Business Notes

Public relations firm William Silverman & Co. and HealthCounsel Ltd. has ceased operations.

Orion Consulting has created a full-service public relations consulting practice.

The Talisker Group has formed a holding company called Talisker Communications Ltd., which owns Talisker Direct, a direct marketing firm, Talisker Group, an advertising agency and Talisker Publications, a publishing venture.

Mayfield Heights-based accounting firm Zucker & Warfield Inc. has merged with and will adopt the name of Ciuni & Panichi Inc. in Beachwood.

Patio Enclosures Inc. has been awarded a Bronze Telly award for outstanding non-network and cable TV commercials, for the “This Old Porch” spot.

Specialty apparel retailer Paul Harris Stores Inc. has opened its first downtown store at the Galleria at Erieview.

Crystaloid Electronics Co. has merged with Jackson Products Inc., which will reorganize as Crystaloid Technologies Inc.

Kotecki Stone Products has opened a new showroom at the main plant at 3636 Pearl Road, Cleveland.

Coldwell Banker Hunter Realty has moved its Lyndhurst operation to The Waterstone Medical Center, 14100 Cedar Road, University Heights.

Cleveland-based Salem Communications and Marketing Inc. has expanded its “The Shuffle” coupon delivery device to Key West and Orlando, Fla.

The product and distribution operations of Atlas Steel Products Co. have been certified to the QS-9000, 1995, and ISO 9002, 1994, international quality system standard.

Smythe, Cramer Co. has opened a new branch office at 484 W. Aurora Road, Sagamore Hills.

The economic development organization known as MidTown Corridor has had its named changed to MidTown Cleveland.

Pinnacle Manufacturing has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Hasbro Inc. to produce and market four of the toy company’s children’s games.

Roulston & Co. has announced plans to relocate its corporate headquarters to a new three-story building to be constructed on Euclid Avenue beginning in the third quarter of 1998.

The company known as Gateway AmSafe Inc. has changed its named to Gateway Safety Inc.

Andrews Moving and Storage has received the Quality Award from the Military Traffic Management Command for service provided to the Department of Defense.

Tanglewood Country Club has announced the addition of an all-Adidas golf pro shop for the 1998 golf season.

Following acquisition, Inter-City Express will become part of TransCom Express, the trucking division of Bonnie Speed Delivery Inc.

Vantage One Communications Group has been selected as one of ChannelSeven’s Top 100 Web agencies.

A new photography studio, Poses-A Studio has opened in Rocky River.

The Convention & Visitors Bureau of Greater Cleveland has begun an international marketing effort to promote Greater Cleveland and the region as a premier U.S. visitor destination.

Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co. L.P.A. has opened a separate operations center in Brooklyn Heights to accommodate the company’s growth.

EDR Technologies received an Innovation award from Enterprise Development Inc. for a hardware and software design that delivers media from a central server to the point-of-purchase in retail stores.

The law firm of Buckley King & Bluso has expanded into the Greater Toledo area by merging with White, Moody, Diethelm & Skiver L.L.C.

The Milbourn Pressworks Co. has been recognized with several awards, including Best of Show and a Certificate of Merit, at the Tenth Annual North Coast Print Competition presented by the Printing Industries Association of Northern Ohio.

Dollar Bank’s online Internet banking system, NetBanking, has been selected for inclusion in the Smithsonian Institution’s Permanent Research Collection as part of the 1998 Computerworld Smithsonian Innovation Collection.

Prudential HealthCare has announced it will offer the SeniorCare product to Medicare-eligible residents in Lorain, Summit, Stark and parts of Geauga counties.

Cerone Inc. has become the third tenant at the Lewis Incubator for Technology.

The Cleveland Browns Trust has been selected to receive the 1998 Marketing Excellence award from the Cleveland chapter of the American Marketing Association.

Berardi’s Fresh Roast has been selected by The Specialty Coffee Association of America as the exclusive Midwest training site for its annual Espresso Training Lab.