From Business: Vaughan & Bushnell Mfg. Co. was founded in Peoria, Ill., by Alexander Vaughan. It began as a plumbing business, which consisted of digging wells and piping water into the…

From Business: Endries International provides business-to-business solutions for original equipment manufacturers and maintenance and repair service providers. The company has received ISO…

From Business: True Value Company, headquartered in Chicago, is one of the largest retailer-owned hardware cooperatives worldwide. Established as Cotter & Company in 1948, the company employs…

From Business: Carlson Capitol is located in Rockford, Illinois and was founded in 1945 under the name of Capitol Tool & Die Works, Inc In 1981, Capitol Tool & Die purchased the assets of…

From Business: Estwing Manufacturing produces a variety of handheld construction tools, including nail hammers, axes and wood splitting tools, specialty tools, hatches and roofing toolks, pry…