Painting Machines refer to the machines used in painting process in this report. Its role is mainly to spray paint on the target object. WAGNER, Graco, EXEL Industries, Cefla Finishing and captured the top five market share spots in the Painting Machines market in 2015, which dominated with 75.17 percent market share altogether. Although there is a certain profit space in Painting Machines industry, the study group recommends the new entrants who with only advantage in capital without sufficient support in technology and downstream channels do not enter into the Painting Machines industry hastily.

The apprentice would spend 300 hours — 7.5 weeks — learning “basic procedures and routine” for a body shop, including “Use and maintenance of typical shop tools and equipment; shop safety practices; exposure to basic mechanical concepts and procedures.”

"The owner was a Vietnamese refugee," she said. "Anybody can come here and live the American dream. There was an influx of refugees who came over, made an income, worked hard, and built their own wealth. The owner realized the American dream."

• Bayless Elementary, 2115 58th St.: observed improper labeling on large container of ranch dressing. Observed improper storage of soiled items. Observed soiled gaskets on reach-in cooling unit. Observed mops not properly air drying at the time of inspection. Corrected on site. Observed soiled floors in dry storage area. Corrected by next routine inspection.

Painter said she’s concerned about the VR/AR/MR industry "driving toward oversimplification of what people do."

"It’s a nice story," she said. "He gave us this opportunity when we had no other place to go. We were very lucky he had this place. It’s been a whirlwind of a year, but we’ve been able to gain some new employees, more square footage and some new clients. It’s been a blessing in disguise."

If we’re really going to fulfill the mission to ‘make reforestation scaleable’ by providing a tool to mitigate the worst effects of climate change, we’ve got to get beyond just the US. That means expanding to other countries. I’ve lived 10 years abroad and strongly believe that locals are always more efficient in their home countries than expats. So we’ll put the technology into the hands of locals while setting up either joint ventures, licensing, or royalty structures. We’ve been looking at Canada after the Fort McMurray Fire and already have a Special Flight Operations Certificate from their regulatory agency. We’re also looking at New Zealand where the billion tree program has allocated $245 Million NZD to fund tree planting projects. To enter New Zealand, we’ll need local Kiwis, government agencies, and philanthropic foundations to identify land for planting projects and contact us. We’ll help Te Uru Rākau, New Zealand’s Forestry Agency, get the technology into the hands of locals. Our technology will reduce the caloric cost to the field crews so the work is physically sustainable year after year.

In 2011 Hood became involved in Bomag’s acquisition of Cederapids, evaluating the product line and distribution network. He was then tapped as director of sales for North America, a position he held until 2016 when he left Bomag to start his own company.

"We gutted it and put in new carpet, tile, floors and booths," Champagne said. "We redid every booth, every chair in the place. We got granite and stainless steel in the kitchen. Everything back there is new." 

Over the last two years, we’ve worked with 3 of the 5 largest timber companies in the US spraying to protect trees. Scaleable methods to control competitive vegetation (spray) are vital to seed survival rate, so we spent considerable time figuring out how to do this with drones. We’re very excited about reducing costs for our customers with targeted spraying. We do this by using aircraft and software that enables us to spray just the 3-5 acres of Scotch Broom or Himalayan Blackberries in a 100-acre unit. As herbicides are a major cost center for all our customers they are also quite excited about methods to reduce their use. We keep getting invited to renew contracts and signing new ones, so that’s one indicator that we’re doing good work.

"If they don’t advance from a technology standpoint, someone can come in and steal the business," Munster said. "But by advancing on that, it can be negative for their business too, because you usher in a new generation of machines that potentially would need less maintenance."

Recently opened Kitaro Surf & Turf & Sushi aims to bring a downtown Chicago-like dining experience to the new Centennial Village development in Munster.