Made in Illinois' featured manufacturer this week is Heidtman Steel Products is a steel service center incorporated in 1954.

Heidtman Steel Products - Granite City division processes steel coils for the automotive, lawn and garden, truck and trailer, irrigation and wheel manufacturing sectors. Heidtman brings steel coils in from a variety of mill sources and pickles, slits and cuts the steel into sheets. The steel can be used in a wide variety of manufacturing operations, including stamping, rollforming and laser cutting.

The Illinois Manufacturing Extension Center (IMEC) and Joliet Junior College’s Business and Industry Training Services have partnered with the founder of Quick Response Manufacturing, Dr. Rajan Suri of the University of Wisconsin-Madison to bring southwest Chicago-area manufacturers a full-day training session on the methodology and tools of Quick Response Manufacturing. During the past 18 years, Suri has developed and proved out the effectiveness of Quick Response Manufacturing along with over 200 partner companies.

Alpha Precision, Inc. specializes in ultrasonic drilling and machining of wafers for semi-conductor and MEMS applications.

IMEC, the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC), and DuPage County have partnered to provide fully funded E3 technical assistance to DuPage facilities.

Economy, Energy, Environment (E3) ensures that a company's environmental resources and 3M resources - Manpower, Machine, and Money - are utilized as effectively as possible, to increase waste reduction.

Dairy Based Store Brand Products

The rolling hills and rural beauty of Northern Illinois are the home of Berner Food and Beverage.The company began as a cheese making operation in 1942 and has grown from a small producer of Swiss cheese to a relatively large supplier of dairy based store brand products and contract manufactured items.

As catalysts of information and improvement resources for Illinois manufacturers, IMEC strives to provide the most up-to-date trends and programs. Even the common overhead expenses such as electricity and gas should be considered when reducing cost or reducing waste. The following is information about the Nicor Energy Efficiency Program for manufacturers.

Various Kinds of Chocolate from Palatine, IL

Morkes Chocolates is a manufacturer of confectionery products for retail, corporate and wholesale clients. Respecting the traditional chocolates of the past, Morkes Chocolates manufacturers our own cream centers - butter, vanilla, maple, orange and raspberry creams, to name a few. However, we are not an ‘old’ chocolate company in any sense. We celebrate innovation and are constantly testing new recipes to add to our chocolate line, while always striving to maintain our true mission of a pure, natural and great tasting chocolate confection.

EMAC, Inc., offers a comprehensive line of products and services for the embedded systems market.
Since 1984 EMAC has provided customers worldwide with Single Board Computers, I/O peripherals, System on Modules (SoM's), Panel PCs, Custom Engineering and Manufacturing Services. We offer end to end custom engineering and manufacturing of system on module and panel PCs. In addition, EMAC provides integration, testing, configuration, and technical support with every unit regardless of quantity. Upon request, we can schedule multiple shipments for bulk orders (some restrictions apply).

PortionPac manufactures highly concentrated, pre-measured cleaning products that reduce the resources used throughout the lifecycle of production, storage, distribution and disposal, minimize the adverse effects of chemicals on the environment, and eliminate the unsafe and ineffective habits of traditional cleaning procedures.

Fundamental new relationship with Department of Housing and Economic Development to Focus on Strengthening the State of Manufacturing in Chicago

Chicago’s City Council approved a new ordinance formalizing a new relationship with the Illinois Manufacturing Extension Center (IMEC), the Illinois center for the U.S. Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology, Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NIST-MEP). The ordinance aligns IMEC staff with the Department of Housing and Economic Development to assist in implementing the Chicago Sustainable Industries effort which coordinates the economic, social and environmental aspects of Chicago's manufacturing sector.