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Groundbreaking scheduled for warehouse project in Bondurant

An official groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 19, for a new warehouse project being built on the south edge of Bondurant, near where Amazon is building a new fulfillment center. The $55 million project sits …
By BPC Staff | Oct 12, 2020
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Officials mum on operator of new warehouse going up in Bondurant

Excavation work is underway at the site of a new warehouse project in Bondurant. Photo by Michael Crumb

A new warehouse is being built near the Amazon Fulfillment Center project in Bondurant, but local officials and …
By MICHAEL CRUMB | Oct 6, 2020
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Winnebago appoints Bower president of Winnebago Outdoors

Winnebago Industries Inc. announced that it has appointed Huw Bower as president of Winnebago Outdoors, effective Oct. 12. Bower will report to Winnebago’s president and CEO, Michael Happe, and will be based in the company’s Eden Prairie, …
By BPC Staff | Sep 28, 2020
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Collins Aerospace parent Raytheon Technologies plans to cut more than 15,000 jobs

Cedar Rapids Gazette: With the coronavirus pandemic deeply cutting into commercial aerospace business for the past six months, Raytheon Technologies, parent company of Collins Aerospace, intends to cut more than 15,000 jobs, including 12% of Collins …
By BPC Staff | Sep 17, 2020
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Tyson Foods to open medical clinics at some meat plants

Associated Press: Tyson Foods is planning to open medical clinics at several of its U.S. plants to improve the health of its workers and better protect them from the coronavirus. The Springdale, Ark.-based company, which processes …
By BPC Staff | Sep 3, 2020
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VIDEO: Made in Iowa: Iowa Manufacturing Forecast

 

The coronavirus pandemic has turned conventional wisdom on its head in the first half of 2020, and Iowa’s manufacturing industry proved it could quickly retool and improvise. Many manufacturers across the state have pivoted …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Aug 31, 2020
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Deere reports 11% sales decrease in third quarter

Deere & Co. reported net income of $811 million for the third quarter ended Aug. 2, or $2.57 per share, down from $899 million, or $2.81 per share, for the same quarter a year ago. …
By BPC Staff | Aug 21, 2020
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Des Moines meat processor plans $20 million expansion

Iowa Pacific Processors Inc., a meat processing business at 2606 Sunset Road, is planning to expand its facility by adding a 66,045-square-foot, multilevel cold storage warehouse. Rendering by Interlock LLC.

Iowa Pacific Processors Inc., a specialty …
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Aug 17, 2020
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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: U.S. sawmills unprepared for home building, remodeling boom

In July, the Business Record reported that 25% more building permits for single-family houses were issued during the first half of 2020 compared with the same period a year ago.

Nationally, the number of single-family building permits …
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Aug 5, 2020
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Deere plans additional job cuts with smart industrial redesign

More salaried positions will be eliminated at Deere and Co., the Cedar Rapids Gazette reported. The plan is part of the manufacturer’s previously announced Smart Industrial Redesign; the company did not specify how many positions would be …
By BPC Staff | Aug 5, 2020