ROSEMONT – Mike Magliano has been serving Chicago’s real estate market for the last 15 years, working in the industrial segment through the best and
GLENDALE HEIGHTS – Pelco Tool & Mold, Inc. is one of several Chicago area manufacturers that was celebrated at TMA’s 91st Anniversary Dinner as being
SCHAUMBURG – “Now that you’re graduating, make sure that you never stop learning. Keep that same drive you showed in class. You truly have a
First published by Technology & Manufacturing Association in January 2016 CRYSTAL LAKE – When you drive safely from one place to another without problems with
LAKE ZURICH – When Wes Gardocki joined Termax Corporation in 2001, he was hired on as a quality manager. Soon after, he moved into production, and became production manager. He then moved up to director of operations, then vice-president, and as of January 2015, he is now the company’s president.
TMA has been training machine operators since its inception, but last year they offered their expertise to company leaders ready to take their businesses to a higher level. In December, TMA’s second series of Executive Leadership Institute classes will begin and enrollment is open now for interested participants.
AURORA – Wayne Sikorcin’s father started Craftsman Tool & Mold in 1965, the same year he was born. One of four children, Wayne says that
ADDISON – When Guy Ockerlund’s grandfather – a Swedish bricklayer – came to America, he set up a contracting business. When his construction business slowed
BENSENVILLE – Besides making customers happy and meeting deadlines with high quality products, at Ace Metal Crafts in Bensenville, “It’s all about the company culture,” says CEO Jean Pitzo.
“We’re culture people, we’re all about the people that work for us,” Pitzo said during a recent company visit. “We can talk about metal fabrication, or we can talk about our company culture, whichever you want.”
BOLINGBROOK – Ideal Carbide Die in Bolingbrook’s Victoria Van Bortel and Al Kasper “vice-president” the 61 year old company as a team.
Ideal Carbide, which started in 1953, hired Victoria’s father, Jay Hartz, in 1973. With a background as a metallurgical engineer with an MBA from the University of Chicago, he was hired with an option to obtain Ideal when the founder retired