Manufacturing

Automobile seat maker Adient will open a facility in Normal to serve Rivian. The $8 million investment will create 75 new full-time jobs.

Technical Metals Inc. in Fairbury is a 55-year-old family business that provides grinding, welding and other metal services to heavy equipment manufacturers.

Retaliatory tariffs by China could hurt McLean County more than most counties in the U.S. and more than all but one other county in Illinois.

A small manufacturer in Bloomington faces many pressures. Joe Diemer has owned Midwest Molding Solutions for a quarter century.

Heartland Community College has signed up 26 new apprentices to learn and train with businesses in the region, while getting paid. During National Apprenticeship Week, Heartland is spotlighting more than 60 active apprenticeships to boost the regional workforce.

Bridgestone Americas in Normal hosted a group of business, education and government leaders on Friday for the third annual “Makers on the Move” statewide bus tour to showcase manufacturing plants in Illinois.

The manufacturing company broke ground Monday on the project, which will replace an aging office building. The new building will be powered by solar energy and is designed to conserve water.

Manufacturers have been scrambling for workers for years and the need is rising as the baby boomers that disproportionately make up that part of the workforce retire. That's not likely to change soon.

A Republican candidate for state representative says a four-year university is not required for career success. During a tour of G-3 Machining in Bloomington, Regan Deering said the social conversation on that point had already begun.

The college in Normal is requesting funding through the Illinois Board of Higher Education’s RAMP [Resource Allocation and Management Program] for a new health sciences center and a new career and technical education building.