Nippon Sharyo

It’s the end of the line for Rochelle rail car maker Nippon Sharyo. It appears the company is shuttering its Illinois plant.In 2012, the announcement that…

Rail car maker Nippon Sharyo's Rochelle plant is no longer part of a contract to build more than a hundred passenger rail cars for Illinois and…

Nippon Sharyo will cut more than 100 jobs at its Rochelle factory, according to a news release from the company.“We continue to confront technical…

Nippon Sharyo will lay off 100 employees from its factory in Rochelle. The rail car manufacturer based its decision on a complication with one of its…

Nippon Sharyo’s production milestone comes as several labor groups question safety standards at the Rochelle facility.The Occupational Safety & Health…

A railcar factory in Rochelle hit a major milestone Tuesday -- it completed its one-thousandth passenger rail car since opening in 2012. Nippon Sharyo…

A Chicago labor group held a news conference Monday afternoon to speak out about unsafe working conditions at Rochelle's Nippon Sharyo plant. The Chicago…

Picture a town that can attract jobs, but not residents. That’s the case for Rochelle, which is in the middle of an industrial boom. But local leaders say…

A northern Illinois manufacturing facility plans to add 90 jobs through an expansion. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Wednesday at the Nippon-Sharyo…

Nippon Sharyo will add to its existing rail car factory with a $54 million facility for metal fabrication and machining work on rail cars. Outgoing U.S.…