Published: June 29, 2009 09:38 pm         

Business Briefly: June 30, 2009

Bloomingdale

Futurex Industries celebrates award

Futurex Industries, Inc., a west-central Indiana plastics manufacturer, recently celebrated its 40th year. It marked the receipt of INSHARP recognition from the Indiana Department of Labor IOSHA/InSafe.

This recognition is exclusive and only a few companies in Indiana reach the standards set by the program.

The celebration was staged at Futurex’s Plant No. 1 in Bloomingdale on June 23.

The award was marked by a cookout for employees.

Futurex Industries, Inc. was awarded the Indiana Governor’s Safety Award at the Indiana Health and Safety Expo earlier in 2009 for its commitment to safety and safety outreach and cooperation.

Futurex Industries, Inc. is a plastic sheet extrusion, die cutting, screen printing and specialty fabricating corporation with plants in Bloomingdale, Marshall and Terre Haute.



Birds, Ill.

Winery receives more medals for wines

Purgatory Cellars/White Owl Winery, (whiteowlwinery.com) of Birds announces all five of their wines entered in the Illinois State Fair Wine Competition have won awards. The competition was June 8-10 in Urbana.

The wines to take medals were:

• Persimmon Solera: Silver

• Purgatory Red: Silver

• Purgatory White: Silver

• Sensuous White: Bronze

• Five Buck Huck: Bronze

According to winery co-founder and marketing director, Joy Neighbors, this was the first competition that all five of the Purgatory Cellars line of wines had been entered in.

Close to 300 commercial wines were evaluated by 13 judges. Judging criteria was based on color, balance, clarity, taste and finish. Only Illinois commercial wineries were allowed to compete in this competition.

Purgatory Cellars/White Owl Winery is 10 miles northwest of Vincennes in Illinois. The winery is open from noon to 5 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday.



Carlisle

Facility recommended for reaccreditation

The Wabash Valley Correctional Facility has been recommended for reaccreditation by the visiting American Correctional Association Audit Team.

The three member team of correctional professionals spent three days touring the more-than-340-acre maximum-security facility, talking to staff and offenders and reviewing documentation. To make the grade the facility met 59 mandatory standards and 451 of 456 non-mandatory standards. The standards confirm Wabash Valley meets safety, security, sanitation, physical plant, food service, medical, training and other requirements.

Wabash Valley received an impressive total score of 98.9 percent.

Richard Hudley, chairman of the audit committee, was positive in his comments about the facility and its staff.

“Everyone at Wabash Valley we talked to was friendly, knowledgeable and highly professional. I can see why the facility has been a past recipient of Facility of the Year honors by the Indiana Department of Correction,” he said.

Wabash Valley Superintendent Bruce Lemmon said “reaccreditation is awarded to the Best of the Best in the corrections field and our staff demonstrated their dedication and commitment to public safety.”

Benefits of accreditation include a safer environment for staff and offenders, improved staff morale and professionalism along with defense against lawsuits.

The Wabash Valley Correctional Facility is a maximum-minimum security facility housing over 2,100 offenders with nearly 759 staff, making it one of the top employers in Sullivan County.