Nippon Sharyo is making cuts at its Rochelle plant.
The manufacturer of passenger rail cars is planning to lay off 100 employees. The plant currently employs around 350 workers.
The layoffs were due to technical complications with the design of 1 of its prototype cars along with other business considerations.
Nippon Sharyo officials say that the factory and workshops will continue to operate to meet deadlines on existing projects.
The company opened their facility in Rochelle in 2012. Layoffs also took place in 2015 and 2016 due to problems in how they built the passenger rail cars.
The facility is located near I-88 and I-39.