By Isaac Guerrero

An Italian manufacturer that supplies the automotive industry is investing $6.4 million in a 44,000-square-foot production facility in southeast Rockford and is hiring 37 full-time workers. It's the first U.S.-based operation for Taurus 80, a maker of high precision zinc die-cast parts.

The company employs 268 people at its operations in Torino, Italy, and Tunisia. The Rockford company, Taurus Die Casting LLC, is ramping up production at East Rock Industrial Park, where more than $500,000 in remodeling work is underway.

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