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Des Moines Cold Storage plans $17 million expansion

Des Moines Cold Storage plans to build a $17 million cold storage and distribution plant in the Southeast Agrimergent Technology Park at Southeast 43rd Street and Vandalia Road, north of the Des Moines River, The Des …

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Des Moines Cold Storage plans $17 million expansion

Des Moines Cold Storage plans to build a $17 million cold storage and distribution plant in the Southeast Agrimergent Technology Park at Southeast 43rd Street and Vandalia Road, north of the Des Moines River, The Des …

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Accumold dedicates $10 million expansion in Ankeny

Accumold, a global leader in the design, development and production of micro-engineered parts for various high-tech industries, cut the ribbon Tuesday on its second expansion since 2011 in Ankeny. Gov. Terry Branstad and other government …

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Cedar Rapids plant to close in October

Cedar Rapids Gazette: A Cedar Rapids heavy equipment plant will close at the end of October. McLanahan/Universal manufactures equipment for the aggregate and mining industries. The plant employs about 50.…

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NOTEBOOK: Trade assistance program scarcely used by Iowa manufacturers

Iowa manufacturers that are losing business to overseas competition can get some help to level the playing field through a program that’s now administered by the Mid-America Trade Adjustment Assistance Center at the University of Missouri Extension…
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Kent Corp. acquires Minnesota packaging company

Kent Corp., a family-owned food products and animal feed manufacturer with headquarters in Muscatine, has acquired privately held PouchTec Industries, a food and liquid packaging company based in Foley, Minn. For more than 24 years, …

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Nominations open for Legends in Manufacturing awards

Elevate Advanced Manufacturing, a program of the Iowa Association of Business and Industry, is seeking nominations for its second annual Legends in Manufacturing awards. Key company leaders, past or present, will be considered in four …

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Manufacturer trade assistance program expands to Iowa

The Mid-America Trade Adjustment Assistance Center announced that it has expanded its service territory to serve Iowa manufacturers. Administered by the University of Missouri Extension Business Development Program, the program helps U.S. manufacturers proactively respond to …

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Pella Corp. acquires Reilly Windows & Doors

Pella-based window and door manufacturer Pella Corp. announced it is acquiring Reilly Windows & Doors, a manufacturer and designer of custom window walls and doors based in New York, effective Aug. 1. Terms of the …

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LyondellBasell launches $50M project in Clinton

Quad City Times: LyondellBasell, a multinational chemical manufacturer, has begun building a $50 million administration building at its Clinton complex. Company officials joined Clinton community representatives and representatives of Bush Construction Co., the project’s contractor, in a private …