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Winnebago to expand with Waverly facility

Winnebago Industries Inc. on Friday announced it will locate a new production facility in Waverly that will employ 70 full-time workers. The facility will be located in a 33,400-square-foot building in Waverly’s SW Business Park …

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Firestone Farm Tires receives state award

The Iowa Quality Center will recognize Firestone Farm Tires, a division of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations for achieving Silver-level recognition as part of its Iowa Recognition of Performance Excellence program for the second time. Firestone …

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Winnebago upgrades paint system

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 …

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Wholesale inventories up in January

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 …

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Survey: Estate tax proposal would hurt manufacturers

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 …

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Factory orders dropped for sixth consecutive month in January

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 …

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Rockwell Collins completes Australia facility expansion

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. …

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Global farm economy a drag on Deere earnings

Deere & Co. profits dropped to $387 million in the quarter ended Jan. 31 from $681 million in the same period last year, the Moline-based company said today. “Deere’s first-quarter performance reflected sluggish conditions in …

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Export-Import Bank chairman urges Iowa small businesses to use its services

 

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 …

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Accumold plans to double space, employment in Ankeny

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 …