Manufacturing
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The Biz Week That Was: A new vision for Hawthorn mall, maternity ward closing, and Bears stadium updatesSep 20, 2025 12:34 pm - ‘A substantially improved plan’: Second phase of Hawthorn mall transformation officially approved in Vernon Hills Changes allowing for what is described as an import...
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No injuries in fire that damaged machinery at factory near LibertyvilleSep 17, 2025 8:02 am - Fire damages machinery inside factory warehouse near the border between Libertyville and Lake Forest.
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It's 'do or die' for electric vehicle maker Rivian as it breaks ground on a $5 billion plant
Sep 16, 2025 7:34 am - ATLANTA — It seems like a terrible time to build an electric vehicle plant in the United States, but Rivian Automotive leaders say they're confident as the company starts...
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Shipping companies support a first global fee on greenhouse gases, opposed by Trump officials
Sep 15, 2025 1:16 pm - Nearly 200 shipping companies said Monday they want the world’s largest maritime nations to adopt regulations that include the first global fee on greenhouse gases to reduce their sector’s emissions.
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With Hyundai raid, Trump’s immigration crackdown runs into his push for foreign investment
Sep 12, 2025 8:30 am - President Donald Trump’s push to revitalize American manufacturing by luring foreign investment into the U.S. has run smack into one of his other priorities: cracking down on illegal immigration.
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South Koreans seized in ICE raid return home to rousing welcomeSep 12, 2025 8:23 am - Hundreds of South Korean workers detained in a US immigration raid last week have returned home, ending an ordeal that has strained ties between Washington and Seoul and raised doubts about billions of dollars of planned Korean investment in the US.
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South Korean workers detained in immigration raid headed to Atlanta for flight home
Sep 11, 2025 7:38 am - Buses carrying workers from South Korea who were detained last week in an immigration raid at a battery factory were traveling Thursday from a detention center in southeast Georgia to Atlanta, where a charter plane was waiting to take them home.
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Prestige Feed Products odor levels found safe by study funded by Mount ProspectSep 10, 2025 4:32 pm - A $69,000 odor study of Prestige Feed Products funded by Mount Prospect found the chemicals tested below safe exposure levels.
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US Steel to end steel production at Illinois plant but no layoffs
Sep 09, 2025 4:20 pm - U.S. Steel will stop processing steel slabs at its Granite City Works plant in Illinois, three months after Nippon Steel sealed a deal with President Donald Trump to buy the iconic American steelmaker by giving the government a say over decisions that affect domestic steel production. U.S. Steel will end production at the plant, likely in November, but it won’t lay off any of the roughly 800 workers there or reduce their pay, it said.
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Kraft Heinz undoes blockbuster merger after a decade of changing tastes
Sep 02, 2025 1:09 pm - Kraft Heinz is splitting into two companies a decade after a merger of the brands created one of the biggest food manufacturers on the planet.
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