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Stellantis ups investment to $800 million at idled Belvidere plant to build new Jeep Cherokee in 2029

By ROBERT CHANNICK
Aug 17, 2026 3:43 pm - Stellantis announced Friday it is upping its investment in the idled Belvidere plant to $800 million, retooling it with its latest manufacturing platform to build the next generation Jeep Cherokee.
Illinois becomes first state in Great Lakes region to designate industrial plastic pellets as pollution

By MICHAEL HAWTHORNE
Aug 11, 2026 9:20 am - Illinois is requiring polluters to begin reporting spills of industrial plastic pellets known as nurdles, a growing source of contamination in the Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds. Companies that manufacture, use or transport nurdles also must develop plans to limit them in storm runoff, making the state the first in either watershed to officially designate bits of wasted plastic as pollution.
US faces new pressure to build weapons without China’s rare earth magnets

By DIDI TANG, JOSH FUNK and RODRIQUE NGOWI
Aug 03, 2026 8:17 am - A group of young scientists and entrepreneurs started a backyard lab in Boston in 2018 to find a cleaner metal-refining method. Now, they're at the forefront of efforts to reduce U.S. reliance on China for critical minerals used in weapons systems and high-tech products.
Vernon Hills toy manufacturer sues Trump administration again over new round of tariffs

By ROBERT CHANNICK
Jul 25, 2026 2:39 pm - Learning Resources, the Vernon Hills toymaker that successfully brought down the Trump administration’s 2025 tariffs in a seminal Supreme Court decision, is once again suing the federal government over the latest round of sweeping global tariffs.
Nvidia's Jensen Huang says society needs ‘new social norms’ in the age of AI

By JOSH BOAK
Jun 18, 2026 2:53 pm - Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang — whose work helped propel artificial intelligence — stressed in an Associated Press interview Tuesday that society needs to change with the advent of AI, arguing that a fuller embrace of the technology would improve people's lives.
$900k settlement wraps neighbors’ long fight with smelly Mount Prospect factory

By Steve Zalusky
May 12, 2026 8:31 am - A $900,000 settlement agreement has been reached between Prestige Feed Products and neighbors near the animal feed producer, which closed its Mount Prospect plant at the end of 2025.
Bill would give Illinois EPA greater oversight of manufacturers’ plastic pellet runoff

By GABRIEL MATIAS CASTILHO
Apr 21, 2026 10:56 am - A bill that cleared the Illinois House would give the state’s EPA emergency rulemaking powers to address plastic pellet spills and their effect on stormwater runoff. Plastic pellets are small round objects; the building blocks of plastic manufacturing, shipped from pre-production plastic manufacturers to production facilities then melted and molded into common plastic products. Unintentionally spilled pellets can end up in the state’s waterways when blown by the wind or carried by stormwater, potentially harming birds, turtles and fish.
Device that helps make space travel possible named ‘Coolest Thing Made in Illinois’

By Nikoel Hytrek
Apr 16, 2026 3:07 pm - Chemring Energetic Devices, a Downers Grove-based company that engineers and manufactures devices for NASA, won the title of Coolest Thing Made in Illinois as part of the annual Makers Madness competition held by the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association. The devices, NASA Standard Initiators, have been used in space flight going back to the 1970s and are crucial to maneuvering, separation and staging. The NSIs triumphed over a field of more than 100 entries and after nearly 167,000 votes were cast.
St. Charles manufacturer Aerapy advances to Final Four in Illinois’ ‘Coolest Thing Made’ competition

By Annette Uda, Aerapy president
Apr 10, 2026 8:34 pm - Aerapy, a St. Charles-based advanced manufacturing company focused on energy efficiency and healthier indoor environments, has advanced to the Final Four of the statewide “Makers Madness: The Coolest Thing Made in Illinois” competition, hosted by the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association.
Arlington Heights manufacturing facility receives safety award

Daily Herald report
Apr 06, 2026 1:10 pm - An Arlington Heights manufacturing plant received a top safety award from Northfield-based Medline, a provider of medical-surgical products and supply chain solutions.

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