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Engine-valve plant closing in Belmond; 184 to lose jobs

Mason City Globe-Gazette: Nearly 200 people will lose their jobs when Belmond’s largest employer closes in 2020. Members of Eaton Corp.’s management team notified 184 employees Thursday that the engine-valve manufacturing facility will close by the …

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Kemin Industries sets next 20-year goal to reach majority of the world’s population

Kemin Industries, a Des Moines-based ingredient manufacturer, says it has reached more than half of the world’s population through its products since 1998. Now the company has set sights on reaching 80% of the worldwide …

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New Raytheon Technologies would see ‘no significant’ job cuts after merger

Cedar Rapids Gazette: While Raytheon Technologies — the new aerospace and defense technology giant to be birthed from the proposed merger of United Technologies Corp. and Raytheon Co. — would retain “corporate presence” in their respective …

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United Technologies and Raytheon are merging in an aerospace mega-deal

CNN Business: United Technologies and Raytheon are joining forces to create an aerospace and defense powerhouse. It is one of the biggest corporate mergers of 2019. The two companies announced Sunday that they have agreed to …

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More than 500 jobs to be lost when Charles City chicken plant closes in August

Mason City Globe Gazette: More than 500 people will lose their jobs when the Simply Essentials chicken processing plant in Charles City closes on Aug. 5. Four hundred seventy-nine plant workers, 22 administrators and 12 field …

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Building Iowa’s robotics workforce

When robotics and electronics engineering students at Des Moines Area Community College are called on by recruiters, they’re often hearing from folks who graduated from a similar two-year program who are now pulling in six-figure …

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Manufacturer’s land donation, bond issue spur new Grimes middle school

Rendering from FRK Architects.

Construction has begun on a new middle school building in Grimes — made possible through a $46 million bond issue overwhelmingly passed by voters in the Dallas Center-Grimes Community School District, …

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New CIRAS lab at ISU Research Park will help manufacturers try out new technology

The Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS) at Iowa State University is developing a new laboratory in which Iowa companies will be able to experiment with new manufacturing technology and identify how particular equipment …

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Survey of manufacturers foreshadows strong year, but tariffs ‘a stumbling block’

Results from a survey of more than 300 U.S. manufacturers indicate that 2019 will be a good year for the industry, according to online manufacturing marketplace MFG.com. 

Overall, business is growing, and suppliers plan to …

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Iowa breweries, wineries, distilleries may soon expand types of alcohol production

State-licensed breweries, wineries and distilleries will soon be able to receive a new license to make another kind of alcohol under a new law that Gov. Kim Reynolds signed Wednesday, reports Radio Iowa. The signing took …

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