A.L.P. Lighting Components

Bankier Companies was founded in 1979 with the intent to change the way molded plastic was manufactured with improved design, tools and materials. The company produces molded plastic products using injection molding, encapsulation, thermoforming and plastic fabrication methods. With its comprehensive product responsibility approach, Bankier is involved in every phase of product development from engineering and assembly to decorating and packaging. Completed products are distributed from Bankier s ISO 9001 certified warehouse, which has a capacity for approximately 100 truckloads of merchandise. Bankier Companies is based in Niles, Ill.

Talk-A-Phone Company is a communications manufacturer based in Chicago. The company has been providing communication solutions across the globe for more than 65 years. Talk-A-Phone started in the 1930s as manufacture of low- and high- priced record players. The company worked for the military and industry producing intercoms in the 1940s. Intercom and emergency phone systems for the military and industry was Talk-A-Phones core business through the 1970s. Since then the company has provided communication equipment for banks, fast food restaurants, automated gas stations and convenience stores. Now Talk-A-Phone constructs low powered radio frequency and cellular communication units.