BUSINESS

October projects top $5 million

Two more confined feeding operations topped building permits issued in October by the Jay/Portland Building and Planning office.

Ardagh shelves another IPO

Ardagh has shelved an initial public offering of stock in its metal container business among uncertainty over the U.S. IPO market.

Walgreens acquires Rite Aid

Walgreens has acquired rival drug store company Rite Aid for about $9.41 billion in cash.

ATI reports rough third quarter

The stock price of Allegheny Technologies Inc. took a tumble this week after the company, parent of Portland Forge, reported a third quarter loss of $144.6 million or $1.35 per share.

JR Mfg. expanding Fort plant

Work is underway on a 15,000-square-foot expansion of Fort Recovery’s JR Manufacturing plant at 900 Industrial Drive.

New restaurant aims at lunchtime crowd

A new restaurant has opened in downtown Portland for lunchtime customers.

Nomination time for chamber awards

Business roundup

Food and drink winners named

Jay County Chamber of Commerce has announced the award winners from Jay County Food and Drink Festival.

Display Craft on the move

Display Craft Signs has finally moved to its new location.

FCC tops permit list

FCC Indiana’s expansion project was the most expensive one in the Jay/Portland Building and Planning office’s August and September permits.

The CR's staff honored for ads

The advertising staff of The Commercial Review received five awards in the Hoosier State Press Association’s annual advertising and promotion contest.

Engineers open local office

Choice One Engineering expanded into Indiana Tuesday as its Portland location officially opened at 607 N. Meridian St.

More new jobs headed to Berne

Up to 140 new jobs will be coming to Berne as two companies establish operations in the former Ficosa building on Liechty Road. Sherrill Investments and Indiana Coatings Inc. are investing $4 million in the facility.

Ardagh honored for innovation

Ardagh Group, the parent company of glass container plants in Dunkirk and Winchester, continues to break new ground in the area of environmental best practices.

Crawmer awarded solar thermal patent

Portland native Don Crawmer has been awarded a U.S. patent for what’s been called a breakthrough in solar thermal technology.
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