Business

Businesses owned by African Americans are growing at a fast pace in the Inland Empire, according to data released Wednesday. Ownership, revenue and hiring among black-owned businesses are growing “significantly faster” than they are at all other businesses in the United States, California and the Inland Empire, a report by …

Thermal Dynamics International, an Ontario-based supplier of heat exchangers for the automotive and trucking industries, has been purchased by a company in China. Zhejiang Yinlun Machinery Co. bought Thermal Dynamics, which maintains its headquarters and a manufacturing operation at 4850 E. Airport Drive, for an undisclosed sum, according to a …

Esri, the Redlands company that develops computer-generated geographic information systems, has announced an arrangement with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. The bureau is using Esri “story maps” to document the work of Bob Wick, a wilderness specialist and photographer who chronicles some of the bureau’s more scenic lands, according …

The office of the future will be on display for one day next month in Ontario. Santa Ana-based Advanced Office will host a one-day conference June 21 at Citizens Business Bank Arena that will explore the next generation of office life, said Tom Guss, senior executive with the company. Ricoh …

Amazon can’t get enough of the Inland Empire. The online retail giant, which already operates five fulfillment centers in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, announced Wednesday that it will open a sixth mammoth warehouse-distribution center in the region, in Eastvale. About 1,500 people are expected to work in the building, …

A groundbreaking ceremony will held in Big Bear Lake Friday to mark the pending move of the Big Bear Alpine Zoo at Moonridge. The facility, which houses rescue animals, will move a short distance down the road from its current location at 43285 Goldmine Drive, said Sandra Maravilla, communications director …