Business news from around the Quad-Cities: Biz Bytes for Jan. 19, 2025

MercyOne Genesis Plastic Surgery will continue growing in the New Year with the acquisition of the practice of Aric Eckhardt, MD, who retired at the end of the year.

Eckhardt’s plastic surgery clinic at MercyOne Genesis Moline Health Plaza will close, and his clinical team will join MercyOne Genesis Plastic Surgery at 4334 E. 53rd St. in Davenport.

The MercyOne Genesis Plastic Surgery and Medical Spa team includes board-certified plastic surgeon Henry Liu, MD, and board-eligible plastic surgeon Michael Yang, MD, along with Jennifer Cassatt, PA-C, Brittany Schultz, ARNP, and staff. They are dedicated to providing safe, quality plastic surgery, medically supervised injectables and spa services and treatments.

Per Mar Security Services acquires Accu-Com Security Solutions

Per Mar Security Services, a provider of total security solutions based in Davenport, has acquired Accu-Com Security Solutions, an Oshkosh, Wisconsin-based, company specializing in burglar, fire, video, and access control systems.

Founded in 1976 by Dewey Moore, Accu-Com served the Oshkosh community for nearly 50 years. The company transitioned to the second generation of the family, Matt and Tim Moore, in the year 2000. Matt and Tim will retire from the company as part of this transition, and their seven employees have joined Per Mar.

Per Mar Security will continue to serve Accu-Com customers from the existing Oshkosh office, ensuring ongoing support.

“Accu-Com has been a quality competitor in and around Oshkosh for many years,” Brian Duffy, Per Mar Security CEO, said. “We are excited to add their great employees to our team and have a new location serve both Accu-Com’s customers and many Per Mar customers we already had in this market.”

Hy-Vee Trophy awarded

All area Hy-Vee stores held the Red Kettle competition on Thursday, Dec. 5. It was a great success! Again, this year the store that won was the 53rd Hy-Vee in Davenport. This is their second year for this store to win. The employee’s wore costumes, had fun items and most importantly, raised funds for the Red Kettle Campaign. The Salvation Army presented a traveling trophy to the 53rd Street store on Tuesday at the location.

The Salvation Army of the QCA goal is to reduce homelessness, food insecurity and help cure hunger in the community. In the past four months, 2,697 people have been served through just our food pantry in Scott County. This year more than others, we need to provide a blessed Christmas to those kids in need.

To find more information about Army programs and how to donate, please visit SAQuadCities.org.

Orion Bancorporation to acquire Mechanicsville Bancshares

Orion Bancorporation, Inc., the parent company of BankORION, has announced its plan to acquire Mechanicsville Bancshares, Inc., the parent company of Bridge Community Bank. As part of this transaction, Mechanicsville Bancshares will be merged into Orion Bancorporation, with Orion Bancorporation, Inc., becoming the remaining entity. Under Orion Bancorporation, Inc., BankORION and Bridge Community Bank will both continue to operate as two separate independent community banks after the transaction is finalized. The transaction will bring together two community banks with a combined 257 years of servicing customers in six counties across two states.

The two community banks will have total assets of approximately $770 million. Completion of the transaction is currently expected to occur by the end of Q2 of 2025 and is contingent upon regulatory approval.