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Relco Buys Pickwick Mfg.

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Relco Buys Pickwick Mfg.
Posted by Victrola1 on Thursday, March 21, 2019 10:52 AM

Pickwick Manufacturing Services, an 80-year-old Cedar Rapids company, has been sold for $5.8 million to a suburban Chicago company.

RELCO of Burr Ridge, Ill., manufactures, repairs and rebuilds railroad locomotives and other rolling stock.

The company, which lists Pickwick under engineering and support services on its website, acquired nine industrial buildings with a total of 89,000 square feet of space on a 20-acre site at 4200 Thomas Dr. SW in Cedar Rapids.

https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/business/chicago-locomotive-manufacturer-relco-burr-ridge-buys-cedar-rapids-company-pickwick-manufacturing-20190320

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Posted by JoeBlow on Friday, March 22, 2019 6:00 PM

Pickwick does metal fabricating services (welding, metal cutting, etc). 

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