Biz at a Glance

  • Business at a glance
    Bridge Plastics has manufactured its 1,000th roll of Bridge Air Bubble. The company started production of the product, more commonly known as bubble wrap, in Fort Wayne in early November.
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    The Hagerman Group was part of the team that was awarded the 2012 American Institute of Architects Institute Honor Award for Architecture for The Ruth Lilly Visitors Pavilion. Zimmer Holdings Inc.
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    ENS Group, a technology consulting firm, was recognized by Veeam Software as the company’s highest revenue-producing partner in Indiana.
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Business at a glance

Applications are being accepted for the Indiana Chamber of Commerce’s annual competition naming the “Best Places to Work in Indiana.” For information or to nominate a business, go to www.bestplacestoworkin.com or call 877-455-2159. The deadline is Dec. 3.

Irmscher Suppliers ended its association with Pella windows and joined with Jeld-Wen Windows and Doors.

A management team led by Chuck Drerup and Tom Walterhouse completed a buyout of Arthur Charles’ 50 percent share of Reliable Tool and Machine to conclude the transition of ownership to a third generation of family members connected to founder Harvey Charles. The group has changed the company’s name to Reliable Production Machining and Welding.

Digman Insurance Services of Fort Wayne joined The Iroquois Group. For information, go to www.iroquoisgroup.com.

Forensic Fluids Laboratories of Kalamazoo, Mich., was named one of America’s 500 fastest-growing private companies by Inc. magazine.

Cirrus ABS provided design and other services for the new Mutton RV Sales website at www.muttonrvsales.com, redesigned the website for 1st Source Bank at www.1stsource.com and developed a website for Precision Products Group Inc. at www.ppgintl.com.

Morrison Kattman Menze Inc. Architecture-Planning-Interiors is participating as the architect for the proposed Taylor’s Dream Boundless Playground at Kreager Park.

Covington Travel Inc. is celebrating its 30th anniversary.

ITT Corp. received a contract from Lockheed Martin Space Systems to continue building the imaging system for GeoEye’s next-generation Earth-imaging satellite, GeoEye-2.

BRC Rubber and Plastics Inc. passed TS 16949 audits at the Bluffton, Churubusco, Hartford City and Montpelier plants with zero non-conformances and no corrective-action requests.

Precision Laser Services and Fisher/Unitech were named on the list of America’s 5,000 fastest-growing private companies by Inc. magazine.

Bell Aquaculture LLC was recognized by Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman and the Indiana Department of Agriculture for excellence in progressive farm practices. It is the first aquaculture facility in Indiana to receive this designation.

DRG, publisher of Good Old Days magazine, launched a nostalgia website with first-hand stories from readers at www.goodolddaysstories.com.

The League for the Blind and Disabled has a new corporate website at www.the-league.org and a new disability information site at www.disabilityinfosite.com.

Meijer has launched its mPerks program to introduce digital coupons. Sign up at www.mperks.meijer.com.

Felderman Design-Build won the design-build contract for First Farmers Bank and Trust’s new full-service branch in Huntington.

Always Open Storage announced the implementation of two self-storage kiosks at the Danville, Ill., and Covington, Ga., locations.

The board of directors of Peoples Bancorp, the holding company for Peoples Federal Savings Bank of DeKalb County, declared a third-quarter dividend of 19 cents per share to be paid Oct. 14 to stockholders of record as of Oct. 1.

FWRadiology entered into a radiology interpretations partnership with Purdue University’s Student Health Center.

JH Specialty Inc. was included in Counselor Magazine’s list of “Best Places to Work” based on an in-depth survey of employees from the companies applying for the award.

Verizon Wireless activated a new cell site in Warsaw that expands network capacity in the Winona Lake area north to County Road E. 200 N., east to County Road S. 250 E., south to Country Club Road and west to Indiana 15.