Local business-to-business communications company Endeavor Business Media has announced the acquisition of a portfolio of construction-related events from Palatine, Ill.-based Scranton Gillette Communications.
Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed in a release.
Chris Ferrell
Courtesy of Endeavor
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