Manufacturing

Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune: Sarasota’s Chris-Craft Corp. and its owner, Iowa-based Winnebago Industries Inc., have big plans. The blueprint for increasing the number of boat models Chris-Craft offers, the size of its plant and its workforce are …

Business Insider: The aluminum-products maker Arconic said this morning that it will split into two businesses and spin-off one of them. Arconic, which was separated from the new Alcoa on Nov. 1, 2016, said it will …

Waterloo-Cedar Falls: Winnebago Industries says it’s shifting to its Forest City campus the production of Class A diesel motorhomes from the company plant in Junction City, Ore. Winnebago announced today that the change will consolidate product …

Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier: M & W Manufacturing in Cedar Rapids presents one side of the response to a growing body of projections — including a new report from the Brookings Institution — that automation and …

Midwest Growth Partners, a West Des Moines private-equity fund, has purchased Maytag Dairy Farms, the nationally recognized maker of Maytag blue cheese, according to a release. Midwest Growth Partners didn’t disclose details about the purchase, but …

Maclyn, a 25-year-old advertising and marketing agency based in suburban Chicago, has expanded its footprint in Iowa by acquiring Des-Moines based creative agency Saturday Mfg. Maclyn has been actively engaged in the Iowa business community …