News from Katmandu Studio

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June 2004

Louise Cote Profiled in Marquis Who's Who in America®

Louise R. Cote, owner of Katmandu Studio of North Attleborough, has earned inclusion in the 2004 edition of Who's Who in America®. Featuring over 100,000 achievers, Who's Who in America is considered the premier biographical dictionary of living men and women in the United States.

Mrs. Cote opened Katmandu Studio in the spring of 1995. She is a member of the the North Attleborough & Plainville Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Associates of North Attleborough. Katmandu Studio provides graphic design services to a wide variety of clients, from small and local businesses to large international companies. The studio specializes in identity design such as corporate identity/logos, brochures and packaging.

Since 1899, when newspaper publisher Albert Nelson Marquis printed the First Edition of Who's Who in America, Marquis Who's Who has chronicled the lives of the most accomplished individuals and innovators from every significant field of endeavor. Marquis Who's Who Professional Publications are the first choice of thousands of users for access to the lives and works of notables in their fields.

April 2003

Katmandu Studio Now SOMWBA Certified

The State Office of Minority and Women Business Assistance (SOMWBA) has certified Katmandu Studio of North Attleborough as a woman-owned business enterprise (WBE) in the graphic design category.

The company is now listed in the SOMWBA Directory and the Massachusetts Central Register, which are published at regular intervals. The directory is distributed to state agencies and private organizations that seek to fulfill WBE utilization requirements.

Owned by Louise R. Cote, Katmandu Studio is a multi-service graphic design agency founded in 1995. Its design services include advertising; brochures; logo development and corporate identification; packaging and product graphics; and website design. The studio's At Your Service offering brings over 25 years of experience to a client's design department - without the addition of headcount - as needed by the client. Katmandu Studio is a member of the North Attleborough & Plainville Chamber of Commerce and the Downtown Associates of North Attleborough; Mrs. Cote is a member of the Board of Directors of both organizations.

The State Office of Minority and Women Business Assistance (SOMWBA) is the business affirmative action agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Certification is the process by which SOMWBA reviews and investigates applicants who wish to participate in affirmative business opportunities to determine that they meet the requirements of state statutes and regulations. To become certified, each business must undergo a rigorous review of business form, processes, finances, control and licensing, among others.