Innovation

Iowa Top Workplaces 2025

Several Corridor companies recognized among Iowa Top Workplaces

Several Corridor companies have been recognized as Iowa Top Workplaces, with at least two earning the honor for the 12th consecutive year. Clickstop Inc., an e-commerce company based in Urbana, and Honkamp, a CPA and business advisory firm with offices…

BAE Systems bringing electric drive system to industrial vehicle market

BAE Systems, a leader in electric propulsion, will bring its next-generation power and propulsion technology…

electric industrial vehicle

St. Luke’s innovation lab creates gaming keyboard for spinal care patient

Lotus Friedman, a 13-year-old hospitalized at UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids…

St. Luke's innovation lab

Duane Arnold Energy Center saves $100M from record-setting fuel transfer

The Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC) safety team transferred spent fuel to Independent Spent Fuel…

Duane Arnold Energy Center fuel transfer

University of Iowa professor honored for 3D printing innovations

Xuan Song, an assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering at the University of Iowa,…

University of Iowa professor Xuan Song UI

GDIT awarded $661M digital modernization contract for the EPA

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), a business unit of General Dynamics, announced April 27 that…

General Dynamics Information Technology

BAE Systems to work on NASA’s electric aircraft technology demonstrator

General Electric (GE) Aviation has selected BAE Systems as the aerospace company responsible for designing,…

BAE Systems NASA research project

Iowa City Transit named ‘Most Collaborative’ for electric bus fleet

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recognized 10 transit agencies for…

Iowa City Transit electric buses

Deere & Company forms joint venture with GUSS Automation

Deere & Company has entered into a joint venture with GUSS Automation, announced Deere on…

Deere & Company, logo

Amazon, NSF give grant to UI researchers to make algorithms less discriminatory

A team of University of Iowa researchers and professors have received an $800,000 grant from…

Corridor businesses awarded assistance for summer internship programs

Gov. Kim Reynolds awarded 35 projects with $2.26 million in state grants to launch youth…

Marion company receives one of Iowa’s first Industry 4.0 grants

As president of Marion-based Woodcrafters Inc., Dan Sanderson is always working to use his 25…