StarTek Lighting America designs, engineers, and manufactures top quality LED lighting solutions for commercial, industrial, institutional and recreational applications.

StarTek entered the market in 2012 and focuses on the increasing demand for solid-state electronic lighting. StarTek engineers smart, higher performance LED fixtures with sleek, fashionable designs.

Char Crust, Inc. makes premium dry-rub seasonings that are known for their trademark "Seals In The Juices". Made by the same family since 1957, Char Crust rubs come in many flavors and are sold to retail, food service and industrial channels. The company's factory is kosher certified by the Chicago Rabbinical Council.

Char Crust, Inc's  top products are Char Crust brand dry-rub seasonings, including national gold-metal winning Southwest Chipotle.  Their seasonings can be used on everything from fish to meats and even vegetables.

Pegasus MFG Inc. is a manufacturer specializing in CNC machining, complete assemblies and rapid prototype.  Pegasus MFG Inc. designs, manufactures and delivers parts with quality and care.  Some of their top products are for the food processing, hi-tech, automotive and medical industries.

Pegasus MFG Inc. is a family owned and operated business that is driven to provide the best product possible for their customers.  They have an array of special capabilities including milling and turning, assemblies, sheet metal, honing and engineering support through the use of CAD/CAM software.

GAM Gear is a leading provider of precision mechanical motion control components used in the automation of machinery. GAM Gear has a broad product range of gear reducers, servo couplings, safety couplings, and motor mount kits. Their mission is to give customers what they want and be able to do it even in small quantities and at a value to the customer.

GAM Gear has the ability to provide product modifications and complete custom solutions to meet the needs of customer requests.   They are a high integrity team of people working together to deliver innovative mechanical solutions for the OEM machine builder market.

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The electronic posting requirement for injury and illness logs has been delayed. The following is a quote from the OSHA website: "OSHA is not accepting electronic submissions of injury and illness logs at this time, and intends to propose extending the July 1, 2017 date by which certain employers are required to submit the information from their completed 2016 Form 300A electronically. Updates will be posted to this webpage when they are available."

Re3dTech believes that 3D printing will repatriate and revitalize the manufacturing industry. By moving from mass production to mass customization, Re3dTech will play a major role in providing industrial grade 3D printing access and capacity at the point of need. From helping customers move their manufacturing from overseas centralized production centers, to local on-demand manufacturing and parts production, Re3dTech can provide it all without the need for warehousing.

Re3dTech co-founders James Teuber and Russell Beck will bring their years of business and manufacturing experience to help pave a path to the future of manufacturing. By using the latest 3D printing technologies, Re3dTech is moving past prototyping to true end use parts production.

Kormex Metal Craft is a vertically integrated sheet metal fabricator that specializes in short run and short lead time orders. Kormex Metal Craft's top products include metal parts that would be utilized to manufacture ATM machines, cash registers, computers and slot machines.  Kormex specializes in vertical integration, which allows them to control the quality and flow of their process to improve cost, lead times and customer fulfillment.