Manufacturing
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Explore careers in skilled trades at open house for McHenry County College’s new tech, innovation center
Jul 03, 2024 9:04 am - McHenry County College will conduct an open house to highlight programs in the skilled trades to be offered at the Crystal Lake campus’ new Foglia Center for Advanced Tec...
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Struggling with falling demand for farm equipment, Deere & Co. announces nearly 600 layoffs
Jul 01, 2024 11:46 am - Deere & Co. is laying off nearly 600 workers as the farm equipment manufacturer deals with declining demand. Deere confirmed Monday that the production positions being cu...
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Moving beyond COVID: How Schaumburg hopes to keep meeting demands of businessesJun 30, 2024 5:30 am - The suburbs’ largest hub of economic activity is implementing a new three-year economic development strategic plan designed to help it build upon its status in a post-pandemic world that’s affected some of its traditional strengths.
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Mega warehouse gets green light to build on Geneva’s east side
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Tek Pak CEO honored with Sigma Tau Gamma Distinguished Alumnus AwardJun 25, 2024 12:12 pm - Tony Beyer, founder and CEO of Batavia-based Tek Pak, Inc., will be honored with the 2024 Distinguished Alumnus Award by the Sigma Tau Gamma national fraternity at its Gr...
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Geneva OKs warehouse annexation amid heated debate, split votes
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Jesse Jackson helps welcome Kamflex to AuroraJun 04, 2024 1:22 pm - Civil rights icon the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin recently welcomed the first Black-owned manufacturing company to town. Kamflex, a manufacturing an...
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Cary-Grove Area Chamber celebrates rebrand for IB International Inc.May 30, 2024 12:18 pm - The Cary-Grove Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for IB International Inc., marking the merger and rebrand of their three subsidiary companies.
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Chip factories are unions’ next target in test for Biden
May 26, 2024 6:00 am - First it was electric vehicles. Now it’s semiconductors. Unions are once again testing whether President Joe Biden can deliver on his promise of a manufacturing boom that boosts organized labor.
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Primient announces ownership changeMay 24, 2024 4:39 pm - Primient, a leader in plant-based food and industrial ingredient production, announces the Schaumburg’s company’s move to sole-ownership by KPS Capital Partners, LP.