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RRs @ the Forefront Building a Hub @ Decatur IL

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RRs @ the Forefront Building a Hub @ Decatur IL
Posted by cajonsummit on Friday, September 5, 2014 11:33 AM

http://herald-review.com/news/local/bustling-business/article_4254f58a-59d5-5f9e-b65b-abe81d1e7ece.html

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Posted by DwightBranch on Friday, September 5, 2014 2:43 PM

cajonsummit

Heated up the link, that was actually a well-written article for a small-city newspaper. 700 is a lot of employees for Decatur, I'll bet that makes them the second largest employer (to Caterpillar).

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Posted by MP173 on Friday, September 5, 2014 9:21 PM

As a former paperboy for the Decatur Herald and Review, I concur that was well written.

ADM and Staley's employ far more than 700.  My guess is ADM employs at least 2000 in Decatur and that might be low.  

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Posted by bn13814 on Monday, September 8, 2014 2:57 PM

ADM will still have 4,400 employees in Decatur even after a small number move to new Chicago HQ. Tate & Lyle probably has about 500 working at its processing plant there.

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