JGEREN was founded in 2013 by friends Lori Wallis and Jen Gerenraich. Jen and Lori share a love for design, the city of Chicago, and all things leather. JGEREN is their collaborative vision to create a truly Chicago based luxury lifestyle brand, offering women’s handbags and accessories, men’s bags and accessories, outerwear, jewelry, and home goods made from the finest leathers available.
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For 57 years, Abbey Metal Service’s been providing commercial and industrial customers with tanks, linings, welding, and fabrication. They takes pride in their competitive pricing, and are available to quote even the most unique of projects. Abbey Metal Services is available for all custom fabrication and tank repair needs! As a member of the American Welding Society, they offers quality products and services according to precise specifications.
With over 40 years of experience, D&J Metalcraft has the knowledge and experience to provide any company with the parts they need. From the simplest, to the most complex, from prototyping to production. D&J is confident that they can meet and surpass all requirements.
Conveniently located in Ravenswood on Chicago’s north-side, D&J can provide their services no matter where you’re located.
Providing precision crafted metal products, D&J is here to serve you. They offer a variety of services including automatic inserts, grinding, surface finish, vertical bandsaw, horizontal bandsaw, prototyping, product assembly, and more.
Pioneer Service is a Certified Women-Owned contract manufacturer that specializes in CNC Swiss machining, CNC turning, and Centerless Grinding services. In 1990 Pioneer Service started with a few screw machines, centerless grinders and a young woman passionate about developing a machining business that delivers top-quality parts. Today Pioneer Service delivers quick turn-around times for prototype and production volume orders. They are AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 certified, and able to meet the needs of Aerospace, Electric Vehicles, Firearms, Hydraulics and Fluid Power, Medical and Dental, Oil and Gas, and many other demanding industries.
They have been serving customers throughout North America since 1990, with precision machined Swiss parts as their primary specialty. Their top quality equipment provides them with the flexibility to make parts that meet any budget or deadline goal, and their strong values provide customers with peace of mind.
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.
The PortionPac System offers a complete line of products for cleaning and disinfecting office complexes, government and civic buildings, health care facilities and hospitality. Some of their customers include: building service contractors, K-12 janitorial services, colleges and universities, and U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). All Purpose Cleaner pH Neutral Germicidal Detergent BowlPac Bathroom Cleaner GlassPac Glass Cleaner MopPacLITE pH Neutral Floor Cleaner SteamPac Carpet Extraction Detergent.
They pride themselves on progressive leadership, user-centric educational services, innovative products and packaging that are easier on the environment and safer for customers.
Since 1997, KVF Quad Corporation’s quality management system has been ISO Certified, and continues to maintain their qualifications to the most current revisions. KVF has a long history of providing quality products to customers such as Case-New Holland, Caterpillar, John Deere and a host of other companies who provide quality parts to the agricultural, aerospace, automotive, medical and construction industries.
KVF focuses on monitoring customer satisfaction, using quality suppliers and products, practicing continual improvement policies, and minimizing rework and waste. KVF’s quality policy and motto “To meet or exceed our customer’s expectations” reflects how actions bear testimony towards their total commitment. Listening to their customer, determining needs, defining product requirements and applying measures ensure that their processes provide consistent uniform results and continuous customer satisfaction.
In 1953, Midco designed an innovative new charcoal-free, gas-fired broiler for famed Chicago restaurant Don Roth's Black Hawk Restaurant. In time, industry demand for this exceptional development resulted in the creation of the EmberGlo division, a branch of Midco International dedicated to the needs of the food service industry.
Over the years, the EmberGlo division has expanded to encompass not only gas and electric broilers but a full line of heavy-duty food steamers and commercial kitchen accessories. Although the product line has expanded, the essential elements of EmberGlo's success have remained the same quality, reliability, durability and customer service.
As a manufacturer of Broilers and Steamers for 60 Years, EmberGlo's popular Gas Broilers are carefully designed to be all-ceramic, open-hearth, charcoal-free and include the exclusive patented Flaretrol system to control flame flare ups and has the added benefit of No Messy Grease pan. They also provide food Steamers for counter tops that can be direct water hook up or self contained. Front open models can fit under the counter.
EmberGlo is an ISO 9001 Registered Company, and are committed to providing quality products, innovative solutions through technology and value added services to all customers.
They first opened their doors in 1916 in Rockford, Illinois. Throughout the years, Excelsior has been able to combine the sophistication required to deal with large international OEM manufacturers while retaining the scale and personal service valued by companies of all sizes. Whether it is a standard part for a household consumer product or proprietary piece for an aerospace company, their team will work with customers to design, prototype and manufacture parts that meet the exact specifications of any project.
Excelsior takes pride in their expansive material stock, high level of technical competence, rapid prototyping, processes, flexible delivery and stocking programs, and their AS9100 Aerospace quality management system!
Grandma Toste was born in 1913 in Lynn, Massachusetts to Mario Pustorino and Lucrezia Fattorie. Both her parents were from Calabria, Italy and spoke little to no English but learned the language quickly. They both became citizens and raised Grandma Toste to be a great baker and cook. She loved entertaining and feeding her family and friends with many of her favorite recipes.
After marrying Grandpa Toste, they became the proud owners of the Finesse Bakery in Boston and later a wonderful Italian restaurant in Chicago called Christina’s. Grandma Toste has been sharing the family cannoli filling and cannoli filled cakes since 1940. Grandma Toste’s gourmet dessert products are available at a number of local food markets and grocery stores including Casey’s food store in Naperville and Mariano’s Fresh Markets in the Chicagoland area.
Since their founding in 1959, Jarco has built quality into every aspect of every unit. From initial design to the final inspection, a Jarco unit is fabricated to be the most reliable truck on the road. From bumper to bumper, they ensure that their tank trucks reflects quality.
Jarco takes pride in their dedicated and skilled people who are inspired to provide products and customer service that exceed expectations. They prioritize building and maintaining strong relationships with their customers, suppliers and industry.
A Jarco tank unit is truly engineered chassis to tank, beginning on the drawing board. Matching the tank to the correct chassis is a critical step, considering carefully the correct wheelbase, axle capacity, transmission choices and federal and state regulations. Jarco expertise aims to provide the right results for any specific needs.
