Iowa Valley Community College District will use a multimillion-dollar federal grant to expand manufacturing training and assistance to companies across its service area. The Marshalltown-based community college district announced in a news release it has received $5 million from the U.S. Small Business Administration to provide free technical instruction for small manufacturers in Hardin, Marshall, […]
When Kentucky’s biggest data center project eyes a former steel mill in Eastern Kentucky, and one of the few remaining aluminum smelters in the United States is sold for conversion into a data center, it may sound like reuse and reinvestment. But for workers, manufacturers, and Kentucky families who are already navigating rising electric bills, […]
SIOUX FALLS — Southeast Technical College’s newest building will train welders and machinists — and carry the name of a South Dakota politician who spent his career championing rural workforce development. Local, state and federal officials gathered Friday for the groundbreaking of the $18 million James Abdnor Center for Advanced Manufacturing in northwestern Sioux Falls. […]
Federal small business loan limits should be dramatically increased to help farmers and manufacturers contend with rising equipment costs, U.S. Small Business Administration chief Kelly Loeffler said Thursday during an Indiana visit with U.S. Sen. Todd Young. Loeffler, a member of President Donald Trump’s cabinet, joined the Indiana Republican senator for a tour of an […]
A fiber optic cable manufacturing plant in Jackson says it will create 100 new jobs as part of a $100 million expansion, company and state officials announced Wednesday. Prysmian, an Italian company with more than 50 locations in North America, opened in Jackson in 2018 after acquiring General Cable. This marks Prysmian’s second expansion in […]
NEW BOSTON, Texas — Superior Energy Services is purchasing roughly 44 acres adjacent to its existing Quail Tools facility to expand tubular rental operations.
In late April, United Steelworkers (USW) members got a text message that should have been reassuring but, instead, raised more questions than it answered.Â
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Energy today announced the selection of Utah, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Idaho as potential host states for Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses, a new effort to strengthen and modernize the nation’s full nuclear fuel cycle.
The New York Times recently ran a fascinating piece on its opinion page featuring a panel of Michigan political experts who offered their insights into the state’s highly contentious U.S. Senate race. The winner of the November election could determine which party will control the upper chamber next year. Should the Democrats recapture Congress, President Donald Trump’s extraordinary use of power over the past two years could be […]
