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Business at a glance

The board of directors of WaterFurnace Renewable Energy Inc. approved an increase of 3 cents per share in the quarterly dividend to 22 cents per share to be paid June 1 to shareholders of record Friday. The complete quarterly report and webcast are posted at www.waterfurnace.com.

Concentra, which provides employer health care services, will use Medical Informatics Engineering to bring electronic health records and employee health portal services to clients through its work-site health centers.

Fort Wayne Medical Oncology and Hematology bought seven top-of-the-line chemotherapy chairs with a $30,000 gift from Vera Bradley Designs Inc.

Dunn Associates P.C., a psychological and counseling private practice, is providing social skills groups and tutoring services for children with autism spectrum disorders. Substance-abuse groups are available for adolescents and adults. Psychotherapy services in Spanish and English will be available soon. Michael Bergeron and Jeanine Childs have joined as independent contractors who provide psychotherapy. For available hours, call 484-5599.

Hoosier Windows & Siding recently celebrated the grand opening of its newest Fort Wayne location, 4633 Lima Road.

True Wellness Chiropractic recently celebrated its grand opening at 918 Woodland Plaza, Suite B.

Irmscher Inc. won the design/build contract by Foundation Affiliates LLC to construct a new surgical hospital attached to the existing Heritage Park Ambulatory Surgery Center in Sherman, Texas.

The Nichols Co. won a silver award in the 2010 Summit Creative Awards competition for its comprehensive redesign of metals recycler OmniSource’s website. It also won two gold awards and one silver citation during the 2010 Addys.

Radiation Oncology Associates has expanded services to provide radiation therapy for patients at Adams Memorial Hospital in Decatur and will provide free transportation for patients to its radiation treatment facility on the Lutheran Hospital campus in Fort Wayne.

May 25 will mark the 1,000th site visit for Francine’s Friends Mobile Mammography Unit, which began services on Dec. 5, 2005. More than 11,000 women have been served since the program started.

The Phoenix Technology Group opened at 10315 Dawson’s Creek Blvd., Suite J, and includes Ryan Lange and Bill Koch as business analysts and Carlos Concepcion as a business consultant.

Specialized Printed Products has developed a website for The Sky View Towers in Columbus, Ohio, at www.theskyviewtowers.com.

Dirig Sheet Metal won the ductwork contract for Ivy Tech’s new bookstore in Harshman Hall.

Orchard Ridge Country Club has retained Escalante Golf Inc., a boutique golf management company in Fort Worth, Texas, to manage all club operations.

Extension Inc. won a Cisco Partner Summit regional award for Cisco Collaboration Excellence Partner of the Year for U.S. and Canada.

Companion Lifeline has begun to offer Philips Lifeline to seniors in Allen County and surrounding communities. For information about the service call 459-9900.

D&W Fine Pack and C&M Fine Pack are continuing their expansion with the construction of new corporate offices at the Fountain Inn, S.C., facility and are scheduled for completion in December.

Five Fort Wayne companies were honored with a 2010 “Best Places to Work in Indiana” award. Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Co. ranked 10th, Ash Brokerage Corp. ranked 26th, Parkview Health ranked 34th and Fort Wayne Metals Research Products Corp. ranked 36th in the large companies category. Design Collaborative Inc. ranked 22nd in the small/medium-sized companies category.

Independent rating agency A.M Best rated Medical Protective “A++,” its highest financial strength rating.

Effect Web Agency has developed Insight Lab and Radar to help businesses optimize their return on investment for online marketing efforts.

The Starcraft

RV division of Jayco Inc. has resumed production in its Topeka plant and will hire up to 50 people for the production of Autumn Ridge travel trailers.

E&V Construction won the renovation contracts for the office at Enhanced Network Systems and for the new National College of Kentucky in Fort Wayne.

AirCom received the Top Exclusive Verizon Wireless Agent in Indiana for the first quarter of 2010.

Aptera Software Inc. was named to the 2010 Inner City 100, a list of the fastest-growing inner-city companies in America.

D.O. McComb & Sons Funeral Homes is working with Asher Agency to add closed captioning to its commercials.

Tri R Office Services won the Uytengsu Administration Center furniture bid for Indiana Tech.

Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne’s Admissions Office won a merit award at the 25th annual Educational Advertising Awards sponsored by Higher Education Marketing Report.

Waiter on the Way chose JH Specialty as its marketing agency of record.