The American Trucking Associations announced Tuesday it has signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor establishing ATA as an official registered apprenticeship sponsor. As a DOL-recognized sponsor at the national level, ATA can …
Des Moines Register: Managers at the Bridgestone-Firestone tire factory just north of Des Moines sent workers home Sunday after learning that hackers may have compromised the international corporation’s data systems. Emily Weaver, director of communications for …
Quad Cities Regional Business Journal: Hundreds of members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Local 388 and 1199 at Eaton Corp.-Cobham Mission Systems in Davenport are on strike after rejecting a new contract. There …
Associated Press: Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Inc. plans to lay off workers in Iowa and Kansas because of a reduction in orders for commercial wind turbines. The company, which manufactures wind turbines, announced Wednesday that 121 …
When Lincoln Savings Bank decided it wanted to ramp up its USDA Rural Loans program, the bank recruited Randy Frescoln, who retired after a 30-year career with the U.S Department of Agriculture as Iowa’s business …
Two years ago, Jamie Cord and his partners were at a figurative crossroads in the growth of their company.
It was February 2020, and Cord, then president of MYA Logistics, had just presented an …
We see it here in central Iowa: The growth of Amazon’s presence on the marketplace. In another community, on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, they’re seeing the effects, too. In the old market …
bizTimes.biz: A food manufacturer plans a $43 million investment in its Dubuque plant and the creation of 38 more jobs. Progressive Processing, LLC, a subsidiary of Hormel Foods Corp., intends to remodel its Dubuque facility and …
Kemin Industries announced Wednesday that it has taken an equity stake in Driftless Extracts, a United States Department of Agriculture-certified organic hemp producer, processor and ingredient supplier. Kemin is entering a supply agreement with Driftless Extracts, …
New York Times: Companies are bracing for another round of potentially debilitating supply chain disruptions as China, home to about a third of global manufacturing, imposes sweeping lockdowns in an attempt to keep the omicron variant …
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