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Governor Announces $16 Million in Statewide ITP Grants; Southern Illinois to Receive $800,000
SPRINGFIELD -- Governor George H. Ryan today announced over $16 million in Industrial Training Program (ITP) funds to train more than 4,400 new workers and upgrade the skills of about 62,000 current workers.
In Southern Illinois, $800,000 will allow 8 businesses to train 1,500 new workers and upgrade the skills of over 3,000 current employees.
"These grants will ensure that Illinois has the well-trained workforce that employers look for when selecting a new plant or facility location," Ryan said. "Because of the ITP program we are able to secure good paying jobs for thousands of Illinois citizens."
Champion Laboratories, Inc. in Albion in Edwards County will receive $111,000 in ITP funds to train 200 new employees and upgrade the skills of 1600 current workers. In Grand Chain in Massac County, Lafarge Corporation will use $69,000 in ITP grants to train several new workers and 135 current employees at a highly automated facility.
The Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (DCCA) administers the Industrial Training Program grants on a competitive basis.
"As we talk to companies interested in doing business in Illinois, we constantly hear that a skilled workforce is one of the biggest issues affecting the site selection process," said DCCA Director Pam McDonough. "Investing this money now in our workers will pay large dividends in the future, as more companies, and in particular hi-tech companies, decide to invest in the people of Illinois."
A list of all ITP grant recipients is attached.
ITP GRANTS 3Com Corporation$400,000 Rolling Meadows/Cook The DoAll Companies$77,924 DesPlaines/Cook Jetstream Systems, Inc. (dba Fleetwood, Inc.)$140,000 Romeoville/Will Silver Line Building Products Corporation$137,439 Lansing/Cook Caterpillar Agriculture Products, Inc.$121,500 DeKalb/DeKalb Pepperidge Farms, Inc.$174,014 Downers Grove/DuPage Quanex Corporation (dba, Nichols Aluminum Lincolnshire)$22,569 Lincolnshire/Lake Case Corporation $199,938 East Moline/Rock Island CST, Inc. $50,703 Mt. Carmel/Wabash Dutch Farms, Inc. $16,511 Chicago/Cook Illinois Manufacturers' Association$4,900,000 Springfield/Sangamon Medela, Inc.$102,839 McHenry/McHenry The Management Institute$149,950 Broadview/Cook Republic Windows & Doors, Inc.$237,000 Chicago/Cook United Distillers & Vintners$93,458 Plainfield/Will Concrete Technology, Inc.$51,234 Paxton/Ford Sears, Roebuck & Company$254,567 Hoffman Estates/Cook Budget Group International$245,750 Lisle/DuPage Richardson Electronics, Ltd.$258,861 LaFox/Kane R.G. Ray Corporation$137,457 Buffalo Grove/Lake Champion Laboratories, Inc$111,859 Albion/Edwards Brach's Confections Inc.$45,079 Chicago/Cook Hershey Chocolate & Confectionery Co.$117,596 Robinson/Crawford Kraft General Foods - Chicago Plant$85,291 Chicago/Cook McWhorter Technologies, Inc.$95,868 Carpentersville/Kane North Business & Industrial Council (NORBIC)$365,146 Chicago/Cook Progressive Manufacturing Corporation$116,061 Wheeling/Cook Sauer-Sundstrand Company - LaSalle Plant$71,365 LaSalle/LaSalle Arlington International Racecourse$55,862 Arlington Heights/Cook Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.$81,882 Decatur/Macon Cherry Corporation$150,000 Waukegan/Lake Danville Metal Stamping Co., Inc.$226,500 Danville/Vermilion Ensign Bickford Company$100,670 Wolf Lake/Union Information Resources, Inc.$227,417 Wood Dale/Cook & DuPage Ivex Packaging Corp.$93,937 Grant Park/Kankakee Lafarge Corp. $69,141 Grand Chain/Massac MediChem Research, Inc.$50,000 Des Plaines/Cook & Will Mueller Company $129,004 Decatur/Macon NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc.$155,544 Danville/Vermilion Nestle USA, Inc.$291,481 Bloomington/McLean Newell Window Furnishings, Inc.$175,000 Freeport/Stephenson Snap-On Tools Manufacturing Co.$62,248 Mt. Carmel/Wabash Sweetheart Holdings, Inc.$91,194 Chicago/Cook Wal-Mart Distribution Center #6059$104,400 Olney/Richland Fort Dearborn Company$98,490 Niles & Elk Grove Village/Cook Comark, Inc.$234,856 Bloomingdale/DuPage North American Vanlines (Allied Worldwide)$420,100 Naperville/DuPage Simonton Windows$14,269 Paris/Edgar Illinois Chamber of Commerce$2,076,674 Springfield/Sangamon (26 companies) National Steel Corporation$193,200 Granite City/Madison MCI WorldCom Network Services, Inc. $200,000 Downers Grove/DuPage Lucent Technologies, Inc. $250,000 Naperville and Lisle/DuPage Elgiloy Specialty Metals $100,000 Hampshire/Kane Elkay Manufacturing Company $48,320 Oak Brook/DuPage Aventis Behring LLC $566,964 Bradley/Kankakee Navistar dba Int'l Truck & Engine$854,656 Melrose Park/Cook Snap-on Credit LLC$38,374 Gurnee/Lake Wine & Spirits Distributors of Illinois$217,002 Chicago/Cook TOTAL$16,156,564
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