COLUMBUS, OH — (Marketwired) — 11/06/14 — The J. Robert Welsh near Mt. Pleasant, Texas, has chosen ARCOS® LLC to automate employee callout for emergent work, so supervisors can expedite crew response. The Welsh Power Plant — owned by Southwestern Electric Power Company, part of American Electric Power system — operates three 558-MW, coal-fired units and employs 100 craft workers and operators.The Welsh Plant operates with a lean crew, but requires a full complement of operators in the
COLUMBUS, OH — (Marketwired) — 09/30/14 — ARCOS® LLC has released new logistics features for its software to give utility storm managers a way to pre-arrange and track internal and external crews– lodging, meals, staging areas, equipment and vehicles during major events. ARCOS Crew Manager creates a centralized database for utilities to rapidly position crews, contractors and mutual assistance crews during storm recovery efforts."Until now, Crew Manager focused on positioning, bui
COLUMBUS, OH — (Marketwired) — 11/07/13 — , a maker of crew management, callout and emergency response software for 21 of the top 25 U.S. utility companies, has taken an investment from Cleveland-based private equity firm to expand operations and reach the remaining U.S. utility market and other industries. The Riverside Company is a global private equity firm with extensive experience investing in high-growth software businesses."With utilities facing enormous pressure from regulators
COLUMBUS, OH — (Marketwired) — 10/01/13 — ARCOS, Inc. has released its software to give utility storm managers and others access to a computer-generated board for visually organizing and mobilizing crews required during large power restoration events."The ability to mobilize and track crews efficiently in a storm is a game-changer for the utility industry," said Joe Purington, director of Electric Distribution Operations at Central Maine Power Company, a subsidiary of Iberdrola US
COLUMBUS, OH — (Marketwire) — 11/01/12 — For the sixth straight year, has won a Fast 50 Award — the annual ranking of the 50 fastest-growing emerging companies in Central Ohio. The Columbus Business First Fast 50 Award recognizes companies for financial growth and performance over the past three years. The ARCOS(SM) is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that utility and power-generation plant dispatchers and managers use to automatically identify and call available crews, analyze res
