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Kreg Tool begins construction in Ankeny

Construction is underway on Kreg Enterprises Inc.’s new headquarters in Ankeny, with completion expected by fall 2021, company officials said. An official groundbreaking was held two weeks ago on 25 acres near Southeast 77th Street …
By BPC Staff | May 4, 2020
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Flexsteel to permanently close Dubuque manufacturing facility; 213 jobs lost

Dubuque Telegraph Herald: Flexsteel Industries Inc. announced Wednesday that it will permanently close its Dubuque manufacturing facility. The closure will result in the loss of 213 jobs, including about 150 manufacturing jobs. The remainder of job …
By BPC Staff | Apr 30, 2020
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Amergint reaches deal to buy Raytheon optics business

Corridor Business Journal: Amergint Technologies Holdings Inc. on Monday announced a definitive agreement to acquire Raytheon Technologies Corp.’s space-based precision optics business, headquartered in Danbury, Conn. The business, which is part of Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon …
By BPC Staff | Apr 22, 2020
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Kemin enters exclusive agreement for poultry salmonella vaccine

Kemin Industries, a global ingredient manufacturer based in Des Moines, announced today that it has signed an exclusive agreement with Pacific GeneTech, a biologics company that develops and commercializes next-generation vaccines for areas of high unmet or underserved …
By BPC Staff | Apr 16, 2020
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Sukup Manufacturing names new CFO

Sheffield-based Sukup Manufacturing Co. announced that Tom Mangan has joined the company’s management team as chief financial officer, effective April 6. Mangan most recently worked in finance and accounting at Fareway Stores Inc. His previous …
By BPC Staff | Apr 14, 2020
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Kemin names Wood as next chief financial officer

Kemin Industries, a global ingredient manufacturer based in Des Moines, has appointed Patrick Wood, formerly vice president of finance for Kemin Nutrisurance, as chief financial officer, effective April 1. Wood succeeds Tammi Guldenpfennig, who is retiring …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Apr 6, 2020
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Arconic, Howmet Aerospace complete separation

Quad-City Times: Arconic Corp. shares began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday. The April 1 split of Arconic Inc. into Arconic Corp. and Howmet Aerospace was completed as scheduled. Arconic Davenport Works will …
By BPC Staff | Apr 2, 2020
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UTC-Raytheon merger to be final on Friday

Corridor Business Journal: Raytheon and United Technologies Corp. will complete their merger on Friday after receiving all regulatory approvals needed, creating the new Raytheon Technologies Corp. that will trade under the ticker symbol RTX. The last …
By BPC Staff | Apr 1, 2020
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Sukup Manufacturing becomes ISO 9001 certified

Sukup Manufacturing Co. has been certified by Alcumus ISOQAR for meeting standards of the ISO 9001:2015 quality-assurance program. The certification, which the organization awarded in late January following a three-day audit earlier that month, verifies …
By BPC Staff | Mar 4, 2020
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State surveying Iowa manufacturers; results in October

Radio Iowa: State officials have commissioned a survey of Iowa manufacturers to evaluate industry trends. Iowa Economic Development Authority Director Debi Durham says the results will likely help reconfigure state incentives and retraining programs. Durham expects …
By BPC Staff | Mar 3, 2020