DCEO Director Jim Schultz reacts to Mitsubishi announcement

[July 25, 2015]  NORMAL - On Friday, Mitsubishi in Normal announce that the plant there would be closing.  The result will be a loss of more than 1,000 jobs in the Central Illinois region.  Immediately following the announcement, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity issued the statement below.

“I am saddened to see a company as large and pivotal as Mitsubishi close their doors in Illinois,” said Department of Commerce Director Jim Schultz. “We will be taking the necessary steps on the ground to help with job training and placement for the workers. We desperately need to improve the business climate here in Illinois. We need to retain companies and jobs, not lose them.”

[Lindsey Walters, Illinois DCEO]