North Wind Plans Rosemount, Minnesota, Research Operations
North Wind, a provider of ground-based testing for the aerospace and defense industries, plans to establish research and development operations in Rosemount, Minnesota.
North Wind, a provider of ground-based testing for the aerospace and defense industries, plans to establish research and development operations in Rosemount, Minnesota.
Rolls-Royce, a company that designs, manufactures, and maintains power systems, plans to expand its operations in Mankato, Minnesota. The $24 million project is expected to create 100 jobs over the next three years.
TYC Americas, a supplier of automotive lighting products for two- and four-wheel vehicles, plans to establish operations in Wixom, Michigan. The $18.75 million project is expected to create 109 jobs.
Sofidel, an Italian multinational producer of tissue paper, plans to expand its operations in Duluth, Minnesota. The $200 million project is expected to create at least 160 jobs.
Clean earth magnet producer Niron Magnetics plans to establish operations in Sartell, Minnesota. The project is expected to create 175 jobs.
Climate technology product manufacturer Solugen plans to establish operations in Marshall, Minnesota. The project is expected to create 56 jobs.
Polar Semiconductor, a manufacturer specializing in sensor, power, and high-voltage semiconductors, plans to expand manufacturing operations in Bloomington, Minnesota. The $525 million project is expected to create 160 jobs.
ForwardEdge ASIC, a microelectronics design company that creates application specific integrated circuits and subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, plans to establish operations in St. Paul Minnesota. The $60 million project is expected to create 100 jobs.
Nucleus RadioPharma, a radiopharmaceutical company, plans to establish operations in Rochester, Minnesota. The project is expected to create 28 jobs within the first two years.
Bobcat Company, a global leader in the compact equipment industry, today announced plans for a new assembly plant in Rogers, Minnesota. The project is expected to create 100 jobs in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul region.
Outdoor power equipment company Altoz, Inc. will expand its facility in Red Lake Falls, Minnesota.
Nu-Tek BioSciences, an innovative manufacturer of industrial ingredients used in the development and manufacturing of pharmaceuticals, will build a new manufacturing facility in Austin, Minnesota.
Navitas Systems, a leader in integrated design, technology development, and manufacturing of innovative energy-enabled system solutions and energy storage products, was awarded a $1 million Michigan Business Development Program grant for the creation of 125 new jobs and a $9.2 million investment at its facility in Pittsfield Charter Township, Michigan.
Graco Inc., a leading manufacturer of fluid handling equipment, purchased approximately 100 acres of undeveloped land as part of the French Lake Industrial Center in Dayton, Minnesota.
ASV Holdings Inc., an industry-leading manufacturer of all-purpose and all-season compact track loaders and skid steers, will increase production capacity at the company’s manufacturing facility in Grand Rapids, Minnesota.
Cirtec Medical Corporation, an innovator of medical devices, will expand its design and production operations in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.
Rolls-Royce plans a $13.9 million investment in its Power Systems business unit for the addition of a new research and development building and multi-phase expansion of its MTU power generation manufacturing facility in Mankato, Minnesota.
Kindeva Drug Delivery, a leading global contract development and manufacturing company that produces transdermal patches, inhalers and other medical products, plans to build a 136,000-square-foot facility in Woodbury, Minnesota.
Bio-Techne Corporation opened its approximately 61,000 square foot state-of-the-art GMP manufacturing facility in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Eastman Kodak Company will expand operations with the launch of Kodak Pharmaceuticals, a new arm of the company that will produce critical pharmaceutical components, at its manufacturing plants in Rochester, New York and St. Paul, Minnesota.
Colder Products Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dover Corporation and leading manufacturer of connection technologies used in biopharmaceutical processing, medical, thermal management and industrial applications, opened its new global headquarters in Roseville, Minnesota.
Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Allegis Corporation, a leading manufacturer and supplier of access and security components to original equipment manufacturers, pivoted to help provide vital supplies during the COVID19 pandemic.
Life Link III plans to expand operations with the opening of an air medical helicopter base, 58.3 miles north of Minneapolis-St Paul, in Rush City, Minnesota.
Responding with urgency to the national Covid-19 pandemic, textile manufacturer Airtex Group | Acme Made, pivoted to provide critical personal protective equipment supplies at its manufacturing operation in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
A leading global agribusiness owned by farmers, ranchers and cooperatives across the United States, CHS Inc. plans a significant renovation at its soybean processing plant in Fairmont, Minnesota.
Cargill invested an additional $75 million as part of a joint venture with Puris, the largest North American producer of pea protein to double its pea protein production using an existing 200,000 square-foot facility in Dawson, Minnesota.
Barrett Petfood Innovations will expand to a new 150,000 square foot facility in Little Falls, Minnesota. The company is expected to create 85 jobs within the next three years.
A company that manufactures dry and moist dog and cat food and treats, Tuffy’s Pet Foods started construction on a 173,500 Sq. ft. state-of-the-art pet treat facility Delano, Minnesota. The project is expected to create 150 jobs.
Andersen Corporation, America's premier window and door manufacturer, broke ground today on an expansion of its Renewal by Andersen manufacturing campus in Cottage Grove, Minnesota.
Northrop Grumman plans to improve its existing 191,000 square foot facility and is expected to create more than 60 jobs during the next three years in Plymouth, Minnesota.
The state Department of Employment and Economic Development approved grants totaling more than $1.7 million in funding for five businesses in Plymouth, Brooklyn Park, Lakeville, Cottage Grove, and Ramsey, Minnesota. The projects are expected to create a total of 549 new jobs.
Intertek, a leading Total Quality Assurance provider to industries worldwide, opened its new 70,000 square-foot building and construction laboratory in Fridley, Minnesota.
A partnership of five locally owned independent gas and welding supply distributors, as well as the Independent Welding Distributors, Cooperative Absolute Air plans to build a merchant Air Separation Plant in greater Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development approved grants totaling more than $1.51 million in funding for three business in Greater Minnesota and three in the Metro area.
Graco, internationally recognized manufacturer of fluid handling equipment for industrial and commercial applications, plans invest $73 million to expand its operations at the David A. Koch Center in Rogers, Minnesota, 25 miles northwest of Minneapolis, and create 84 jobs during the next four years.
Windings Inc., a leader in the design, test, manufacture and support of custom electric motors, generators and related components including rotors, stators, lamination stacks and insulation systems, is expanding its operations complex in New Ulm, Minnesota.
Investcorp, a leading provider and manager of alternative investment products, reported its U.S.-based real estate team recently acquired its largest U.S. warehouse portfolio, totaling approximately 4.5 million square feet and including 56 industrial
Commercial HVAC manufacturer Daikin Applied Americas Inc. will create 132 jobs and invest $40.3 million to expand its manufacturing operations in Faribault, Minnesota.
PetVivo Holdings, Inc., an emerging biomedical device company, will move out of its manufacturing facility and create a research and development lab to St. Paul, Minnesota.
Finland-headquartered Uponor North America started manufacturing PEX pipe at its new 237,000-square-foot facility in Hutchinson, Minnesota.
A manufacturer of window and door products, Andersen Corporation started construction on a 60,000 square foot expansion of its manufacturing campus in Bayport, Minnesota.
Daikin Applied, an Japan-based HVAC manufacturer, plans to expand production capabilities with a new state-of-the-art, built-to-order manufacturing facility in the southern part of The North Star State, north of Faribault, Minnesota.
Axalta, a company focused on coatings designed to prevent corrosion, expanded its manufacturing capability for its global industrial business, by investing in the 56,000 square foot Northern Stacks complex in Fridley, Minnesota.
Grants totaling more than $560,000 were approved by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development for business expansion projects in Barnesville, Cottage Grove, Norwood Young America, and Ranier, Minnesota.
Custom manufacturer Protolabs Inc. will invest $29.9 million to expand to a new site in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.
Industrial Realty Group, a Los Angeles-based company that owns and operates more than 150 major projects and developments in 28 states, purchased the 3.1-million square foot IBM technology campus in Rochester, Minnesota.
Aquaponics startup Stars Hollow Co. will create 156 jobs and invest nearly $12.3 million to build a new facility in Cambridge, Minnesota.
Medical device firm Caisson Interventional plans to expand its Maple Grove, Minnesota, facilities by 30,000 square foot and add 50 jobs.
Aluminum recycler Spectro Alloys Corp. will invest $5.8 million to expand its production facilities in Rosemount, Minnesota.
Emerson, a global technology and engineering company, will invest $15 million to renovate its Chanhassen, Minnesota, manufacturing facility to increase production capacity of its Rosemount measurement and analytical equipment.
L&M Radiator Inc. will invest $17.6 million and hire 22 new workers in an expansion of its facilities in Hibbing, Minnesota.
Digi-Key, a global electronic component distributor, plans a 1-million-square foot, $200 million, expansion at its operations center in Thief River Falls, Minnesota.
New Jersey-based Envirosight, a leading provider of sewer inspection and rehab technology, completed acquisition of MyTana Manufacturing in St. Paul, Minnesota, a manufacturer and distributor of cleaning, maintenance and inspection tools for the plumber and drain cleaning markets.
Toyota Motor Corporation and Mazda Motor Corporation signed a joint venture agreement to build a $1.6 billion assembly plant somewhere in the United States.
Uponor North America signed an agreement to purchase an existing 237,000-square-foot manufacturing facility and office space in Hutchinson, Minnesota.
Proto Labs of Maple Plain, Minnesota, opened its Metrology Lab for digital inspections, and launched on-demand manufacturing for molded production parts.
A provider of plumbing, fire safety, radiant heating/cooling, hydronic piping and pre-insulated piping systems, Uponor North America is expanding its manufacturing facility in Apple Valley, Minnesota.
PlastiComp, Inc., a global leader in long fiber thermoplastic materials and technologies, expanded its manufacturing plant with the installation of an additional pultrusion line dedicated to producing long carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite pellets at its Winona, Minnesota.
Wabash National Corp. purchased and plans to renovate a 53-acre manufacturing site, formerly Larson Boats, in Little Falls, Minnesota, 97 miles northwest of Minneapolis.
M.D. Stittsworth Co., a family-owned meat market that has been operating in Bemidji, Minnesota, for nearly 25 years, is planning a $1.86 million expansion that will enable the business to sell its products to wholesalers under the company brand name and private labels.
France-based Medical device maker LISI Medical Remmele Inc. is investing $9.4 million in an expansion that will create 19 jobs and nearly double the size of its operations center in Big Lake, Minnesota, located 41 miles northwest of Minneapolis.
Cirtec Medical a leading provider of design and contract manufacturing services for active implants and minimally invasive surgical devices, will expand its 54,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis.
Vertebral Technologies, Inc. a MIS spinal implant medical device company, moved its facilities from Minnetonka to Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Biomerics, a leading contract manufacturer for the medical device industry, created its new Biomerics Advanced Laser division, Biomerics Advanced Laser, in its 72,000 square foot campus in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.
MME group, a leading vertically integrated contract manufacturer, recently expanded its Maplewood, Minnesota, manufacturing center by 10,000 square feet. The plant is located 4 miles from its world headquarters in Vadnais Heights, which is 11 miles north of St. Paul.
Recycled materials manufacturer Envirolastech Inc. will invest $3 million and create 26 jobs at its first production facility in St. Charles, Minnesota.
Federal Cartridge Co., owned by Vista Outdoor, a leading global designer, manufacturer and marketer of consumer products in the growing outdoor sports and recreation markets, plans to create 50 jobs and invest $33.9 million on upgrades and capacity expansion at its manufacturing facility in Anokam, Minnesota.
A company that specializes in building customized precision-machined components, Swan Machine Inc. plans a $1.9 million expansion at its manufacturing plant in Grand Rapids, Minnesota.
Kerry, an Ireland based food ingredients, taste and nutrition company, plans a $18.1 million expansion of its manufacturing facility in Rochester , Minnesota, the first phase of a larger facility expansion project planned at $28.6 million.
Aki Development, a tribally-chartered corporation on the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation, is opening an LED assembly and testing facility in Cass Lake, Minnesota.
Contract medical device manufacturer Biomerics LLC plans to invest $6.5 million and create 120 high-paying jobs at a new facility in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.
Manufacturer Aura Fabricators Inc. is investing $3.76 million for a new manufacturing facility in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
A company that specializes in manufacturing and marketing paint sprayers, applicators and decorating products nationally and internationally for the consumer and contractor markets, Wagner SprayTech Corp. plans to renovate and construct an addition t
3M, the global innovation company recognized for diversified technology and collaborative problem solving, opened its new 3M Design Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.
In mid-July, PwC released its Q2 2016 Manufacturing Barometer, which surveyed senior executives at U.S.-based industrial manufacturing firms to determine their assessment of the direction of the nation’s economy, as well as their projections for thei
Cushman & Wakefield has announced that U.S. industrial markets absorbed a record-setting 70.1 million square feet (msf) of space in the second quarter of 2016, up 6.0 percent from the same period a year ago, and resulting in year-to-date absorption o
Louisiana-Pacific, a publicly traded global leader in engineered wood building products, received approval and incentives from the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board to build a $440 million wood siding plant on 900-acres at the Laskin Ener
Stern Rubber Co., a custom rubber molder and extruder, specializing in bonding rubber to metal and other materials, plans to double the size of a manufacturing facility in Aitkin, Minnesota. The company will invest $1.26 million to expand its plant from 10,000 square feet to 20,000 square feet.
Global food and beverage company Kraft Heinz will invest more than $100 million and add 50 jobs in an expansion of its production facilities in New Ulm, Minnesota, a city in the southern part of the North Star State.
A company that specializes in die casting, Pace Industries will invest $6.3 million to add 60,000 square feet at its manufacturing complex and make adjustments to expand an existing structure in Maple Lake, Minnesota.
Hearth & Home Technologies, a manufacturer of fireplace products, plans a $1.45 million expansion of its manufacturing facilities in Lake City, Minnesota, with plans to hire 37 additional associates.
Medical device startup Corvida Medical is planning a $3.1 million manufacturing facility expansion in Eagan, Minnesota. The company will produce closed-system drug transfer products.
Monteris Medical, a privately held company developing innovative laser-based MRI-guided neuroablation tools and solutions, opened a new facility in Plymouth, Minnesota.
Aircraft manufacturer Cirrus is building a $12.7 million, 68,000-square-foot, painting and finishing facility at Duluth, Minnesota, Airport Industrial Park, near the company’s existing operations, that will create 150 new jobs.
Contract medical device manufacturer Sil-Pro LLC is planning an $11 million expansion of its corporate campus in Delano, Minnesota, a city 28.6 miles west of Minneapolis in the Twin Cities Metro Area.
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., the largest pharmaceutical company in Japan, acquired a biologics manufacturing facility in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. The company, which develops and markets medicines for treating cancer, gastrointestinal disorders, diabetes and other health problems, said the facility primarily will manufacture the prescription medication Entyvio (vedolizumab) and other biologic products.
Abdallah Candies, a family-owned gourmet candy maker in Burnsville, plans a $12.2 million expansion in Apple Valley, Minnesota.
A company that specializes in the design and manufacture of minimally invasive delivery and access devices for a range of therapies, Creganna Medical significantly expanded its operations in Plymouth, Minnesota, with the opening of a new state-of-the
Sweetwater Energy plans to build an approximately $52.8 million biomass-to-biochemical facility on 52-acres off US 169 in Mountain Iron, Minnesota.
Three Minnesota companies; Alexandria Extrusion Co. in Alexandria, Anderson-Crane Co. in Litchfield and P&F Machining Inc. in Otsego, plan to invest $12.1 million on expansion projects with Job Creation Fund grants.
A company that designs, engineers, manufactures and markets all-terrain vehicles, side-by-sides and snowmobiles, in addition to related parts, Arctic Cat Inc. will move its corporate headquarters from Plymouth to the North Loop area of downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Four companies in Minneapolis, Windom, Wyoming and Mendota Heights, Minnesota, plan more than $16 million in expansion projects, with $2.37 million in assistance from the state’s Job Creation Fund. The projects are expected to create 525 new jobs.
Biomaterials manufacturing firm Lifecore Biomedical will invest $18 million and create 68 jobs in an expansion of its facilities in Chaska, Minnesota.
Sportech Inc. will invest $6.5 million in an expansion of its manufacturing facilities in Elk River, Minnesota, increasing its workforce by 43 associates.
Bayer CropScience opened its SeedGrowth Equipment Innovation Center, a $12 million, 135,000-square-foot facility on 11 acres in Shakopee, Minnesota.
Dubow Textile Inc., a custom garment decorator, is expanding its workforce by 20 employees and building a 21,000-square-foot addition at its operations in St. Cloud, Minnesota. The company is investing $1.5 million to expand and modify its current facility at 455 Lincoln Ave. NE. The project will be the company’s third expansion in the last five years.
A manufacturer of snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles, Arctic Cat Inc. plans to invest nearly $27 million in its production facilities in Thief River Falls and St. Cloud, Minnesota, which is expected to result in the creation of approximately 50 jobs.
Olympus, a precision technology leader in designing and delivering innovative solutions for medical and surgical procedures, opened its state-of-the-art Surgical Innovation Center, which includes a medical device research & development and manufacturing facility in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development awarded Optivation-Bemidji State University a $49,572 Minnesota Job Skills Partnership Program grant to train 43 leaders of Lueken’s Village Foods in south Bemidji, Minnesota.
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development awarded $610,000 in Job Creation Fund resources to Rahr Malting Corporation, as an incentive to assist the Shakopee, Minnesota-based, company with its $68 million expansion.
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