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2. List of companies in the Chicago metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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   The Chicago metropolitan area – also known as "Chicagoland" – is the metropolitan area associated with the city of Chicago, Illinois, and its suburbs. [2] With an estimated population of 9.4 million people, [3] it is the third largest metropolitan area in the United States [4] and the region most connected to the city through geographic ...

3. Watsco - Wikipedia

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   Watsco, Inc. is a distributor of air conditioning, heating and refrigeration equipment, and related parts and supplies (HVAC/R) in the United States. [2] Watsco was founded more than 60 years ago as a manufacturer of parts, components, and tools used in the HVAC/R industry.

4. Midwest Manufacturing Company - Wikipedia

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   S. S. “Stu” Battles was chief engineer of Ingersoll Steel Company in Chicago. He and Clarence Bullock, a salesman who called on Ingersoll, formed Midwest Enameling & Stamping Company to manufacture refrigerators. In 1934, they purchased an empty plant in Morrison, IL from Illinois Refrigeration Company, which had built wooden ice boxes. [1]

5. W. W. Grainger - Wikipedia

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   The company was founded as a supplier for businesses by William Wallace Grainger in 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, and incorporated as W. W. Grainger, Inc., in 1928. [7] Sales in the early days were generated primarily through mail order via post cards and a catalog. The MotorBook, as the catalog was originally called, was the basis for today's ...

6. Middleby - Wikipedia

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   It was recognized again for its exporting in 2001 as a recipient of the Governor's Export Award presented by then Illinois Governor George Ryan. [39] Middleby made the Crain's Chicago Business Fast 50 list in 2013, [40] also being recognized on the list in 2007 [41] and 2009. [42] It received a NRA Kitchen Innovations Award in 2013 for its WOW!

7. Wirtz Corporation - Wikipedia

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   Wirtz Corporation is an American holding company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. It was founded in 1926 by Arthur Wirtz as a family-owned corporation to oversee his real estate holdings. [ 1 ] The company shortly thereafter expanded into liquor distribution. [ 2 ]