New corporate headquarters, with jobs to fill, may come to Elgin
Posted3/2/2021 5:15 AM
Elgin may soon be the new headquarters of a company that works with 2,000 municipalities across the country. And it s looking to hire eight new employees.
Duke s Root Control Inc. would take over space vacated by the TruGreen lawn care company at 400 Airport Road within the River Ridge Business Center subdivision. Duke s is a sanitary sewer contractor with 80 years of business history. It is a growing business looking to move from the smaller space it occupies in Crystal Lake.
Company President Matt Fishbune said the company specializes in eliminating sewer pipe blockages. It uses a shaving cream-like foam that is shot into the sewer pipes to dissolve tree roots that have infiltrated the pipes. The process, however, does not kill the trees themselves, Fishbune said.