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A machine built in Rockford more than a century ago is halfway to its new home in a national museum.The 1910 Greenlee Variety Woodworker is 2.5 tons of…
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Boone County is beginning to expand its COVID-19 vaccination efforts to workers in manufacturing. Manufacturers are partnering with the Boone County…
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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…
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Anywhere you go in America, you are never far from railroad tracks. Someone has to maintain all of those tracks. And someone has to build the machines to…
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A company with a long Rockford history has been sold. The Rockford Register Star reports cabinet hardware manufacturer Amerock was one of the brands…
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An Indiana auto parts maker is planning to consolidate its North American manufacturing operations in Rockford by early 2013.210 workers will be phased…
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A host of public officials and hundreds of invited guests came to Rochelle Thursday to mark the grand opening of Japanese company Nippon Sharyo’s new rail…
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Two Illinois Congressmen from opposite sides of the aisle are working together to promote legislation aimed at strengthening American manufacturing.U.S.…
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It’s considered conventional wisdom that you should never buy a car in its first year of production: that gives the automaker time to “work the kinks…