Ecolab expects to close on the purchase of AkzoNobel’s Purate business in June.
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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.
Shippers are having trouble hauling their full cargo loads on Lake Superior because water levels are well below their monthly averages.
After dropping its frozen pizza manufacturing sector, Austin Packaging will reportedly cut 125 employees from its staff of 250.
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That figure represents a 0.6 percent increase from the fourth quarter of 2011, lagging the 2.8 percent national average during the period.
Some of the company’s products that are used in catheterization procedures have been recalled because of a potential for air leakage, which could lead to an obstructed artery and result in serious injury or death.
The airplane manufacturer appointed Pat Waddick, a longtime employee and chief engineer of the company’s original aircraft, as president.
In partnership with Bobcat, the company just launched a new line of commercial utility vehicles, a move that signals its growing interest in the commercial market.
The company said it expects to close on its planned acquisition of Champion Technologies—which previously stalled amid federal antitrust concerns—in the first quarter.
The Bloomington-based maker of filtration systems lowered its sales and earnings outlook, saying it expects continued weakness in certain markets amid continued economic uncertainty.