Manufacturing
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Geneva council OKs zoning change for food manufacturing
Oct 17, 2024 12:06 pm - The Geneva City Council recently voted to allow food manufacturing as a permitted use in one of its light industrial zoning districts. MSI Express Inc., specializing in f...
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Geneva council backs zoning change to allow food manufacturingOct 13, 2024 11:46 am - In a 6-3 vote, the Geneva City Council voted last week to allow food manufacturing in one of its light industrial zoning districts. Indiana-based MSI Express Inc. plans to lease an industrial building at 1885 E. State St. to expand its operations, but the city’s zoning in the light industrial district did not allow for food manufacturing, processing and packaging as a permitted use, said Community Development Director David DeGroot.
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Boeing will lay off 10% of its employees as a strike by factory workers cripples airplane production
Oct 11, 2024 6:19 pm - Boeing plans to lay off about 10% of its workers in the coming months, about 17,000 people, as it continues to lose money and tries to deal with a strike that is cripplin...
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Seefried Industrial Properties moves ahead with new spec building in Mount ProspectOct 10, 2024 1:19 pm - Mount Prospect officials joined Seefried Industrial Properties this week to break ground on a new spec industrial building at 1305 E. Algonquin Road, in the south end of the village.
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Owners of Waukegan plant that exploded in 2019, killing 4, agrees to $1.3 million fineOct 04, 2024 2:22 pm - The owners of AB Specialty Silicones, which operated a plant in Waukegan that exploded in 2019 killing four employees, have agreed to pay a $1.3 million fine.
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Starbucks buys research farms as climate change threatens coffee supply
Oct 03, 2024 9:41 am - Starbucks Corp. is buying two new research farms that will test everything from drones to microbes as it seeks to make coffee more resilient to climate change, which alre...
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Residents protest as Mount Prospect, feed producer near settlementOct 03, 2024 8:11 am - Fed up with odors from a Mount Prospect animal feed company, Prestige Feed Products’ neighbors descended upon the site itself this week to protest.
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How grants are helping Kane County manufacturers improve, be more competitiveSep 29, 2024 5:56 am - The Richards-Wilcox company of Aurora has been in business for 144 years, outlasting many sheet-metal businesses that once operated in the Fox Valley. So it must be doing something right. It is one of 20 companies that received $30,000 Lighthouse grants being administered by the Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center.
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Automation, robotics and AI will guide the future of manufacturingSep 29, 2024 5:27 am - In the materials handling and manufacturing world, there are big changes on the horizon as to how these facilities and warehouses will operate in the future. Advances in ...
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Food manufacturer V. Marchese offers innovative prepackaged food productsSep 29, 2024 5:24 am - For over 90 years, V. Marchese has been serving customers proudly in a fashion that puts the customer first in all aspects of the produce, dairy and spices supply chain b...