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Four former employees team up to reopen oldest factory in Rockford, Illinois, creating 150 jobs
October 29, 2025 / 6:20 PM CDT / CBS Chicago Four former employees at the oldest manufacturing plant in Rockford, Illinois, are reopening the once-shuttered factory that laid them off. Gunite Corporation's factory will reopen as Rockford Brake Manufacturing and produce Gunite brake drums. "We're…