Manufacturing
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Perma-Pipe International earnings slowed by pandemicSep 08, 2020 11:00 pm - NILES - Perma-Pipe International Holdings Inc. said Wednesday its second quarter revenue was $20.4 million, $16.3 million below the same quarter last year, and net incom...
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Rust-Oleum president and CEO retiresSep 02, 2020 11:00 pm - VERNON HILLS - Rust-Oleum announced new leadership Thursday with the retirement of President and CEO Ed Voorhees, a 38-year veteran of the company. Bill Spaulding has be...
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PLZ Aeroscience acquires Indianapolis companySep 01, 2020 11:00 pm - DOWNERS GROVE — PLZ Aeroscience Corp. acquired Indianpolis-based Mansfield-King LLC, a leading contract manufacturer of specialty personal care products. PLZ manufacture...
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Wages are soaring in southeastern Wisconsin - a key region of this battleground state
Aug 30, 2020 6:25 am - Perhaps no investment project in the U.S. has been more controversial in recent years than Foxconn's construction of a manufacturing complex in Wisconsin. Between the mu...
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Gurnee facility to manufacture Abbott rapid COVID-19 testsAug 28, 2020 7:00 pm - Updated 8/29 to correct the number of jobs being created. Emergency authorization for use in the U.S. came Wednesday but Abbott Laboratories has been preparing for ...
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Richardson Electronics a distributor for AC PropulsionAug 26, 2020 1:00 am - LA FOX - Richardson Electronics announced a new distribution agreement with AC Propulsion to distribute inverter products. Specializing in the design, development, and p...
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Pactiv Evergreen files for potential IPOAug 24, 2020 1:00 am - LAKE FOREST - Pactiv Evergreen Inc., currently known as Reynolds Group Holdings Limited, said Monday it has filed for a porposed initial public offering of stock with th...
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Atkore International executive to retireAug 20, 2020 1:00 am - HARVEY - Atkore International announced Peter Lariviere, president-Cable Solutions business, will retire on Jan. 2, 2021. "Since joining seven years ago, Peter has helpe...
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Illinois meatpacking plant sued after COVID-19 deathAug 17, 2020 1:00 am - NORTH AURORA - The family of a suburban woman who died of complications related to COVID-19 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a meatpacking plant where her husb...
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U.S. productivity rises 7.3%, biggest increase since 2009
Aug 14, 2020 1:00 am - SILVER SPRING, Md. - U.S. productivity rose at a 7.3% rate in the second quarter, the largest quarterly increase since 2009. Labor costs also jumped, rising 12.2%. The L...