FREEPORT (WREX) — Modern Plating reaches a settlement with the state of Illinois after a chemical spill in January leaked thousands of gallons of hydrochloric acid from an above-ground storage tank.

Freeport-based Modern Plating was approved by General Motors as an applicator for the GMW4700 Type B Code G high corrosion-resistant trivalent zinc nickel finish in both black and clear. Modern uses ...