ELKHART – Yoder Oil Company Inc. marked its 75th anniversary with a banquet and mini-trade show that featuring more than 600 participants. Yoder Oil is an independent distributor and marketer of petroleum fuel and lubricant products for farm, automotive, auto racing, construction and industrial use in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio. The company was founded […]
WEST LAFAYETTE – Researchers at Purdue University are working with the U.S. Army and neurosurgeons at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to create a new “bioactive” coating for stents used o treat brain aneurisms including those caused by head trauma from bomb blasts. “Stents coated with a bioactive coating might be inserted at the
GARY – Larry Brewer, founder of South Shore Dance Alliance, has been named an Innovator of the Month for May by the Society of Innovators of Northwest Indiana. The Dance Alliance trains youngsters from 5 years old through high school in ballet. Brewer created the alliance to give students at the Emerson School of the
PORTAGE – The newly formed Dunes National Park Association has announced a vision its members hope will increase visits and overnight stays to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. The centerpiece of the vision is development of a lodge that would itself become a destination for park visitors. The association is based on similar organizations set
EAST CHICAGO – The Society of Innovators of Northwest Indiana has named Dr. Blake Zuidema of ArcelorMittal’s Global R&D Center as Innovator of the Month for May. Zuidema helped create stronger steel for automobiles through a two-year development project that included the R&D Center in East Chicago along with the company’s laboratory in Europe. Zuidema
MICHIGAN CITY – Cindy Hedge, the found of the Center for Creative Solutions Inc., has been named an Innovator of the Month for May by the Society of Innovators of Northwest Indiana. Hedge has both a law degree and a degree in creativity and change leadership. She is a former prosecuting attorney and founded the
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MERRILLVILLE – MonoSol, which has operations in Merrillville, Portage and LaPorte, has been acquired by Kurary Holdings U.S.A. Inc. Kurary is based in Japan. Details of the acquisition were not announced, but all business operations and employees will be transferred to Kurary. MonoSol specialized in developing and manufacturing water-soluble films used in a variety of
