Article: GOV. BLAGOJEVICH ANNOUNCES MORE THAN $1.7 MILLION IN OPPORTUNITY RETURNS SUPPORT TO HELP BUILD STATE-OF-THE-ART PROCESSING PLANT TO BRING AT LEAST 100 JOBS TO STEPHENSON COUNTY

The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity issued the following news release:

Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich today announced the awarding of more than $1.7 million in Opportunity Returns support for Trim-Rite, a supplier of top-quality pork products for more than 60 years, that will allow the company to build a new, state-of-the-art processing plant in Stephenson County that will create at least 100 new jobs and potentially employ up to 800 people. Construction of the new facility, which will use the latest in air filtration processes and robotics technology, will begin shortly. The investment package comes as a part of Opportunity Returns, the Governor's comprehensive economic ...

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