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. The companies are allowing employees, especially new hires, to …
RMH Systems Inc., a Waukee-based industrial automation systems integrator, has announced the acquisition of DAK Solutions of Elmhurst, Ill. DAK Solutions is a material handling equipment distributor and industrial automation provider that has served the …
CNN Business: Honda has struck a deal with Korean battery giant LG Energy Solution to build a $4.4 billion U.S. factory to supply its electric vehicles. The partners haven’t announced where in the United States they’ll …
The Iowa Association of Business and Industry will host the 2022 Manufacturing Conference on Oct. 5 at the FFA Enrichment Center in Ankeny. The annual conference will bring together experts to provide insight and advice …
Pella Corp. has been ranked No. 1 in Iowa on Forbes’ 2022 list of America’s Best Employers by State released this week. The Pella-based window and door manufacturing company is among 1,382 employers that were profiled on …
With innovations in bioplastics focused on medical applications, the wider industry is hoping to expand options by elevating renewable materials including corn, sugar and vegetable oil as candidates to become bioplastics. To make it happen, …
Deere & Co. today reported net income of $1.884 billion for the third quarter ended July 31, or $6.16 per share, compared with net income of $1.667 billion, or $5.32 per share, for the quarter …
Des Moines Register: Reduced global and domestic demand is hitting one of the top producers in Iowa’s nation-leading pork industry. Arkansas-based meatpacking giant Tyson Foods reported Monday that it earned about $25 million from its pork …
A team of designers in Israel has developed a way to use soil in 3D printing to build structures with outer walls that can double as lush vegetation, as this Fast Company article details. “It may sound …
Deere & Co. announced today it has made a minority investment in Hello Tractor, a Nairobi, Kenya-based company connecting tractor owners with smallholder farmers in Africa and Asia through a farm-equipment-sharing app. The company’s app …
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