Manufacturing

Winnebago Industries Inc., one of the leading U.S. recreation vehicle manufacturers, has announced the installation of a $7 million state-of-the-art electro-deposition paint system in its motor home chassis prep facility in Forest City. “This new …

U.S. wholesale inventories rose 0.3 percent in January and sales dropped 3.1 percent, the largest decrease since March 2009, according to the U.S. Commerce Department, Reuters reported. At the present sales pace, it would take a little …

A majority of U.S. manufacturers oppose President Barack Obama’s budget proposal that would increase estate taxes on small and medium-sized businesses, according to the latest National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)/IndustryWeek Survey of Manufacturers. When asked …

New orders for factory goods fell in January, posting their sixth straight monthly decline, according to the U.S. Commerce Department, Reuters reported. Orders slipped 0.2 percent after a revised 3.5 percent decline in December. The department also …

Rockwell Collins Inc. on Friday celebrated the expansion of the company’s production facility in Sydney, Australia, where it will manufacture its Distributed Aperture System optical systems for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II jet fighter. …

Fred Hochberg, chairman and president of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, was in Des Moines this morning to pitch his agency’s services as a playing-field leveler for small businesses seeking to broaden …

A growing Ankeny manufacturer that specializes in making ultra-tiny products has big plans for expansion this year.

Accu-mold LLC, a global leader in the design, development and production of micro-engineered parts for various high-tech …

The Iowa Leading Indicators Index increased slightly to 109.4 in December 2014 from 109.3 in November, the Iowa Department of Revenue reported. The six-month annualized change in the index fell to -0.2 percent from 0.4 …