VISTA Today Daily News Business Briefs are concise stories that bring you up to date with what’s going on around Chester County. This morning:

New ifmefector Building Opening in Atwater Corporate Center

German based ifmefector USA, is finalizing its new North American headquarters building in the Atwater Corporate Center near Malvern, with a ribbon cutting ceremony set for August 11.

One of the largest global manufacturers of industrial sensors and control products, annual sales for the company are already up above $120 million, making the move to bigger offices a necessity.

With more than 20,000 customers, ifmefector has branch offices throughout the United States, including Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago and Los Angeles.  One of its key research, development and manufacturing subsidiaries is ifm electronic opened in 2012 and located right here in Chester County.

Laura Shemonsky, spokeswoman for the company, said the Malvern area location was chosen because of its proximity to the new Pennsylvania Turnpike slip ramp and because of its access to students graduating from universities like Drexel and the University of Pennsylvania who are skilled in engineering and technology systems.

Traveling Golfers Gets a New Sponsor

Traveling Golfer television show has found a new sponsor in locally based Conestoga Bank.

Previously the sponsor of the GolfTalk Live radio show, the bank with 16 locations in the state, has joined Yuengling Brewery and Kutztown Auto as the only sponsors of both shows.

The bank, founded in 1888, has a strong history of community involvement in Philadelphia, with eight branches in Center City and South Philadelphia, plus a recent expansion into, amongst others, Chester, Montgomery and Delaware Counties.

“We are an active part of the community, so it makes sense to be part of a television show that also is part of the community,” said Jim Malloy, President of Commercial Banking of the sponsorship deal. “The reception of the Traveling Golfer show has been outstanding and the partnership helps us get our message out to a demographic that fits us.”

Two Daytime Saturday Chesco Bus Lines Terminating

Effective July 11, the two Chescobus lines running during daytime Saturday will no longer be available.

The Transportation Management Association of Chester County announced the elimination of the Coatesville Link and the SCCOOT lines due to the reduction of local matching funding.

The Link transports about 5,500 to 6,000 people each month from Coatesville to Parkesburg, the SCCOOT line services around 800 riders per month from Oxford to West Chester.

In previous years, the city of Coatesville had contributed funding to TMACC with matching grants from the Chester County Commissioners but the majority of the funding used to come from PennDOT grants through SEPTA.

“We can’t afford to fund it,” said Coatesville City Council President Linda Lavender-Norris. “We decided to cut the funding for the Link, rather than impose another tax increase on the residents.”

Evolve IP Introduces a New Service

Evolve IP, one of the nation’s fastest growing cloud companies based in Wayne, announced the launch of IT as a Service which provides outsourced management services and sophisticated self-administration tools for IT departments.

Evolve IP ITaaS is a robust, package-based solution that is designed to support IT departmental needs. The service leverages Evolve IP’s extensive technology experience, nationwide support staff and award-winning cloud services and includes helpdesk, managed IT and professional services.

“Managing all of an organization’s data, hardware and computing resources in-house can be challenging, inefficient and expensive. Our ITaaS customers, benefit from being able to focus on core strategic business initiatives, rather than being bogged down by day-to-day IT problems,” said Scott Kinka, Chief Technology Officer of Evolve IP. “Today’s IT departments need to be nimble and highly responsive and by leveraging ITaaS they will become far more agile.”