SPRINGFIELD – Advanced manufacturing is drawing attention as a prime career for those seeking apprenticeships. The Illinois Department of Labor is joining with the U.S. Department
Manufacturers are typically multi-faceted people – focused mostly on their work, their employees and their businesses. Tom Simeone, president of Manor Tool and Manufacturing Company
Seven Illinois business owners were willing to share publicly how amending the Illinois Constitution to initiate a progressive tax would be detrimental to their employees and their businesses. The constitutional change will be on the November 3 ballot in Illinois.
For 20 years as a physical therapist with a large corporation, Denise Smith worked hard to help hurting people. She loved working with people, but
The very week the COVID lockdown hit Illinois, Rene Hernandez Jr. began filing paperwork to launch a small business. “Who starts a business when a
The company Peter Orum and his wife Irma started in 1969 now employs 300 people during Chicagoland’s growing season. The Orums planted Midwest Groundcovers’ roots
Twenty-eight years ago, Teresa Beach-Shelow and her husband, Thom, started Superior Joining Technologies, Inc. (SJTI), in their garage. They had a vision of a family-run
Boeing Co., the largest aviation manufacturer in the United States, announced October 28 that it made $14.1 billion in the third quarter of 2020, leading
WASHINGTON – Thursday, the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) praised a Federal Transit Administration (FTA) call for American-made railcars in purchases by the Washington
Nine years ago, Nicole Wolter and her father, Ken, came very close to closing down HM Manufacturing in Wauconda, Illinois. That year was one of
