Johns Manville (JM), a Denver-based building products manufacturer and a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, has agreed to acquire ITW Insulation Systems from Illinois Tool Works for an undisclosed price. Based in Texas, ITW Insulation Systems offers high-performance mechanical pipe insulation, metal jacketing, low-temperature polyisocyanurate foam insulations, and vapor retarder products designed to address specifications for […]
Renewable Energy Group, a US-based advanced biofuel producer, has opened its first diesel fueling station in Seneca, Illinois. The round-the-clock, fully-automated station will serve biodiesel blended fuel to diesel customers from trucking fleets to local diesel vehicle owners. Cynthia Warner – REG President & CEO said: “This diesel fueling station is another example of how […]
Starbucks Coffee is set to open the Starbucks Reserve Roastery Chicago on Friday, 15 November 15 at North Michigan Avenue and Erie Street. Located on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, Starbucks Reserve Roastery Chicago is the sixth global roastery for the US coffeehouse chain, and the third location in the US. The Chicago roastery of Starbucks, which […]
US department store company Von Maur has opened a new 130,000-square-foot store in Orland Park, Illinois as per the latest retail industry news. The new Von Maur department store, which is at the Orland Square Mall, is the retailer’s seventh location in Illinois. The department store has specialty apparel, shoes, gifts and accessories, covering products […]
Amazon has announced plans to open fulfillment centers in the US states of Illinois and Idaho, thereby creating more than 1,500 jobs. In Illinois, the e-commerce giant will be opening the fulfillment center in Channahon, where 500 plus new, full-time jobs will be created with starting wages of $15 an hour alongside company benefits. Employees […]
US renewable energy company Ameresco is set to develop the 27MW DePue solar farm in the Village of DePue in Illinois, as per the latest solar industry news. Post-completion, the DePue solar project is expected to become the largest in Bureau County, while helping the goal of Illinois in achieving 25% renewable energy by the […]
US Foods acquisition of SGA Food Group : Illinois-based US Foods has wrapped up its previously announced $1.8 billion acquisition of rival foodservice distributor SGA’s Food Group of Companies (SGA Food Group) as per the latest food acquisition news. As part of the all-cash deal, announced in July 2018, US Foods acquired five separate operating […]
Illinois-based based First Midwest Bank has signed a deal worth $195 million to acquire Wisconsin-based Bankmanager and its subsidiary Park Bank in a move to expand its business in Milwaukee. Park Bank, which was established in 1915, is said to be among the largest banks in Milwaukee. The bank operates three full-service branches in Milwaukee […]
PlanetArt, a technology platform in the personalized products industry, has wrapped up the acquisition of Personal Creations from floral and gifting company FTD Companies for $18.1 million plus certain additional payments, as part of the latter’s court-supervised restructuring. Based in Illinois, Personal Creations is said to bring a new gifts dimension to PlanetArt’s platform of […]
Food 4 Less home delivery service : US grocery store grocery chain Food 4 Less in partnership with Instacart has launched a new home delivery service to shoppers at all its 129 Foo4Less and FoodsCo locations across the states of California, Indiana, and Illinois. Food 4 Less is a subsidiary of US retailing company Kroger. […]