Manufacturing
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Swag Golf’s standout product line drives Northbrook sports equipment manufacturer’s growthAug 27, 2024 10:21 am - Friends since preschool, Nick Venson and Scott Weber have a hot golf equipment company, Swag Golf, on their hands.
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Nestle to focus on food sales again after CEO’s experimental bets
Aug 25, 2024 5:43 am - The world’s biggest food company is getting back to basics — feeding a growing planet, but one whose consumers are both more savvy and financially stretched. Nestle SA, t...
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Accused of stench, business offers to leave Mount Prospect — but at a priceAug 20, 2024 5:11 pm - Accused of causing a literal stink, Prestige Feed Products and is discussing a settlement with Mount Prospect that could result in the animal feed manufacturer moving out of the Kensington Business Center.
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State publishes 5-year business development plan
Aug 13, 2024 3:30 pm - The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity on Monday published a five-year plan outlining how it hopes to attract and retain businesses in the state. At...
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53-acre Geneva campus to be new corporate HQ for global manufacturing center
Aug 10, 2024 11:36 am - A.J. Antunes & Co. broke ground Aug. 1 for its new corporate Bullock Campus on 53.78 acres at the southeast corner of Kirk Road and Division Street in Geneva. The Geneva ...
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Attacked by right wing, Deere farm machinery dumps diversity efforts
Jul 17, 2024 10:27 am - Deere & Co., the world’s top farm machinery maker, is pulling back from diversity measures in the face of conservative criticism, the second agriculture-related company i...
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Nestle shifted critical recycling goal and revealed scale of plastics problem
Jul 16, 2024 1:22 pm - When Nestle SA tweaked its plastic packaging goals in 2022, few noticed. The shift in language on the website of the world’s largest food maker pledged to mostly use pla...
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Casten proposes asking apparel makers to voluntarily reveal environmental impact of production processJul 12, 2024 4:41 pm - U.S. Rep. Sean Casten of Downers Grove proposed bipartisan legislation that manufacturers voluntarily attach labels to apparel or apparel packaging that will inform consumers about the environmental impact of clothing they purchase.
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Biden awards $1.7 billion to boost electric vehicle manufacturing and assembly in eight states — including Illinois
Jul 11, 2024 11:43 am - The Biden administration is awarding nearly $2 billion in grants to General Motors, Fiat Chrysler and other carmakers to help restart or expand electric vehicle manufactu...
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‘There’s a lot of NASCAR fans in the suburbs’: Brad Keselowski on growing the fan base ahead of Chicago street raceJul 05, 2024 7:07 pm - It’s an unconventional sports marketing sponsorship in an unconventional stock car race: Brad Keselowski will be behind the wheel of the No. 6 Ford Mustang — complete wit...