publications noted how disruptive technologies often begin as inexpensive offerings that, initially, fly under the radar. By competing in an emerging sector, Oakridge is able to dodge expensive and time-consuming government regulation while refining its technology in order to better challenge industry leaders. Eventually, this advantage could translate into broadened consumer appeal and a larger market share.

Despite the immense benefits that Oakridge’s lithium-ion batteries offer over traditional lead-acid batteries – including lighter weight, smaller form factor, longer power cycles and shorter recharging times – they are both sold at the same price point. In the case of the company’s Pro Series products, which are specially designed for use in golf carts and other professional service electric vehicles, using Oakridge’s lithium-ion batteries allows consumers to eliminate as much as half the weight of the vehicle without adding any additional expense.

“We very surgically went on an 18-month program to figure out what was the highly profitable low-hanging fruit niche markets that has high barriers to entry,” continued Barber. “That’s why we do what we do with the products we have, which are golf cart batteries – lithium-ion high power golf cart batteries – but we have striven very carefully to make them for the same price as lead-acid batteries.”

Moving forward, Oakridge will look to build on its recent progress by continuing to proactively develop its global brand and cutting-edge technology while identifying strategic market opportunities and partnering with key industry participants. Under the guidance of its proven management team, the company is strategically positioned to capitalize on the rising demand for groundbreaking energy storage solutions for the foreseeable future.

For more information, visit www.oakg.net

Stock transfer agents have evolved over the years in terms of what they can do for their corporate clients – and even how they characterize the services they offer. Proof of these changes can be seen in what the market’s leading transfer agents reference as their key “deliverables” to their clients.

The work of a transfer agency is its service, and quality service begins and ends with people. People provide the energy behind a company’s stock being delivered on time, its records being managed accurately, and its shareholders’ votes being counted. People are the face of your company to your investors and people are what makes your transfer agent an asset or a burden to your business.

Quality service and motivated people working in unison toward a common goal aid in growing a company’s business which subsequently leads to serving the best interest of shareholders. Put in other terms, it is essential, that a company is not treated like a number or an account.

Continental Stock Transfer and Trust is an independent, privately held, family-owned corporation. Established in 1964, the company is committed to partnering with its clients today and well into the future. With a staff of experienced and tenured professionals, Continental views this as the foundation that allows it to respond quickly to its clients’ shareholders. The company both designs and executes with impeccable professionalism on a variety of services that are ultimately the best fit for each client.

These traits are what make Continental a significant presence in the stock transfer industry. The company characterizes its commitment in terms of never settling for ‘business as usual.’ From this commitment comes the company’s motto: ‘Power of stability.’ ‘Spirit of agility.’

Continental dedicates itself to companies with 50,000 shareholders or fewer and currently supports more than 1,100 public issues. Combined, this totals more than 2.5 million shareholders of record all over the country. Despite its rank as fourth largest agent in the United States, the company endeavors to serve its clients and their shareholders in ways company’s much larger cannot – with personal attention from senior staff, flexible offerings, innovative technology, exceptional execution and an value unparalleled in the industry.

For more information on the company visit http://www.continentalstock.com

Full-spectrum stored energy equipment supplier Oakridge Global Energy Solutions is one of the upcoming leaders when it comes to manufacturing on-shore. It’s a trend that has picked up considerable steam in recent years, as more and more companies look at the significant benefits on-shoring provides, such as proximity to end markets, improved process security, and the rapidly diminishing labor cost gap when compared to off-shoring. OGES is based in Florida’s Space Coast, a region just north of the Treasure Coast around Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. This is the now densely packed region which historically was the home to NASA-launched manned spaceflights and has long been a key location for USAF unmanned military and civilian rocket launches, as well as (more recently) numerous aerospace companies and UAV technology developers.

Oakridge Global Energy Solutions prides itself on offering a full range of high-quality, American-made energy storage solutions; solutions which run the gamut from specially designed pressure tolerant cells and the Liberty Series of starter motor batteries for light vehicles and watercraft, to the extended duration battery systems of the company’s Patriot Series for various military and civilian remotely operated vehicles. The company also has a ProSeries line of heavy duty battery systems for task-oriented vehicles like NEV (neighborhood electric vehicle) platforms and golf carts. The ProSeries line of specially formulated high energy lithium-ion battery solutions, in particular, showcases the company’s proprietary user interface and battery management system combo, known as the Range Commander, superbly well. The Range Commander system enables remote real-time performance monitoring of the lab-tested, field-proven ProSeries via any internet-connected device, including smartphones and tablets. This feature set is of particular interest to investors, as it highlights the engineering prowess and user-oriented design insightfulness OGES has become known for.

The ProSeries is aimed squarely at a core global NEV market that was worth around $1.8 billion just two years ago and which has been growing by leaps and bounds, with Research and Markets recently projecting a 6.6 percent CAGR through 2020, as consumers from across a wide variety of usage types continue to flock to golf carts and light electric vehicles like NEVs due to their tighter functional efficiency, cost metrics, and lower environmental impact. Initially slated for 40Ah, 60Ah, 100Ah and 160Ah configurations, the ProSeries is also destined to see 200Ah and 240Ah incarnations sometime next year, and the company has rigorously tested these systems for the equivalent of five and a half years of continuous daily cycling (over 2,000 charge/discharge cycles).

Another major area of development for OGES is on-site stationary power, with the recent announcement of the latest installment in the company’s Freedom Series of stationary power storage product, the Freedom IV, having been announced in late September this year. Designed to allow homes, as well as a wide range of business types, the freedom to cost-effectively migrate away from sometimes unreliable backup generators powered by diesel or gasoline, OGES’ Freedom IV system offers a safety net ranging from 6.5kWh hours to over 35kWh. Manufactured right here in America, these babies are slated to start shipping late this year (December), and much like Tesla’s (NASDAQ: TSLA) Powerwall, are engineered in such a way that they can be easily daisy-chained to scale up storage capacity. The Freedom IV systems can also be easily interfaced with standalone alternative energy sources such as wind or solar, making the units especially appealing for off-grid applications, or remote sites. Moreover, these clean, lithium-ion battery based backup systems can be programmed to charge during off-peak intervals when grid-supplied electricity is cheapest, offering customers a way to easily bypass the centralized, utility-centric pricing model for energy.

OGES has a deep bench of engineering talent at its disposal and demand for its products has been solid, leading the company to recently announce its plans to expand an already impressive domestic manufacturing footprint by nearly 450 percent. Fast on the heels of an announcement back in September that the company has secured a long-term supply agreement with one of the top manufacturers of lithium-ion battery assembly hardware, this latest announcement about expanding the company’s production capacity – just the latest in a long series of moves by OGES as part of its $270 million investment in its Brevard County operations – has garnered much support and attention within the state of Florida.

CEO of the Space Coast Economic Development Commission, as well as the Mayor of Palm Bay and multiple local business leaders, were on hand earlier this month at a major press conference held at the company’s new Palm Bay HQ, where the Governor of Florida, Rick Scott, awarded OGES the coveted Governor’s Business Ambassador Medal for its contributions to the region’s economy, shortly after having toured the new 68,718 square foot facility. Set to create another 1,000 good, high-paying manufacturing jobs in the region, OGES’ plant expansion is a bold move that signifies to markets how serious the company is about its strategy to not only deliver new, innovative stored energy products/solutions, but build out an industrial-scale domestic manufacturing architecture that can service the full gamut of lithium-ion form factors and applications currently being targeted by the company.

The government market and civilian UAV space are both hot properties for OGES, with the company’s APQP (advanced product quality planning) development methodologies making its extremely robust systems ideal for the former, as well as top-shelf for the latter. The extremely reliable precision manufactured cells and battery systems produced by OGES, as well as its single point of contact/full service solution approach to design, have already won the company many admirers within government markets. Having designed and tested systems that can perform in some of the harshest, most demanding applications and environments known to man, including operating at 10,000 PSI, at extreme temperatures and under continuous, harsh shocks and vibrations, OGES is supremely confident about its ability to continue to woo government clients when it comes to applications like extended-duration military UUV’s (unmanned underwater vehicles) and the like. Let’s face it, when it comes to extended missions in harsh environments, a reliable, high-performance power source is paramount. And it is equally important for government entities to be able to source those power systems from domestic U.S. manufacturers with Six Sigma-grade development processes, and which can be relied upon for ensuring that platform security targets are achievable.

It’s easy to understand why the Governor is so excited about the company’s decision to expand here in the U.S. alongside other Space Coast companies like UAS (unmanned aircraft system) engineering and ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) flight systems outfit, L2 Aerospace, and OGES is firmly committed to continuing to build up its domestic manufacturing capacity in response to growing demand, even though the company could just as easily set up shop overseas. Oakridge Global Energy Solutions is one of a handful of well-positioned American manufacturers destined to make big waves in the rapidly emerging world of UAV/UUV and other unmanned systems, and its presence in Florida’s Space Coast region speaks volumes to savvy investors who understand the inside baseball of the unmanned systems industry. More importantly, the same features and capabilities that make the company’s battery systems a no-brainer when it comes to government markets, also makes the products a real winner for civilian consumer applications, and it is just a matter of time before OGES fully realizes the fruits of its ongoing manufacturing and corporate expansion initiatives.

The company’s Patriot Series of products for radio controlled vehicles likes drones, multi-rotor copters, as well as UAV/UUV and land-based platforms, with their long-lasting power supply capabilities enabled by OGES’ proprietary chemistry formulation (set to debut next year in 2500mAh, 5000mAh and 10000mAh versions), will no doubt be snapped up by R/C battery demand from throughout the civilian and government markets. This is an extremely important area of the company’s operations for investors to keep a close eye on and the superior performance characteristics of the OGES Patriot Series, which does not exhibit the puffing and swelling, or poor lifecycle performance too often routinely associated with foreign manufactured batteries in this segment, are significant advantages that will continue to spell big business for this still relatively small, share price-accessible ($300 million market cap) company.

Top of the line cells, batteries and power systems, manufactured in the U.S. by a company which is one of the most compelling leaders today when it comes to manufacturing on-shoring, is a pretty good sales pitch for future shareholder returns, and OGES is an attractive property that investors really need to be paying significantly more attention to. But if you read nothing but the main stream finance press, you might get the impression that $219 per share Tesla – recently described by renowned hedge fund manager, Jim Chanos, founder and president of Kynikos Associates, as an overpriced car company – was the only player in the game today.

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Legacy Ventures International, an investment company focused on high-potential businesses with scalable ideas, recently announced that its common stock has commenced trading on the OTCQB, the venture-stage marketplace for companies that are current in their reporting with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Companies listed on the OTCQB are subject to an annual verification and management certification process that provides a strong baseline of transparency designed to improve the trading experience for investors. For Legacy, uplisting to the OTCQB further demonstrates the company’s commitment to maximizing value for shareholders while promoting sustainable financial growth.

Earlier this month, Legacy took a significant step toward achieving this growth through the acquisition of RM Fresh Brands, Inc., a servicer of food and beverage retailers and distributors across North America and the Middle East. RM Fresh Brands takes a unique approach to brand partnerships by maintaining a clear focus on sustainable, category-changing consumables. Leveraging this strategy, RM Fresh Brands has built an extensive portfolio of highly desirable brands – including Boxed Water, Aloe Gloe, Uncle Si’s Iced Tea, Chef 5-Minute Meals, Cleansify and Arriba Horchata Energy.

By uplisting to the OTCQB and finalizing its acquisition of RM Fresh Brands, Legacy is crafting a strong foundation upon which to build additional value. The company will lean on the vision of its management team in order to capitalize on its current momentum in the months to come. Evan Clifford, Legacy’s chief executive officer, and Rehan Saeed, the company’s chief financial officer, bring decades of combined industry experience to the table, and this knowledge will play an instrumental role in Legacy’s efforts to expand its investment portfolio in the future.

Legacy is laser-focused on seeking out high-potential businesses and fueling their innovation and passion by providing the capital, oversight and industry connections needed to reach their full potential. Through its considerable progress in recent weeks, the company has provided prospective shareholders with a preview of its relentless dedication to increasing its presence in the investor community by seeking out and investing in true category game changers.

For more information, visit www.legacyventuresinc.com

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