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Neways Launches Philanthropic Program Neways Launches Annual Maui Marathon Neways International Receives Business of the Year Award Neways Exec Honored with Executive MBA Neways Exec Plays Key Roles in Herbal Industry For more information on NEWAYS INTERNATIONAL, INC. including the company's current rank in our home business index, please click here. |
Neways Launches Philanthropic Program |
Press Release | 1/26/2012 SPRINGVILLE, Utah, Jan. 25, 2012 -- Formalizing its existing program for humanitarian efforts, Neways announced the formation of the Neways Gives program. The effort commences with a partnership between Neways and Mali Rising Foundation to construct a school in an impoverished area of Mali, West Africa."Part of the Healthy Homes mission is to assist in establishing healthy communities, and education is a critical foundation of any strong and self-sustaining community," says Scott St. Clair, Neways CEO. "Neways feels fortunate to be involved in constructing a school that will ultimately lead children in Africa to a brighter future." Mali Rising Foundation has constructed 13 schools in Mali, Africa, the fourth most impoverished nation in the world. The founder, Yeah Samake, is a graduate of Brigham Young University and has close ties to Utah. He currently resides in Mali and is running for the office of president of that nation while closely participating in the foundation. "I could stay in America," says Samake, "but America does not need me. Mali needs me. If you could see the joy in the children's eyes when they realize they will have the opportunity to continue their education without facing the dangers of walking up to 20 miles round trip, you would feel the enormity of what you've done for them. We are so thankful to Neways and to all the distributors who are making this possible for these children." Mali Rising Foundation obtains part of the funding for the schools from private donations and part from the villages and government. The construction of the schools provides jobs to villagers, who help build, and teach at the schools. "In this way," explains Samake, "we encourage hand up, not handouts." As part of the Neways Gives program, Neways also participated in donations for the Road Home homeless shelter and has announced its participation with the March of Dimes in 2012.
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Neways Launches Annual Maui Marathon |
Press Release | 2/4/2009 Officially known as the Neways Maui Paradise Marathon, Neways' first-ever headline-sponsored athletic event took place in Maui, Hawaii, on January 11, with hundreds participating in the full and half marathons, including several independent Neways distributors from Japan and North America. "Running along the ocean as the sun rose over the Pacific is something I will never forget," said Neways, Inc. President and COO Brian Slobodow, who took third place for his age group in the half-marathon. "A special thanks to all the great event volunteers who made it such a success. Given the event's success in its first year and Neways' commitment to continue as title sponsor, we expect a much larger group in 2010, and we're confident this marathon will develop into a prestigious international event." |
Neways Opens New Facility |
MarketWatch | 9/27/2008 Neways International opens its state-of-the-art warehouse facility Friday, Sept. 26...The 309,000-square-foot warehouse facility features laser-leveled cement floors that will allow high-speed wire-guided turret trucks to move efficiently among the storage racks, which will rise 28 feet tall with five levels and room for 10,000 pallets. Replacing the current warehouse facility located in Spanish Fork, the new warehouse will ship over 100 ocean-going containers around the world each month, in addition to thousands of individual packages on a daily basis. |
Neways International Receives Business of the Year Award |
Earthtimes | 5/27/2008 Springville Police Department held an awards ceremony this evening as their celebration of National Police Week. In addition to honoring several officers for a job well done, the department named their “Business of the Year” and “Citizens of the Year” recipients.Neways International was named the Business of the Year. Police officers chose Neways because of their support for the community. In making his presentation, Police Chief Scott Finlayson recognized just a portion of their contributions. “Neways has been a great member of our community since they located their headquarters in Springville.” He noted their contributions to the local CERT team, to state and county law enforcement, and to Springville City. “They have supported some great family activities with their Summer Concert Series and the Movies in the Park. They have also contributed greatly with sponsorship of the Annual All-State Utah High School Art Exhibition, and support of the Miss Springville-Mapleton pageant. Neways is a great partner in our community.” |
Neways Exec Honored with Executive MBA |
Earthtimes | 5/27/2008 Neways International is pleased to announce that Jim Gibson, Director of Employee and Community Relations, Eddie Mendivil, V.P. of Quality, and Chris Slider, Assistant Controller North America, were awarded with their MBA degrees in recent ceremonies. Gibson and Mendivil received their degrees from the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business. Slider received his degree from Utah State University’s Jon M. Huntsman School of Business.“These recent honors reflect Neways’ industry leadership and the company’s dedication to advancing education, research, and knowledge of our employees so that we can better serve the world and our consumers,” says Eric Larsen, Neways CEO. |
Neways Exec Plays Key Roles in Herbal Industry |
PR-Inside.com | 3/29/2008 Neways International is pleased to announce that Monzur Ahmed, the company's senior director of regulatory affairs, has been reelected as vice chairman of the Board of Trustees for the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), at the Board's March 13 meeting in Anaheim, California. The American Herbal Products Association is the only national trade association that is focused primarily on herbs and herbal products.In addition, Ahmed has been appointed as chair of the AHPA Foundation for Education & Research on Botanicals (ERB), a nonprofit foundation dedicated to promoting education and research on medicinal, therapeutic, and health-promoting herbs. |
Neways Founder Starts New Company |
Herald Extra | 3/10/2008 Neways founder starts new company in SpringvilleA month away from his trip to federal prison, Neways founder Thomas E. Mower Sr. is opening a new manufacturing plant for personal care products and dietary supplements in Springville and plans to hire up to 150 workers by year-end. Mower, who will start serving a 33-month prison sentence on Nov. 13 for income tax evasion, bought the former corporate headquarters of Little Giant Ladder in Springville for nearly $3.5 million on Friday -- as part of his plans for his new company, SupraNaturals LLC. Incorporated in 2004, SupraNaturals's corporate headquarters and manufacturing plant will occupy a 332,000-square-foot building at 1356 W. Spring Creek Place in Springville. It is scheduled to open in November. The Little Giant Ladder office --a 96,000-square-foot building at 1325 W. Industrial Circle that is still occupied by Wing Enterprises, will be converted into additional manufacturing and office space for SupraNaturals once Wing's lease expires in April 2007, said Ryan Moss, Wing's CEO. The ladder maker is relocating to a nearby 240,000-square-foot building at 1198 N. Spring Creek Place, which was formerly occupied by local health food manufacturer E. Excel International Inc. SupraNaturals's plant When completed in mid-2007, the SupraNaturals plant will be a private label maker of personal care products including shampoos, conditioners and soap, as well as dietary supplements, bottled water and chewing gum. "We have contracts with liquid soap customers, and hope eventually to also make dietary supplement capsules. But we won't have any specific brand or formulas under the SupraNaturals's name," said Gary Chlarson, who has served as project manager with the company for past 18 months. "We acquired the Little Giant Ladder building because of its proximity to our building, which gives us the room to expand," he said. |
Neways Wins Trade Secrets Injunction Against Former Owner |
Business Wire | 3/10/2008 Neways Wins Trade Secrets Injunction against Former Owner and Officers.SPRINGVILLE, Utah -- A United States Federal Judge has issued an injunction against Neways' former owner, Thomas Mower Sr.; his two sons, Thomas Mower Jr. and Darick Mower; and their new companies, Sisel International, LLC and SupraNaturals, LLC. Following a hearing on May 25, 2007, United States District Judge Bruce S. Jenkins enjoined the Mowers and their new companies from using any Neways product formulas, distributor lists, or vendor lists. The court further ordered the Mowers and their companies to return to Neways any computer disks containing such information. In a complaint filed May 23, 2007, in the United States District Court for the District of Utah, Neways International alleges that, after selling Neways to Golden Gate Capital for hundreds of millions of dollars and before Thomas Mower Sr. began serving his prison sentence for tax evasion, Mr. Mower, in conspiracy with his two sons, misappropriated many of Neways' trade secrets, including distributor lists, vendor lists, and product formulas, in an effort to start a competing network marketing business. After Neways presented substantial evidence in support of that claim, the court issued the injunction enjoining the Mowers and their new companies from using any Neways distributor lists or any other confidential and proprietary information contained on computer disks taken from Neways.
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Neways Wins Court Victory |
Ad-Hoc-News | 2/25/2008 A federal court in Utah has issued an injunction against Sisel International, LLC and five of Sisel's top distributors in Japan. Among other things, the injunction requires Sisel and these distributors to return all of Neways' distributor information in their possession and prohibits Sisel and its distributors from using such information. In addition, the Court found that Sisel's top three distributors'Koji Yamamoto, Fumiko Matsumoto and Toru Egashira'likely have breached their contracts with Neways by recruiting Neways distributors to join Sisel, and are now prohibited from continuing to recruit Neways distributors for a period of one year from each distributor's date of suspension from Neways. |
Ex Neways Owner Under Injunction |
Deseret News | 6/13/2007 SPRINGVILLE — An injunction has been issued against the former owner of Neways International, who is accused of using inside information to help his family launch two competing multilevel marketing companies.The May 25 injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Bruce S. Jenkins prohibits Thomas Mower Sr., Neways' former owner, and his two sons, Thomas Mower Jr. and Darick Mower, from using the company's product formulas, distributor lists and vendor lists to advance their new businesses, Sisel International LLC and SupraNaturals LLC. Jenkins also ordered the Mowers to return any record of such information, including computer discs, to Neways, a cosmetics and health-supplement company that does business in more than two dozen countries. All three companies rely on multilevel marketing to distribute personal care and nutritional products. Neways filed a complaint May 23, accusing the Mowers of taking many of the company's trade secrets with them after selling Neways to Golden Gate Capital, a San Francisco-based equity firm, in 2006. |
Neways Wins Trade Secret Injunction |
Business Wire | 6/13/2007 SPRINGVILLE, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A United States Federal Judge has issued an injunction against Neways’ former owner, Thomas Mower Sr.; his two sons, Thomas Mower Jr. and Darick Mower; and their new companies, Sisel International, LLC and SupraNaturals, LLC.Following a hearing on May 25, 2007, United States District Judge Bruce S. Jenkins enjoined the Mowers and their new companies from using any Neways product formulas, distributor lists, or vendor lists. The court further ordered the Mowers and their companies to return to Neways any computer disks containing such information. In a complaint filed May 23, 2007, in the United States District Court for the District of Utah, Neways International alleges that, after selling Neways to Golden Gate Capital for hundreds of millions of dollars and before Thomas Mower Sr. began serving his prison sentence for tax evasion, Mr. Mower, in conspiracy with his two sons, misappropriated many of Neways’ trade secrets, including distributor lists, vendor lists, and product formulas, in an effort to start a competing network marketing business.
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Neways International Out with the old ways |
The Manufacturer US | 4/3/2007 Neways, a network marketing company that has been manufacturing safe and innovative dietary supplements and personal care products since 1992, took two steps last year to help maintain its own corporate wellness.Based in Springville, UT, Neways sells its products in 23 countries around the world through a network of independent distributors. Its product philosophy is to maximize health and beauty while minimizing exposure to potentially harmful ingredients by combining the best of science and nature. In March 2006, the company appointed Eric Larsen as its CEO. Prior to the appointment, Larsen served as vice president of international operations and development. Later, in November, the company announced it had been acquired by San Francisco–based Golden Gate Capital, a private equity firm. |
Neways International Sold |
San Francisco Business Times | 11/13/2006 Golden Gate Capital Acquires Neways InternationalGolden Gate Capital, a San Francisco private equity firm, acquired Neways International, a maker of dietary supplements and personal care products. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Neways, founded in 1992 by Tom and Dee Mower, sells more than 300 products -- from shampoos and shower gel to nutritional supplements and household cleaners -- through a network of independent distributors in 23 countries. The company is based in Springville, Utah, and has factories in Salem, Utah, and Auckland, New Zealand.
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Neways for Sale |
Reuters | 9/27/2006 TOKYO, Sept 26 (Reuters) - U.S. cosmetics and health-care product retailer Neways Inc. is being auctioned in Japan for about $600-700 million, with private equity houses among the bidders, sources familiar with the process said on Tuesday.Incorporated in 1992, Neways is a multi-layer marketing company that distributes skin-care products and nutritional formulas to 23 countries worldwide. Neways was founded by Thomas and Leslie DeeAnn Mower. The Mowers, who divorced in July 2000, will start prison terms on Nov. 13 for tax evasion. Neways, based in Utah County, is being sold due to "personal differences" according to a brief filed by Thomas Mower's lawyers. |
Neways Execs Sentenced in Federal Tax Case |
News 4 | 9/14/2006 SALT LAKE CITY -- The owners of an international multilevel marketing company based in Salem, Utah, and one of their former corporate lawyers have been sentenced to prison in a federal tax fraud case.Thomas E. Mower of Springville, Utah, Leslie D. Mower of Payson, Utah, and James L. Thompson of Chandler, Ariz., were sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City. The Mowers founded Neways Inc. in 1987. Thomas Mower was the chief executive officer. Leslie Mower was the chief financial officer. Thompson was employed as corporate counsel for the company the fall of 1995 through the summer of 1997. In March 2005, a federal jury convicted the Mowers and Thompson of conspiring to impede the Internal Revenue Service in the assessment and collection of income tax. The jury also convicted the Mowers of income tax evasion and Thompson of obstructing the administration of the internal revenue laws. |
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