Schawk income down 50 percent

DES PLAINES -- Schawk Inc., an imaging and graphic services firm, said Thursday its quarterly profit fell 50 percent, hurt by a one-time charge and a fall in advertising sales. The Des Plaines-based firm said profits fell to $4.1 million on sales that also fell 3 percent to $131 million.

Convention bureau wins accreditation

SCHAUMBURG -- The Woodfield Chicago Northwest Convention Bureau said Thursday it is the first Illinois convention bureau to earn the Destination Marketing Accreditation Program designation, an accreditation awarded by Washington D.C.-based Destination Marketing Association International. The award puts the destination marketing organization for the northwest metropolitan area of Chicago in an "elite group of convention bureaus worldwide," the Woodfield Chicago Northwest Convention Bureau said in a statement.