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Initiative to address Iowa’s manufacturing skills gap

Initiative to address Iowa’s manufacturing skills gap   By Joe Gardyasz   An estimated 5 percent of U.S. manufacturing positions go unfilled because companies can’t find workers with the necessary skills.   To address this…
By JOE GARDYASZ | Dec 30, 2011
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Whirlpool accuses rivals of ‘dumping’ washers

Whirlpool accuses rivals of ‘dumping’ washers Whirlpool Corp. today accused two South Korean rivals, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, of dumping washing machines in the United States by selling them “at substantially less than fair…
By BPC Staff | Dec 30, 2011
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Positive signs for the economy

Positive signs for the economy Companies cranked out more goods in December and pending sales of existing homes jumped in November for a second month, pointing to a pickup in U.S. economic growth as 2011…
By BPC Staff | Dec 30, 2011
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Titan expands overseas

Titan expands overseas  Titan Machinery Inc. announced that it has closed on the previously announced acquisition of AgroExpert, which consists of two Case IH agriculture equipment dealerships located in Romania. North Dakota-based Titan Machinery has…
By BPC Staff | Dec 28, 2011
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Thesis Chemistry plans chemical biorefinery, headquarters move to Iowa


In 2007, Chris Forslund and his colleagues at Thesis Chemistry Inc. put the chemical manufacturer on a path toward developing its products using renewable non-food biomass rather than petroleum. That new strategy led the company …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Dec 23, 2011
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Big, bigger, biggest


Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations is literally raising the roof – and even lowering the floor – at its sprawling plant just north of Des Moines to make room for new equipment that will enable it …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Dec 23, 2011
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Industry Report: MANUFACTURING


A growing skills gap

An estimated 5 percent of manufacturing jobs – which equates to approximately 600,000 positions nationwide – are going unfilled due to a lack of qualified candidates, according to the 2011 Skills …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Dec 23, 2011
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Deere plans expansion of Ankeny plant

Deere plans expansion of Ankeny plant Deere & Co., Iowa’s largest manufacturing employer, is proposing a 300,000-square-foot expansion of its agricultural equipment plant in Ankeny, according to documents filed today with the Iowa Economic Development…
By BPC Staff | Dec 15, 2011
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Midwest manufacturing continues upward trend

Midwest manufacturing continues upward trend The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago said today that its index of Midwest manufacturing activity increased 0.7 percent in October and rose 0.2 percent in September, based on revised data.…
By BPC Staff | Nov 28, 2011
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Deere announces increased net income for year

Deere announces increased net income for year Deere & Co. announced today that it had a record net income of $2.8 billion for fiscal year 2011, or $6.63 per share, up from $1.9 billion, or…
By BPC Staff | Nov 23, 2011