$16 million question: Champaign or Iowa City?

CHAMPAIGN – William Boulanger decided Champaign-Urbana was the ideal place to start his chemical supply company.

In 2002, the research chemist did so with the establishment of Obiter Research. Today, the company employs 11 people at EnterpriseWorks and the Technology Commercialization Building, both on the University of Illinois campus.

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