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Rockwell Collins names new managing director for Latin America

Rockwell Collins has appointed Jairo Soterio as the managing director to lead the company’s growing presence in the Latin American region, according to the Corridor Business Journal. As the new managing director for Latin America, Soterio …

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Tariff retaliation leads Deere and Co. worried over future sales

Rising trade tensions between the U.S. and trading partners are concerning officials at Deere and Co., reports Bloomberg News. U.S. tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum, proposed by President Donald Trump, have Deere “much more …

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Towable RVs are pulling Winnebago to record revenue

Iowa Public Radio: Towable RVs now account for well more than half of the revenue at Forest City-based Winnebago Industries. Second-quarter profits and revenue are up substantially for the recreational vehicle manufacturer from a year ago. …

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General Dynamics to cut jobs in Coralville

Cedar Rapids Gazette: General Dynamics Information Technology will conduct another round of job cuts at its call center in Coralville. The reductions will take place later this year and are due to changes with a government …

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Steel tariffs already raising prices, Ankeny company says

A week after President Donald Trump announced a new tariff on imported steel and aluminum, one Iowa business says prices are already rising, reports WHO-TV. Kinzler Construction of Ankeny says suppliers started raising prices last week …

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Rockwell Collins to close Tucson facility

Corridor Business Journal: A Rockwell Collins facility in Tucson, Ariz., that manufactures Super First Class aircraft seating will close at the end of September due to market conditions. The closing will eliminate about 413 full-time positions, …

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What’s happening with trade — and how does Iowa fit in?

There’s been a lot of talk of tariffs and trade in national and local headlines in the last week or so. The March 9 Business Record (Insider) tackles the very topic with Managing Editor Perry Beeman talking …

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Deere CEO: ‘Best days still to come’

Ahead of the company’s 100th anniversary of its entering the tractor market, John Deere expects agricultural production to rise despite the recent agricultural downturn, Chairman and CEO Samuel Allen told stockholders recently, the Quad-City Times reported. …

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Helena Industries plans to expand

Helena Industries, a chemical manufacturing company that has been located in what is now the city of Des Moines Southeast Agribusiness Park since the 1950s, wants to buy 47 acres of land from the city …

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ADM plans $196M expansion in Clinton

Quad-City Times: The Archer Daniels Midland grain processing plant in Clinton will undergo a $196 million modernization and expansion project to increase manufacturing capacity and help the century-old facility remain competitive. Chicago-based ADM is planning to …