Business Memos/Company News
In-home care business recognized John and Sarah Pacchetti, owners of Home Instead Senior Care, were honored for outstanding business performance within the Home Instead Senior Care network. The network’s 65,000 caregivers in 950 franchised businesses, including in the Mankato area, provide non-medical in-home care and companionship to older adults.
Bolton & Menk has continued to rise on the list since 1996. The firm said its reputation, together with expanding expertise has enabled them to maintain long-lasting relationships with their clients and expand their market share in the Upper Midwest. Bolton & Menk they have a staff of more than 265. Their corporate offices are in Mankato, with several offices in Minnesota and Iowa.
■■■ ■■■ Student business repays loan IBE Giving Inc., the student-run business within the College of Business at Minnesota State University successfully completed course requirements and re-paid its loan to United Prairie Bank. The IBE (Integrated Business Experience) program gives students real-world experiences in running a business. The group’s products include cotton T-shirts with a vintage Maverick logo and purple collapsible water bottles that sport the MSU logo. ■■■ HickoryTech upgrades YA system Enventis, a subsidiary of HickoryTech, completed the deployment of a Cisco Unified Computing System for Young America, an incentive marketing firm, at their headquarters in Edina. Enventis created a single converged system to increase data center capacity to handle their growing volume of business and enhance productivity. ■■■ Nesvold gets credit union recognition Dick Nesvold of SouthPoint Federal Credit Union in Sleepy Eye has received the Minnesota Credit Union Network’s Outstanding Credit Union Professional of the Year award. Nesvold has served as president & CEO for 16 years. Under his leadership, the credit union has seen a steady rise in membership, an expansion in its products and services, the opening of two branch offices and most recently the expansion of their field of membership to the counties of Blue Earth, Brown, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville and Sibley. ■■■ Kato Roofing recognized Kato Roofing was recognized by Firestone Building Products with the 2012 Firestone Master Contractor Award. From a network of more than 3,000 licensed roofing contractors, the firm is among the top 256 commercial roofing contractors to be honored for high-quality roofing system installation and outstanding service. ■■■ Bolton & Menk moves up earnings ranking Bolton & Menk placed at 242 in revenue for 2011 in the annual ranking of the top 500 engineering design firms by the Engineering News-Record.
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ADM plant honored for safety The Minnesota Safety Council has awarded Governor’s Safety Awards to Archer Daniels Midland Company for superior performance in workplace safety and health at the company’s soybean crushing plant and vegetable oil refinery in Mankato. Joel Leonard is the safety coordinator at ADM’s Mankato facilities. Since 1934, the annual Governor’s Safety Awards program has honored Minnesota employers with exceptional safety performance. The Mankato facilities employ 130 people. ■■■ TBEI, Inc. Names New Director of Engineering Lake Crystal-based TBEI Inc. named James “Archie” England as director of engineering. For the past three years, England served in a similar position at SMI Inc. Truck Bodies & Equipment International (TBEI) encompasses five leading manufacturers of dump truck bodies, hoists and truck & trailer equipment ■■■ Greenwald becomes part owner in vet clinic Premier Veterinary Center announced that Nancy Greenwald is now part owner of both the Mankato and Waseca locations. Greenwald is a 2010 graduate of the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine. During her time in veterinary school, she also completed a Master’s degree in Public Health. She has Nancy Greenwald been a part of the practice in many different capacities over the last 20 years. ■■■
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