Business FYI: Tulsa-based NanoPac wins national award

NEWS & NOTES

Tulsa-based NanoPac wins national award from VFO

NanoPac, a local company that specializes in products and services for people with disabilities, received an award from VFO as the best provider of low vision and blindness electronic devices, software and service in the United States based on sales and outstanding service.

VFO is the world's largest developer of electronic devices and software for individuals who have low vision or are blind.

NanoPac was incorporated in Oklahoma in 1988.

Crowe & Dunlevy achieves healthy business status

Crowe & Dunlevy recently earned a designation as certified healthy business from the Certified Healthy Oklahoma program for its commitment to improving and making a positive impact on the health and wellness of firm employees.

This award recognizes entities who go above and beyond to provide healthy environments for Oklahomans.

Applicants are rated on several factors, including organizational supports, tobacco control, nutrition, physical activity, stress management, mental health, chronic disease prevention and management, occupational health and safety as well as health promotion.

By meeting most or all of these criteria, the firm provides an environment to foster healthy behaviors. Policies, programs and procedures that Crowe & Dunlevy has implemented are designed to continue to improve the lives of employees, visitors and employees' families.

Hideaway unveils pizza to help save monarchs

Hideaway Pizza is joining efforts to save the monarch butterfly and other pollinators with the seasonal release of its honey-drizzled specialty pizza, The Pollinator, until May 14.

Nearly 75 percent of the world's crops require pollination, and pollinator populations have declined in recent years. Oklahoma and Arkansas both lie within the migratory path of the monarch butterfly.

Hideaway will donate 10 percent of proceeds from sales of The Pollinator to support "Okies for Monarchs," an initiative of the Oklahoma Monarch & Pollinator Collaborative, a statewide group of more than 40 organizations working together to protect and enhance suitable habitat for pollinators in Oklahoma.

The Pollinator features an olive oil and garlic glaze, pepperoni, spicy capicola, salami and banana peppers atop fresh mozzarella and a parmesan-herb shake, then drizzled with honey.

Hideaway will also host a free public education series, called "Monarch Meetups," in Norman and Yukon where families can learn from local experts how to plant and maintain their own monarch gardens.

RCB Holding Co. acquires Kansas-based bank

RCB Holding Co., parent company of RCB Bank, acquired Central Bank and Trust Co., which has six locations in Kansas, $323 million in assets and 73 employees.

"We are very grateful to Earl McVicker, chairman, CEO and president of CB&T, for the opportunity to be involved in the Hutchinson community and expand our presence in the Wichita market with additional facilities on the east and west side," said Roger Mosier, RCB president and CEO.

"Mr. McVicker and his team have set a high standard for customer service and community involvement, a model we expect to maintain with the help of his existing employees."

RCB Bank is based in Claremore with a number of locations in Oklahoma, including several in the Tulsa area.

DATA POINT

25

Percent tariff levied on imported steel by President Donald Trump along with 10 percent on imported aluminum.

$11.7 million

Total amount of bonuses paid to Walmart employees in Oklahoma last week.

3

Percentage of Oklahoma tax filers with adjusted gross income of $200,000 or more.

11

Number of nations that signed the Comprehensive and Progressive TransPacific Partnership.

HEADLINES

DEVELOPMENT

Kendall Whittier sees investments

Recent figures released by the Oklahoma Main Street Center show that $130 million in private reinvestment has been poured into Kendall Whittier Main Street since 2010.

FINANCE

Webco CEO named to OKC Fed post

Dana Weber, president and CEO of Sand Springs-based Webco Industries, has been appointed to Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City'sOklahoma City branch board of directors. Weber will serve a three-year term ending in 2020.

MANUFACTURING

Inventors work on body armor

Doug Pray, who owns the AuburnCord-Duesenberg car company in Broken Arrow, and fellow inventor Dale Adams are creating full body armor for law enforcement.

ENERGY

Oklahoma wind, gas recognized

The nation is making economic and energy efficiency gains as renewable and sustainable energy projects continue to get built, and Oklahoma is doing its part with plentiful wind and natural gas.