A supplier for Chrysler is building a new facility in Belvidere to produce components for the Jeep Cherokee.
The Rockford Register-Star says the building’s tenant hasn’t been identified, but the facility will employ around 500 workers. This is on top of 500 additional jobs coming to Sager Industrial Park two miles east of the Chrysler plant.
Fiat Chrysler reshuffled its production earlier this year, ceasing local production of the Jeep Patriot, Jeep Compass, and Dodge Dart.