Business Notebook: 10/22

ACHIEVEMENTS

■ Hart Inc., a Toledo advertising and marketing firm, is to be honored with the Best Nonprofit Media Coverage Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals Northwest Ohio Chapter.

Career specialist Vault.com ranks Owens Corning's internship program 21st nationally.

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■ Toledo insulation and shingles maker Owens Corning ranked 21st in a national assessment of internship programs by career specialist Vault.com. OC ranked second best in Best Tech and Engineering internships and in Best Retail and Consumer Products internships.

■ Monroe Bank & Trust has received the Economic Bridge Builder of the Year Award from the American Arab Chamber of Commerce.

■ Joseph Sweeney has been appointed vice president and senior client advisor in Wealth Management for PNC Toledo.

■ Dana Inc., a Maumee automotive supplier, had its constant-velocity joint for pickup trucks named as a finalist for the 2018 Automotive News PACE Awards.

■ Richard Prokup of Danberry Co. of Toledo has been named in the top five of Dollar Volume Sales as part of the 2017 President’s Sales Clubs of the Ohio Realtors.

Business Achievements, with news of management promotions, corporate board appointments, and awards, runs each week. Email announcements to business@theblade.com or fax to 419-724-6147.Write “Business Achievements” in the message field.

CALENDAR

■ The Glass City Toastmasters Club’s special meeting is 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. Call 812-568-9109 for location. Free and open to the public.

■ The Center for Innovative Food Technology is holding a seminar on food recalls at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Northwest Ohio Cooperative Kitchen, 13737 Middleton Pike (State Rt. 582) near Bowling Green. Speaker: Stacy Vernon, the center’s project manager. Cost: $30 for kitchen tenants, $45 for others. Advance registration preferred. Call 419-535-6000, ext. 140, email rsvp@ciftinnovation.org, or go to ciftinnovation.org.

■ The Toledo Club Toastmasters will meet at 7 a.m. Friday on the fifth floor of the Toledo Club at 14th Street and Madison Avenue, downtown Toledo. Open to the public and free. For more information, go to toledoclub.toastmastersclubs.org.

Notice of business meetings must be received by The Blade 10 days before the event. Send items by email to business@theblade.com or by fax to 419-724-6147. Write “Business Calendar” in the message field.

TRANSITIONS

■ Pet supply store Pet Valu has opened its store at 27072 Carronade Dr. in the Perrysburg Marketplace Shopping Center

■ Farm Girls Vintage Boutique is to hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11 a.m. Thursday at 127 S. Main St., Bowling Green.

Business Transitions, which include business moves and openings, should be sent by email to business@theblade.com or by fax to 419-724-6147. Write “Business Transitions” in the message field.

PATENTS

The following U.S. Patents were granted to inventors in Lucas, Fulton, Wood, Lenawee, and Monroe counties and published in the Official Gazette of the Patent and Trademark Office during June, 2017. For more information call the Toledo Lucas County Public Library, Business Technology Department, at 419-259-5209.

■ #9,683,472: Electromagnetically controlled injector having flux bridge and flux break. Assigned to: Tenneco Automotive Operating Co. Inc., Lake Forest, Ill. Stephen M. Thomas, Laingsburg, Mich., Matthew L. Roessle, Temperance, Rick Simpson, Lasalle, Mich., and Eric Grant, Ypsilanti, Mich.

■ #9,683,574: Debris resistant thrust bearing assembly for high speed hydraulic centrifugal turbines and pumps. Assigned to: Energy Recovery Inc., San Leandro, Calif. Felix Winkler, Oakland, and Jeffrey Michael Calkins, Petersburg, Mich.

■ #9,683,820: Aircraft, missile, projectile, or underwater vehicle with reconfigurable control surfaces and method of reconfiguring. Assigned to: Orbital Research Inc., Cleveland. Mehul Patel, Chandler, Ariz., T. Terry Ng, Sylvania, Alan B. Cain, Chesterfield, Mo., Zak Sowle, Centerville, Ohio, and Jack DiCocco, Broadview Heights, Ohio.

■ #9,684,437: Memorization system and method. Assigned to: Not assigned. Michael L. Thornton II, Temperance.

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