Manufacturing

Winnebago Industries’ recently announced decision to relocate its corporate headquarters to Eden Prairie, Minn., a suburb of Minneapolis-St. Paul, can be viewed in the context of increasing competition for strategic human capital, especially among larger, …

Equipment manufacturer Deere & Co. today reported net income of $1.67 billion for the third quarter ended Aug. 1, or $5.32 per share, compared with $811 million, or $2.57 per share, a year ago. For the first …

Winnebago Industries announced it will shift its corporate headquarters address from Forest City, Iowa, to Eden Prairie, Minn., effective Dec. 1. Leaders of the recreational vehicle and boating manufacturing company pledged to remain loyal to …

Vermeer Corp. leaders on Thursday broke ground for construction of a new 312,000-square-foot parts distribution center at the company’s campus in Pella. The expanded distribution center will add 100 jobs to the area and is …

What’s the outlook for Iowa’s manufacturers as the economy recovers from the global pandemic, and what new challenges lie ahead? A panel of industry leaders and economists at the Business Record’s Made in Iowa: Manufacturing Forecast event examined …

Deere & Co. announced it has started negotiations on a new labor agreement with the United Auto Workers union. The current six-year master agreement covers approximately 10,100 production and maintenance employees at 12 Deere facilities …

Ahead of our upcoming Made In Iowa: Manufacturing Forecast forum, we asked the panelists to provide a glimpse of some of the issues on their minds in the current operating climate. Here are the responses that a …