Editing Decatur, Illinois (section)

===Industry===
Decatur has production facilities for [[Caterpillar Inc.|Caterpillar]],<ref name="ReferenceA">pdf.cat.com/cda/files/113505/.../2008%20WW%20location_final.pdf</ref> [[Archer Daniels Midland]],<ref name="ReferenceA"/> [[Mueller Co.]], and [[Tate & Lyle|Primient]] (previously [[Tate & Lyle]], [[A. E. Staley]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tateandlyle.com/aboutus/history/pages/history.aspx|title = History}}</ref>

[[Caterpillar Inc.]] has one of its largest manufacturing plants in the U.S. in Decatur. This plant produces Caterpillar's off highway trucks, wheel-tractor scrapers, compactors, large wheel loaders, mining-class motorgraders, and their ultra-class mining trucks (including the [[Caterpillar 797]]). [[Archer Daniels Midland]] processes corn and soybeans, [[Mueller Water Products|Mueller]] produces water distribution products and [[Tate & Lyle]] processes corn in Decatur.

Decatur has been ranked third in the nation as an Emerging Logistics and Distribution Center by Business Facilities: The Location Advisor,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://businessfacilities.com/feature-story-game-changer-heartland/|title=Feature Story: Game-Changer In The Heartland|work=Business Facilities |access-date=October 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625153029/http://businessfacilities.com/feature-story-game-changer-heartland/|archive-date=June 25, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> and was named a Top 25 Trade City by ''Global Trade''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://globaltrademag.com/top-25-cities-for-global-trade/ |title=Top 25 Cities for Global Trade &#124; Global Trade Magazine |access-date=June 5, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607003411/http://globaltrademag.com/top-25-cities-for-global-trade/ |archive-date=June 7, 2014 }}</ref> In 2013 the Economic Development Corporation of Decatur & Macon County established the Midwest Inland Port,<ref>[http://www.midwestinlandport.com/ Midwest Inland Port]</ref> a multi-modal transportation hub with market proximity to 95 million customers in a 500-mile radius. The port includes the [[Archer Daniels Midland]] [[intermodal container]] ramp, the two class I railroads that service the ramp and the city (the [[Canadian National Railway]], and the [[Norfolk Southern Railway]]), five major roadways and the [[Decatur Airport]]. The Midwest Inland Port also has a [[foreign trade zone]] and customs clearing,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.decatur-parks.org/airport-home-page/specialty-business-services/u-s-customs-service/|title=Decatur Airport|work=decatur-parks.org|access-date=October 7, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016171747/http://www.decatur-parks.org/airport-home-page/specialty-business-services/u-s-customs-service/|archive-date=October 16, 2015}}</ref> and the area is both an [[enterprise zone]] and [[tax increment financing]] district.

In August 2019, Mueller Company announced plans to construct a "state-of-the-art" brass foundry in Decatur on a 30-acre site in the 2700 block of North Jasper Street. The facility is expected to employ 250 personnel.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Perry |first1=Scott |title=Mueller Water Products breaks ground for state-of-the-art foundry in Decatur |url=https://herald-review.com/business/local/mueller-water-products-breaks-ground-for-state-of-the-art-foundry-in-decatur/article_c16bf143-a732-5d05-b690-7e7187420296.html |access-date=February 5, 2021 |work=Decatur Herald & Review |publisher=Lee Enterprises |date=October 28, 2019}}</ref>

In November 2020, ADM and InnovaFeed announced plans to construct the world's largest insect protein facility targeted to begin in 2021. The facility will be owned and operated by InnovaFeed and will co-locate with ADM's Decatur corn processing complex. This new project represents innovative, sustainable production to meet growing demand for insect protein in animal feed, a market that has potential to reach 1 million tons in 2027. Construction of the new high-capacity facility is expected to create more than 280 direct and 400 indirect jobs in the Decatur region by the second phase.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.decaturedc.com/innovafeed/|title = ADM, InnovaFeed announce construction of world's largest insect protein facility in Decatur, Illinois|date = November 19, 2020}}</ref>