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Associated Prater Companies on January 1 moved its corporate offices, Prater Industries, and Airlock divisions from Cicero, Ill., to Bolingbrook, Ill. A total of 51 employees will move to the 55,000-sq-ft facility, which will provide employees with an upgraded workplace environment and state-of-the-art technology resources and more room for its expanding sales force. Associated Prater develops and manufactures equipment for the food processing, chemical, agriculture, minerals, and ph…