Manufacturing

Corridor Business Journal: Collins Aerospace Mission Systems President Phil Jasper predicted stability but little growth in the company’s Cedar Rapids-area workforce in some of the first public comments from local leaders since the new company was …

Corridor Business Journal: More than a year and a half ago, consumer products giant Procter & Gamble announced it would cut 500 jobs at its Iowa City facility and shift production of hair and body care …

Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: Winnebago Industries has agreed to purchase an Indiana RV company for an estimated $344 million in cash and stocks. Winnebago, which is based in Forest City and has its largest motor home manufacturing …

Radio Iowa: Ground was broken last week in Mason City for a $35 million to $40 million tomato-growing project that will include a 16- to 17-acre greenhouse facility along with a 50,000-square-foot packinghouse and 47 jobs …

Donald Boelens has been named CEO of Maytag Dairy Farms. He previously was chief financial officer and later CEO of Swiss Valley Farms Cooperative in Iowa, CFO of Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative in …

Sioux City Journal: Wells Enterprises Inc. has signed a purchase agreement with Eden Creamery LLC to acquire Halo Top, a low-calorie brand of ice cream. Terms were not disclosed. The deal follows last week’s announcement by …

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Cargill is resurrecting a nearly 2-year-old effort to build a $6.5 million rail yard in a southeast Cedar Rapids neighborhood to support its wet corning milling plant, which likely will trigger another …

Wells Enterprises of Le Mars says it will purchase an ice cream manufacturer in Henderson, Nev., that will expand its manufacturing capacity and give it a presence in the western United States, reports Radio Iowa. The …