Aurora Business, Spectrum Technologies, Receives Metro Chicago Exports Grant

Spectrum Technologies Spectrum Technologies, located in Aurora, offers affordable weather and plant measurement tools to help professionals use objective data to make better decisions regarding plant, crop, and turf inputs. The mission of Spectrum Technologies is to serve as a valued partner of customers’ research and production teams by helping turn plant measurement data into information for profitable decision-making. Continue reading →

Coriant Announces New Leadership to Drive Growth

NEW-13-002_LogoCoriant08_jm Coriant, a proven supplier of innovative networking solutions to leading network operators in over 100 countries, announced that Shaygan Kheradpir has been named Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board. Shaygan joins Coriant after having worked closely with the senior management team since earlier this year in the role of Operating Executive to Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”). Continue reading →

Pace brings better transit to the Aurora area, effective October 26

Pace Image Highlights include improved service frequency and hours of service Beginning October 26, transit riders in the Aurora area will begin using an all-new service model that they helped to design. Pace conducted intensive research and held multiple rounds of public feedback sessions to make a series of service revisions designed around what riders said they wanted: bus routes that operate more frequently, later at night and that travels to newly developed retail destinations around the area. Continue reading →

Employee-Inspired Invention Places ComEd on Top 100 Finalists List for 14th Annual Chicago Innovation Awards

ComEdPatent-pending safety device protects electric utility workers from potential dangers. Out of 535 nominees ComEd, the largest utility in Illinois, has been selected as one of the Top 100 Finalists in the running for the 14th annual Chicago Innovation Awards. The awards celebrate the most innovative new products and services in the Chicago region across all organization sizes, sectors and industries. On October 27, more than 1,500 business and civic leaders will come together at the Chicago Harris Theater to honor the winners of the prestigious innovation awards. Continue reading →

Illinois: A Natural Leader

Illinois has a more than $700 billion economy and is an international center of global commerce. It is a leader in industries such as clean energy, IT, advanced manufacturing and financial services with a complex transportation network of rail, interstate highways, ports and airports. In addition, the more than 30 Fortune 500 companies (e.g., Integrys Energy Group Inc., LKQ Corporation Inc., Boeing) that call Illinois home find that over 60 percent of the workforce has a degree beyond high school. Continue reading →