First Midwest Corporation (Minneapolis, Minn.).

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First Midwest had its beginnings in the 1959 incorporation of First Midwest Small Business Investment Company. In 1961 the name of the firm was changed to First Midwest Capital Corporation. A holding company, First Midwest Corporation, was established in 1970, with First Midwest Capital Corporation continuing as its small business investment company (SBIC) subsidiary. In 1985 the directors of First Midwest Corporation voted to liquidate, citing unfavorable 1984 tax law changes, anticipated cuts in Small Business Administration (SBA) loan programs, and expenses involved in reporting to the SBA and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Alan K. Ruvelson, donor of the collection, served as president of the First Midwest companies from 1959 until 1985.

From the guide to the Corporate Records., 1948-2000., (Minnesota Historical Society)

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associatedWith Aircraft Instruments Corporation (Saint Paul, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Anderson Cornelius Company (Eden Prairie, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Andrews Manufacturing Company (Saint Louis Park, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Applied Spectrum Technologies, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Autobody Supply, Inc. (Saint Paul, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Betacom Corporation (Saint Paul, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Camax Systems, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Colight, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Comserv Corporation (Mendota Heights, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Council Laboratories, Inc. (Saint Paul, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Cray Research, Inc. corporateBody
associatedWith Crown Auto Stores, Inc. (Eden Prairie, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Data 100 Corporation (Minneapolis, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Datatext Systems Incorporated (Bloomington, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Dicomed Corporation (Minneapolis, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Drill's Marine, Inc. (Duluth, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Eye Kraft Optical, Inc. (Saint Cloud, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith First Concord Corporation (Rochester, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith First Midwest Capital Corporation (Minneapolis, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith First Midwest Capital Corporation (Minneapolis, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith First Midwest Small Business Investment Company (Minneapolis, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith HEI Inc. corporateBody
associatedWith HEI Inc. corporateBody
associatedWith H. & Val J. Rothschild, Inc. (Saint Paul, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Infinite Graphics Incorporated (Minneapolis, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Interplastic Corporation (Minneapolis, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Little Falls Super Market, Inc. (Little Falls, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Maple Plain Company (Maple Plain, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Medtown Park, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Midtown Park, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Minnesota Television Relay System, Inc. (Fargo, N.D.). corporateBody
associatedWith Montevideo Technology, Inc. (Montevideo, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Multi-Arc Vacuum Systems Incorporated (Saint Paul, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith N.F.C. Engineering Company (Anoka, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Nutrition World, Inc. (Edina, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Possis Machine Corporation (Minneapolis, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith RBA, Inc. (Olivia, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith RBA, Inc. (Olivia, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Royal Pantry Foods, Inc. (Madelia, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Ruvelson, Alan K., 1917-. person
associatedWith Silverline, Inc. (Moorhead, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Streater Industries, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Structural Wood Corporation (Saint Paul, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Sun Plant Products, Inc. (Gonvick, Minn.). corporateBody
associatedWith Universal Warren Company (Warren, Mich.). corporateBody
associatedWith Westgate Drug, Inc. (Winona, Minn.). corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Michigan--Warren
Minnesota--Minneapolis
Subject
Automated tellers
Capitalists and financiers
Capitalists and financiers
Grocery trade
Investments
Manufactures
Parking garages
Parking garages
Real estate development
Real estate development
Seed industry and trade
Small business
Small business investment companies
Small business investment companies
Television relay systems
Venture capital
Venture capital
Occupation
Activity

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Active 1948

Active 2000

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