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Founded in 1904, American Concrete Institute is aims to increase concrete knowledge by conducting seminars, certification programs and publishing technical documents. The institute has nearly 15,000 members in more than 80 countries. It has produced more than 400 technical documents, reports, guides, specifications and codes for the best use of concrete and also conducts educational seminars each year. It provides certification programs for field technician, craftsman and laboratory technician. The institute has partnerships with the Chilean Cement and Concrete Institute, the Colombian Association for Earthquake Engineering, the Concrete Institute of Australia, the Concrete Society of Southern Africa, Japan Concrete Institute and the Swedish Concrete Association. Its bookstore provides various resources and materials in structural concrete and commentary. American Concrete Institute is headquartered in Farmington Hills, Mich.

EMC Corporation is one of the world s leading, publicly traded providers of backup, recovery, archiving and transactional content management solutions. The company offers access control, authentication and credential management services. It employs more than 35,000 people and operates over 395 sales offices. With annual revenues of nearly $14 billion, EMC Corporation serves the manufacturing, health care, telecommunications, transportation and educational sectors. It manages research and development centers in the United States, Belgium, Brazil, Ireland, China, India and Israel. The company s implementation services include migration and performance assessment. It also offers information infrastructure solutions. EMC Corporation participates in several community events and programs. EMC Corporation additionally provides storage products under the Celerra, CLARiiON and Connectrix brands. Its subsidiaries include EMC Information Systems International and RSA Security.