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Thursday, September 22, 2022 10:31 AM
Nordstrom plans to lay off more than 200 workers at its warehouse and distribution center in southwest Cedar Rapids, according to an Iowa Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act Notification (WARN) online announcement.
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Wednesday, September 21, 2022 3:02 PM
Representatives of Ingredion and the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union Local 100G — now in its seventh week of a strike against the manufacturer’s Cedar Rapids facility — were asked to leave the Hotel at Kirkwood Center in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday after the two sides became heated over Ingredion officials bringing armed security professionals with them, the union said.
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Wednesday, September 21, 2022 3:01 PM
Iowa manufacturers are feeling uncertain about the future, according to the latest Iowa Association of Business and Industry Quarterly Business Survey. The continuing workforce shortage is among company leaders’ biggest concerns, and their declining expectations are highlighted in the results of the survey, which was conducted in the middle of this month.
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Wednesday, September 14, 2022 3:41 PM
The Cedar Rapids City Council will be sponsoring JRS Pharma’s application for state financial assistance to help expand its manufacturing operations in southwest Cedar Rapids, including a declining-scale exemption of local property taxes for the project.
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Wednesday, September 14, 2022 3:37 PM
Des Moines-based Dee Zee Inc. will experience “hockey stick” growth in production as it ramps up over the next year as a component supplier for BrightDrop, a commercial electrical vehicle delivery van maker. The company has contracts to supply FedEx and Walmart with new fleets of EV delivery vehicles.
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Tuesday, September 13, 2022 2:54 PM
Amazon Inc., the giant online retailer, has delayed, canceled or closed 66 warehouses this year, according to the supply chain consulting firm MWPVL International.
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Friday, September 9, 2022 3:22 PM
BAE Systems has received a $13 million contract for advanced global positioning system technology to protect U.S. F-15E aircraft from GPS signal jamming and spoofing.
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Thursday, September 8, 2022 2:41 PM
The Iowa Association of Business and Industry and Elevate Advanced Manufacturing will recognize four manufacturing leaders on Oct. 4 at ABI's annual Legends in Manufacturing dinner, which will be held in Ankeny.
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Thursday, September 8, 2022 2:40 PM
Des Moines-based automotive accessory manufacturer Dee Zee Inc. announced today that it has been selected to manufacture structural and exterior components for Zevo electric delivery vans that will be built by BrightDrop, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Motors.
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Wednesday, September 7, 2022 2:41 PM
JT Logistics, an end-to-end supply chain logistics company headquartered in Des Moines, has announced the acquisition of eCommerce Direct (formerly known as Consumer Direct, a division of HP), a Des Moines-based logistics and fulfillment company.
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Thursday, September 1, 2022 3:39 PM
Dubuque-based Flexsteel Industries Inc. today announced that its board of directors, in consultation with its independent financial and legal advisers, has unanimously rejected an unsolicited, preliminary nonbinding proposal from CSC Generation Holdings Inc. to acquire Flexsteel for $20.80 per share in cash, a 22% premium to its share price.
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Wednesday, August 31, 2022 11:04 AM
An increasing number of manufacturing, warehouse and hospitality workers are having a bigger say over the schedules they work, writes Austen Hufford for the Wall Street Journal.
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Wednesday, August 31, 2022 11:01 AM
RMH Systems Inc., a Waukee-based industrial automation systems integrator, has announced the acquisition of DAK Solutions of Elmhurst, Ill.
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Monday, August 29, 2022 2:32 PM
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Monday, August 29, 2022 2:30 PM
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