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Daily Herald Business Ledger: Suburban companies share spotlight at Chicago Innovation Awards

by | Nov 17, 2016

While its spotlight was focused on the city, a number of suburban companies came away with top honors at the 15th annual Chicago Innovation Awards.

The annual awards, founded by Tom Kuczmarski, senior partner and president of Kuczmarski Innovation, and former Chicago business journalist Dan Miller, honor companies and organizations that develop new products and services that help define the region as an innovation hub.

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