Tag: Rockwell Collins
A big loss with Toyota Financial Services
CBJ Editorial
The community will need to rely on its sunny disposition now that Toyota Financial Services will be closing its Cedar Rapids location, eliminating 600 local jobs.
Big glass ceiling breaks
Two significant glass ceiling barriers were broken over the past several weeks. First, and most obviously, Kamala Harris was sworn in as the first...
Missing Collins’ balanced portfolio
When Collins Aerospace was the independent company Rockwell Collins, it had a balanced business portfolio split almost half and half between commercial aerospace and...
COVID-19 has shaken our economic pillars
CBJ Editorial
The two biggest economic players in the Corridor are the University of Iowa and Collins Aerospace, formerly Rockwell Collins, now under parent company...
A new pilot at Collins Aerospace
Steve Timm has been named president of Collins Aerospace after leading the company's Avionics unit since May 2019. CREDIT COLLINS
By Adam Moore
adam@corridorbusiness.com
As the megamerger...
Filling a void in Corridor leadership
CBJ Editorial
Next month we will publish the CBJ’s annual list of the most influential people in the region. This well-read list is something that...
Collins Aerospace leader seeks to calm merger jitters
Phil Jasper, president of Collins Aerospace's Mission Systems division.
By Dave DeWitte
dave@corridorbusiness.com
Collins Aerospace Mission Systems President Phil Jasper offered some words of reassurance about the...
Tough questions for ICR Iowa
CBJ EditorialÂ
When the Iowa City Area Development Group (ICAD) and the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance finally came together in 2016 to create a...
Ho hum on UTC-Raytheon
CBJ Editorial
Even though Collins Aerospace is still the largest private employer in the region, and whatever impacts it inevitably ripples through our region, the...
A silver living to the United Technologies deal
CBJ EditorialÂ
The acquisition and integration of Rockwell Collins by United Technologies Corp. (UTC) has caused some anxiety and consternation in the Corridor.
The ongoing public...