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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, Peter Bulat founded Automatic Precision, Inc.
3(API) 45 years ago in 1976, and it was established on Nashville
4Street in Chicago; and
 
5    WHEREAS, API moved to River Grove and expanded to a second
6building located in Franklin Park in 1980; and
 
7    WHEREAS, API then moved to Harwood Heights in 1986 and
8added a second Harwood Heights location in 2000; and
 
9    WHEREAS, API opened a CNC Swiss dedicated facility in
10Harwood Heights in 2013; and
 
11    WHEREAS, API manufactures Escomatic and CNC Swiss
12precision parts with a specialization in electrical contacts
13and connectors and operates two buildings, which house more
14than 200 machines; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Peter Bulat continues to operate this
16family-owned business with his two sons, Chris and John Bulat,
17who serve as vice president and treasurer/CFO, respectively;
18and
 
19    WHEREAS, API serves 21 industries, including the aerospace

 

 

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1and aircraft, electronics, medical, plumbing, and robotics
2industries; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Valuing the craftsmen who produce and take pride
4in quality products, API has committed to state of the art
5manufacturing technology, demonstrated talent for solving
6problems creatively in engineering, and applied rigorous
7measures in quality assurance while subscribing to
8philosophies in exemplary customer service; and
 
9    WHEREAS, API is also dedicated to improving the
10environment and exercises duties such as recycling scrap
11properly and capturing and containing cutting fluids to be
12recycled or removed and reused in other industries; therefore,
13be it
 
14    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
15HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
16we congratulate Peter Bulat, Chris Bulat, and John Bulat, and
17we recognize 45 years of their successful operation of
18Automatic Precision, Inc. and their years of dedication to
19their craft and community; and be it further
 
20    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
21presented to Peter Bulat, Chris Bulat, and John Bulat as an
22expression of our esteem and respect.