Corporate Innovation Success Stories

Each company in the Research Park has a story. From homegrown startups rooted in the incubator to corporations with innovation centers, these companies found success. Read the success stories of the past and present of Research Park here.

The University of Illinois System profiles the success story of the Sync...
Internships at Research Park companies offer University of Illinois stud...
Sparking new ideas: bp’s Research Park innovation center addressi...
Yazmine Carbajal, an industrial-design student, wants to help older peop...
How good ideas grow from academic partnerships This summer, a group of ...
Abbott‘s satellite research and development facility at the Resear...
The Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Bioenergy Modeling Center in Research P...
Ameren was created by the combination of three Illinois utilities (CIPSC...
Seeking to address some of its industry’s most acute as well as lo...
An EnterpriseWorks’ graduate, Agrible, has been acquired by Nutrien Ag...
At the University of Illinois Research Park, Brunswick i-Jet Lab interns...
The Caterpillar Data Innovation Lab is located at the University of Illi...
COUNTRY Financial received a 2020 impact award from Novarica Insurance T...
Graybar, celebrating its 150th year as a company, has a unique perspecti...
“Made up of several different departments, the John Deere Technolo...
Innovation is the watchword by which Littelfuse, Inc. climbed the ladder...
Riverbed Technology is a California-based IT company whose growth has ou...
CHAMPAIGN – State Farm opened its Research and Development Center ...
Looking back, it was as if Yahoo! swept into Champaign-Urbana overnight....
iCyt is synonymous with innovation and entrepreneurial success in Champa...
Innovation comes in many forms. Sometimes it means looking at an old pro...