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SE Midwest buys Jiffy Lube sites
Naperville-based SE Midwest has purchased 28 Jiffy Lube service centers in the metropolitan area, joining the Jiffy Lube Franchise System.

Newman Architecture tops small-biz awards
Newman Architecture has been named Small Business of the Year by the Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce as well as the recipient in the 6-30 employees category in the Chamber’s 11th annual awards competition. Other award recipients were Buddingh & Associates, Inc. in the 1-5 employee category; Packer Engineering in the 31-plus employee category; Naperville Community Television, Channel 17, in the not-for-profit category; and, in the 5 under 5 category, Bob Jung Painting & Decorating, Inc.; Great Scapes, Inc.; Jalapeno Paint Werx, Inc.; Naperville Magazine; and Romano & Associates, LLC.

Emmy & Me honored by Plainfield Chamber
Naperville-based Emmy & Me Interiors has received the Small Business of the Year award from the Plainfield Area Chamber of Commerce.

New college to open in Aurora
Rasmussen College has received approval from the Higher Learning Commission to begin its first classes at the new Aurora campus this fall.

New district offices opened
FP Mailing Solutions, a mailroom solutions provider, has opened new district sales offices in Addison to serve the Los Angeles and Chicago metro areas.

First Chicago Bancorp plans merger
Itasca-based First Chicago Bancorp, a privately held institution, plans to merge with Indianapolis-based White River Capital Inc., a publicly traded auto finance company.

Travel company to relocate
Abercrombie & Kent, an Oak Brook-based international luxury travel company, will relocate its offices to 1411 Opus Place, Downers Grove.

United acquires Zion firm
United Express System, Inc., an Aurora-based transportation company, has purchased the Messenger Division of DEPENDON, Inc. of Zion.

Empire honored
Empire Today, LLC, of Northlake, has received the national Stevie Award for Best Customer Service Organization at the 6th Annual American Business Awards event in New York.

Employment agency relocates
After 51 years of conducting business in downtown St. Charles, Frank’s Employment has moved to a new location six blocks east at the corner of 7th Avenue and Main Street.

Lifeway joins Russell 3000 index
Lifeway Foods, a developer of specialty dairy foods in Morton Grove, has been named to the Russell 3000 index, a compilation of the top stocks of the largest U.S.-based companies.

Anniversaries
•The Crisis Center for South Suburbia is observing 30 years of servicing victims of domestic violence in the community.
•Schaumburg-based MISUMI USA, Inc., a subsidiary of the Japan-based Misumi Corporation, is marking its 20th Anniversary in America.

Posted on Monday, July 14, 2008 (Archive on Monday, July 28, 2008)
Posted by jstoltz Contributed by jstoltz

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