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Amazon to open last-mile delivery station in Iowa City

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Amazon.com plans to open a delivery facility soon in Iowa City. The Seattle-based tech giant plans to lease the 346,062-square-foot former Procter & Gamble distribution center in southeast Iowa City as a so-called …
By BPC Staff | Nov 19, 2019
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Will Iowa be able to provide workers to fill 1,000-plus jobs?

In a year or so, a massive fulfillment center is expected to open in Bondurant, adding more than 1,100 new jobs in Central Iowa. Another 200 to 400 warehouse and trucking jobs are expected to …
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Nov 18, 2019
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General Mills union workers in Cedar Rapids ratify first contract

Corridor Business Journal: After tense negotiations that included a threat to strike, union members working at General Mills’ Cedar Rapids plant voted to ratify their first contract with the company Thursday. Leadership of Local 110 of …
By BPC Staff | Nov 15, 2019
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Cedar Rapids planning panel endorses Cargill rail yard

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Cargill passed the first test Thursday in its latest application to build a rail yard on vacant city-owned ground in the southeast neighborhood known as Rompot. The City Planning Commission was called on …
By BPC Staff | Nov 8, 2019
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General Mills workers avoid strike, set to ratify contract next week

Cedar Rapids Gazette: More than 500 General Mills workers will not strike after reaching a tentative contract agreement with the company, the union said Friday. The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union’s Local 110 announced Friday …
By BPC Staff | Nov 8, 2019
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Kemin opens innovation and technology center in China

Kemin Industries, the global ingredient manufacturer based in Des Moines, has opened a new Innovation and Technology Center at its China regional headquarters in Zhuhai. The new facility will improve Kemin’s capability to develop leading …
By BPC Staff | Nov 5, 2019
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Signs point to retail giant Amazon opening a delivery station in Grimes

An architect’s rendering of the 110,000-square-foot distribution warehouse in Grimes owned by Hubbell Realty Co. An industry expert believes Amazon.com has leased the space for its delivery stations. Rendering by SVPA Architects.

Amazon.com is hiring logistics …
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Nov 1, 2019
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Target Freight Management acquires freight auditing and payment service

Target Freight Management Inc. has acquired National Traffic Service Inc.(NTS), a freight auditing and payment service. The acquisition will better serve the end-to-end logistical needs of TFM’s less-than-truckload, full truckload, and parcel freight customers throughout …
By BPC Staff | Oct 31, 2019
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Regulators ask Collins Aerospace to divest military GPS business in Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Antitrust regulators with the U.S. Department of Justice reviewing the proposed merger of United Technologies and Raytheon have requested that Collins Aerospace divest its military GPS business, which employs hundreds in Cedar Rapids. …
By BPC Staff | Oct 29, 2019
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Idled meat plant in Cherokee gets new owner

Sioux City Journal: The former Iowa Food Group meat plant in Cherokee has a new owner. Lopez Foods paid $5.8 million for the facility. The Oklahoma-based company is expected to begin operations by next spring. Previously …
By BPC Staff | Oct 28, 2019