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Boeing picks Rockwell Collins to equip 777X with touch-screen controls

Wall Street Journal: Boeing Co. and Cedar Rapids-based Rockwell Collins Inc. are teaming up to install the first touch screens in the cockpits of next-generation airliners.…

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Deere announces executive moves

Michael Mack Jr.

Deere & Co. today announced changes to its senior management team in response to the planned retirement later this year of Michael Mack Jr., 59, group president for John Deere Financial Services, …

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Diamond V to build third plant in Cedar Rapids

Corridor Business Journal: Diamond V, which produces nutrition and digestive products for livestock at its two Cedar Rapids plants, plans to add a third plant there in 2018 if the company receives financial backing from the …

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LBS announces leadership transition

Fritz James

LBS, a Des Moines-based manufacturer of materials for the bookbinding, packaging and stationery industries, announced that its chairman and CEO, Fritz James, is retiring after 40 years leading the company. James owned the company …

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LBS announces leadership transition

Fritz James

LBS, a Des Moines-based manufacturer of materials for the bookbinding, packaging and stationery industries, announced that its chairman and CEO, Fritz James, is retiring after 40 years leading the company. James owned the company …

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Register for Advanced Manufacturing Conference

Registration is open for the Iowa Association of Business and Industry’s 2016 Advanced Manufacturing Conference, Oct. 4 at the Meadows Events and Conference Center in Altoona. Marci Rossell, former CNBC chief economist and finance speaker, …

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Register for Advanced Manufacturing Conference

Registration is open for the Iowa Association of Business and Industry’s 2016 Advanced Manufacturing Conference, Oct. 4 at the Meadows Events and Conference Center in Altoona. Marci Rossell, former CNBC chief economist and finance speaker, …

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Deere to lay off 30 in Quad-Cities, 115 in Waterloo

Quad-City Times: Deere informed employees today at plants in Davenport and Waterloo that it will lay off approximately 145 production workers. The actions include Davenport Works and Waterloo Works. Deere informed employees that an indefinite layoff will …

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Deere earnings down in third quarter

Deere & Co. reported decreased sales and net income for the third quarter, driven by continued weakness in global markets for farm and construction equipment.


All of the manufacturer’s business segments remained profitable, and the…
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Fair-Play Scoreboards to move out of Iowa

After 93 years in Iowa, Fair-Play Scoreboards will no longer be manufactured in Des Moines.


Trans-Lux Corp., which acquired the family-owned company in 1997, will move the scoreboard manufacturing operation to a new 66,000-square-foot factory…