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53-acre Geneva campus to be new corporate HQ for global manufacturing center

By Shaw Local News Network
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 ...
Attacked by right wing, Deere farm machinery dumps diversity efforts

Simone Foxman and Michael Hirtzer
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...
Nestle shifted critical recycling goal and revealed scale of plastics problem

By Dasha Afanasieva
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...
Casten proposes asking apparel makers to voluntarily reveal environmental impact of production process

By Barbara Vitello
Jul 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.
Biden awards $1.7 billion to boost electric vehicle manufacturing and assembly in eight states — including Illinois

By MATTHEW DALY
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...
‘There’s a lot of NASCAR fans in the suburbs’: Brad Keselowski on growing the fan base ahead of Chicago street race

By Christopher Placek
Jul 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...
Explore careers in skilled trades at open house for McHenry County College’s new tech, innovation center

By Shaw Local News Network
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...
Struggling with falling demand for farm equipment, Deere & Co. announces nearly 600 layoffs

By MATT OTT
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...
Moving beyond COVID: How Schaumburg hopes to keep meeting demands of businesses

By Eric Peterson
Jun 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.
Mega warehouse gets green light to build on Geneva’s east side

By Brenda Schory
Jun 26, 2024 11:15 am - In a series of split votes at a special meeting Monday, Geneva City Council members approved a 55.62-acre annexation, which will include a 719,200-square-foot warehouse on the city’s east side.

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