Business Notes

Dan A. Taussig and Michael J. Swanson have formed Wellgen Standard, a business development firm based in Twinsburg. Taussig, CEO, and Swanson, president, are former executives with Champion America Inc., an industrial direct marketing catalog business.

Rob Jewell and Marianne Malish Price have formed Jewell & Malish Communications, a consulting company based in Akron.

Fashinpaur & Associates, Akron, has joined S&S Business Services, Akron. Dale F. Faushinpaur, CEO, of Faushinpaur & Associates, has become a principal of S&S Business Services.

Futura Banc Corp. has signed an agreement to acquire Vernon, Shall, Morgan & Co., an Akron-based broker dealer and registered investment adviser.

The Northeast Ohio Council of Carpenters has broken ground on a $1.7 million addition to its Regional Training Center in Richfield.

Group Transportation Services has moved its offices from Hudson to Twinsburg to better accommodate its growth.

EC/EDI Inc., an electronic commerce and data interchange company based in Hudson, has formed EDI: Outpost, an EDI full-service provider.

Slater & Zurz, an Akron-based law firm, has added estate planning to its portfolio of legal services.

Garrett W. Shanower has opened Mports N Motion in Navarre.