C-U industrial, distribution firms

   Following is a list of other major industrial and distribution employers in Champaign-Urbana:

   AC Humko, 710 N. Mattis Ave., C: maker of vegetable oils and nondairy creamer; employment 250; headquarters Memphis, Tenn.; parent company Associated British Foods, London.
   Advanced Filtration Systems Inc., 3206 Farber Drive, C: liquid filters business; employment 180; headquarters Champaign; parent companies Caterpillar Inc. and Donaldson Co.
   Alloy Engineering and Casting Co., 1700 W. Washington St., C: maker of heat- and corrosion-resistant castings and exhaust manifolds for trucks; employment 215; parent company Digitron.
   Amdocs Limited, 2109 Fox Drive, C: provider of customer care and billing systems for wireless communication industry; employment 550; headquarters St. Louis.
   American Software and Hardware Distributors, 502 E. Anthony Drive, U: computer hardware and software distributors; estimated employment 100; headquarters Champaign.
   APL Engineered Materials Inc., 2401 N. Willow Road, U: maker of components for lighting; employment 79; headquarters Urbana.
   Associated Transfer & Storage, 301 Wilbur Heights Road, C: distribution/storage business; employment 120; headquarters Champaign.
   Caterpillar Logistics Services, 102 S. Duncan Road, C: inbound logistics center where machine and engine parts are sorted and shipped to other Caterpillar facilities; employment 150-200; parent company Caterpillar Inc., Peoria.
   Clifford Jacobs Forging, 2410 N. Fifth St., C: steel forgings plant; employment 92; headquarters Champaign.
   Collegiate Cap & Gown, 1000 N. Market St., C: maker of graduation and choir gowns; employment 268 (500 during peak season); parent company Herff Jones Inc., Indianapolis.
   Colwell Systems, 201 W. Kenyon Road, C: maker of printed products and business forms for health-care professionals; employment 350; parent company Patterson Dental Co., St. Paul, Minn.
   FedEx Ground, 102 Mercury Drive, C: distribution hub for small packages ground carrier; employment 405; headquarters Pittsburgh; parent company FedEx Corp., Memphis, Tenn.
   Flex-N-Gate Corp., 1306 E. University Ave., U: maker of truck bumpers, parts and accessories; employment 410; headquarters Urbana.
   Frasca International, 906 E. Airport Road, U: developer of flight simulators; employment 125; headquarters Urbana.
   Guardian West, 601 Guardian Way, U: manufacturer of bumpers for automotive industry; employment 475; division of Flex-N-Gate Corp., Urbana.
   Hobbico, 1608 Interstate Drive, C: hobby distributor; employment information unavailable; headquarters Champaign.
   Horizon Hobby Distributors, 4105 Fieldstone Road, C: radio-control hobby products business; employment 250; headquarters Champaign.
   Human Kinetics, 1607 N. Market St., C: publisher of sports and fitness books and educational materials; employment 220; headquarters Champaign.
   Johnson-Ross Corp., 502 S. Kenyon Road, C: maker of concrete batch plants and mixers; employment 115; parent company CMI Corp., Oklahoma City.
   Motorola, 1101 E. University Ave., U: software designer for wireless telephone equipment; employment 150; headquarters Schaumburg.
   Plastic Container Corp., 2508 N. Oak St., U: maker of plastic bottles; employment 100; headquarters Urbana.
   Plastipak Packaging, 3310 W. Springfield Ave., C: maker of rigid plastic containers; employment 600; headquarters Plymouth, Mich.
   Rockwell Automation/ Allen-Bradley, 2802 W. Bloomington Road, C: distributor of automated control devices; employment 140; parent company Rockwell Automation, Milwaukee.
   Solo Cup, 1505 E. Main St., U: maker of plastic cups; employment information unavailable; headquarters Highland Park.
   Supervalu, 2611 N. Lincoln Ave., U: food products distribution center; employment 600-plus; headquarters Eden Prairie, Minn.
   United Parcel Service Inc., 2809 N. Lincoln Ave., U: package delivery center; employment 140; headquarters Atlanta.
   Vesuvius USA, 1404 Newton Drive, C: maker of molten metal flow control and protection products; employment 250; parent company Cookson Group, London.
   White Cap Inc., 3209 Farber Drive, C: maker of container closures; employment 115; parent company Schmalbach-Lubeca, Downers Grove.
   Wolfram Research, 100 Trade Center Drive, C: maker/developer of mathematics software; employment 250; headquarters Champaign.

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