SCHAUMBURG, IL – The Technology & Manufacturing Association (TMA) has reaffirmed its strong opposition to Illinois providing over half a billion dollars in taxpayer dollars to Gotion, a Chinese-owned electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturer, for its new plant in Manteno.

TMA member Mike Flynn, general manager of DuPage Precision Machining, penned an op-ed that was recently published in The Center Square. Flynn was featured in TMA’s Spring 2025 News Bulletin.   By Mike Flynn –  Operating a manufacturing business in Illinois has

On December 14, 2025, the Daily Herald published TMA Executive Vice President Dennis LaComb’s response to a recent editorial critical of the Trump Administration’s OBBB.  The original editorial, written by  Frank Manzo, an economist at the nonpartisan Illinois Economic Policy

J.H. Botts’ General Manager, Larry Spelman, has a leadership style that reflects his passion for football, which he developed in high school and college. Spelman attended the University of Richmond on a football scholarship and, after playing quarterback and tight