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JANESVILLE – Serta Simmons Bedding held a grand opening and ribbon-cutting Tuesday for its new 500,000 square foot manufacturing plant at 200 Innovation Dr., on Janesville's south side. It will produce mattresses and other bedding products under its Serta, Beautyrest and Simmons brands.

ROSCOE, Illinois — A northern Illinois aluminum company that supplies local semitrailer makers is now under single ownership after being sold off by longtime part-owner Diane Hendricks, of Beloit.

A global manufacturer of food and pharmaceutical equipment plans to build an 85,000-square-foot equipment repair facility on city land on Janesville’s east side.

A company that makes "meaty" jerky treats for dogs plans to bring 103 jobs to Janesville's south side starting this summer. A tax-incentive deal the city agreed to Monday would require the company pay its workers at least $20.82 per hour.

Local commercial real estate firm Coldwell Banker Commercial McGuire Mears & Associates announced that owner Badger Property Investments has sold a 150,000-square-foot soup manufacturing facility on Janesville's east side for $12.1 million.

Janesville-born Rock Energy Systems for years has been the nation’s biggest player in waste-oil burning furnaces. Now, it's under new ownership by a St. Louis private equity firm.

Local plastics manufacturer GOEX has been riding a wave of increased demand that company officials say has them needing more capacity for more train cars of production materials at once.

A Hufcor spokesperson told The 69ÂÜÀò in an emailed statement Thursday that the company plans to keep its research and development, testing, and customer service operations in Janesville but that the manufacturing division in the city will be relocated.