Archive for April 2005
Ankeny-based Proliant finds niche in health supplement market
It took Eric Weaver and his colleagues at Proliant Health Ingredients seven years to bring their new health-product ingredient, ImmunoLin, to the market. Armed with a substance designed to not only lower cholesterol but also …
Read MoreBioForce hopes to hit it big with nanotechnology
“Tiny” is big, and possibly on its way to huge. Nanotechnology, a term that covers a wide range of research on incomprehensibly small objects, has attracted $1 billion worldwide from venture capitalists and draws $4.7 …
Read MoreState advances funds to boost regional marketing efforts
“Give us money to work together as a region. But let us decide whom we’ll partner with.”
In response to that message from local economic development groups, the Iowa Department of Economic Development has begun …
Two Rivers to sell Ramsey site, look east of river
Shortly after a December fire destroyed the company’s nearly finished renovation project at the former Ramsey Pontiac dealership on Fourth Street, owners Tom Dunphy and Brian Jones realized that the building, which had been burned …
Read MoreExpect big things from (a few) nano companies
Dear Mr. Berko:
What can you tell me about nanotechnology? I’m told by a friend that this science will be the future of all industry, and he has a private investment in a start-up nanotech …