Manufacturers are typically multi-faceted people – focused mostly on their work, their employees and their businesses. Tom Simeone, president of Manor Tool and Manufacturing Company
Seven Illinois business owners were willing to share publicly how amending the Illinois Constitution to initiate a progressive tax would be detrimental to their employees and their businesses. The constitutional change will be on the November 3 ballot in Illinois.
The very week the COVID lockdown hit Illinois, Rene Hernandez Jr. began filing paperwork to launch a small business. “Who starts a business when a
The company Peter Orum and his wife Irma started in 1969 now employs 300 people during Chicagoland’s growing season. The Orums planted Midwest Groundcovers’ roots
Twenty-eight years ago, Teresa Beach-Shelow and her husband, Thom, started Superior Joining Technologies, Inc. (SJTI), in their garage. They had a vision of a family-run
Amy Morgan, owner of Le Fleur Floral Design & Events in Washington, Illinois, says buying the business seven years ago was a “selfish decision” to
For Jason Zenger, values and transparency are central to building a good business.
When he and his sister Lisa assumed leadership of ZENGER’S, INC almost three years ago, they continued transforming the hardware store their grandparents started in 1951 to a more specialized supplier for manufacturers.
Nine years ago, Nicole Wolter and her father, Ken, came very close to closing down HM Manufacturing in Wauconda, Illinois. That year was one of
From TMA’s latest “Special Update:” There has been a drastic increase in the number of fraudulent unemployment claims affecting Illinois employers, including some TMA members.
BENSENVILLE, Ill. – Ace Metal Crafts Company, a leader in stainless steel machining and fabricating, is pleased to announce four changes in leadership – from