Author: brent

Metro Chicago metal manufacturers exported over $11 billion last year. Exports have grown 7% annually since 2012. Is your business ready to export to high growth markets abroad? Today’s global economy is more complex and integrated than ever before. New technologies and rising costs abroad are creating new export opportunities for American metal fabricators and machinery manufacturers. Continue reading →

Coalition to update the law features significant support from health care, agriculture, education, local government, business, tech and community groups, including Illinois employer groups, Illinois Farm Bureau, Fraternal Order of Police, Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois, Illinois Municipal League, 1871, Taxpayers’ Federation of Illinois, Illinois State Medical Society Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police and Illinois Principals Association. Continue reading →

Smart Grid implementation, system improvements continue to benefit customers and enhance economic development opportunities.

ComEd today announced that its power system reliability in 2014 was the company’s second best on record, second only to the company’s 2013 performance, which was the best in company history with the fewest customer interruptions. The strength of the electrical system has benefited hundreds of thousands of residents and businesses throughout northern Illinois. The expansion of the Smart Grid, infrastructure upgrades, including storm response enhancements, and committed ComEd employees are credited with the performance improvements. Continue reading →

A group of nine Chicago area communities, representing ten former Dominick’s stores, have kicked off a regional economic development attraction effort, “One Call, 10 Stores, A Million Customers.”   Continue reading →

Choose DuPage, Ice Miller LLP and Mesirow Financial hosted Sixth Annual Convening on the Region’s Economic Health.

OAKBROOK TERRACE – (May 5, 2015) Governor Bruce Rauner served as the keynote speaker at the sixth annual DuPage County Regional Business Outlook event held Tuesday at the Drury Lane Conference Center, providing his framework for driving growth and economic development in DuPage County and statewide. Continue reading →

CHICAGO – Metro Chicago Exports (MCE) today announced the launch of a Grant Program to help small- to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) grow in international trade, specifically through export initiatives. The $225,000 program, funded by JPMorgan Chase, will award grants up to $5,000 to businesses throughout Northeastern Illinois. Continue reading →