Senator Amy Klobuchar discussed how to get more women into the skilled manufacturing work force at a hearing that included a Minnesota CEO who’s had difficulty hiring people.
Manufacturing
Under the terms of the contract, military customers may purchase vehicles from Polaris’ defense division.
Polaris attributed the decreased price to better manufacturing resources and supply-chain capabilities compared with Indian’s former owner.
ATK will buy firearm designer and manufacturer Savage Sports, whose parent company, Caliber, is a portfolio business of Minneapolis-based Norwest Equity Partners.
Retail giant Target has launched a new website called “Cartwheel,” which allows bargain hunters to interact and shop via Facebook.
The Orvis Company purchased Scientific Anglers and Ross Reels from 3M, and plans to maintain the companies’ independence.
Boise’s job cuts are the latest in a series of blows to Minnesota’s wood products industry.
Packaged juice manufacturer Citrus Systems is moving to a new Hopkins facility that is about double the size of its current location.
For local restaurateurs,
eco-friendly takeout comes at a price.
Ecolab expects to close on the purchase of AkzoNobel’s Purate business in June.
The longer than usual winter helped boost Polaris' snowmobile sales, although it hurt parts of the company's business that depend on warmer weather, including motorcycle sales.
St. Cloud-based scrapbooking company Creative Memories filed for bankruptcy for the second time in five years and plans to lay off 163 employees.
Biotech company BioAmber, which first announced in 2011 that it planned to go public, has lowered the amount that it hopes to raise through its initial public offering.
After rejecting essentially the same offer four times, 55 percent of voting union members on Saturday voted to ratify the contract and end a drawn-out, contentious labor dispute.
The high cost of feed ingredients fueled by a national drought was among the factors that caused Cargill’s third-quarter earnings to drop from $766 million to $445 million.
The North Dakota Supreme Court denied a request to reconsider its recent ruling, which deemed locked-out American Crystal Sugar workers eligible for unemployment benefits.
David Kaysen, president and CEO of Minnetonka-based Uroplasty, stepped down from his roles on April 5.
The locked-out workers are meeting to vote on American Crystal Sugar Company’s contract offer, which remains nearly unchanged since 2011, for the fifth time.