Van Meter

Van Meter CEO Lura McBride to receive business leadership award
Lura McBride, president and CEO of Van Meter Inc., will receive the Oscar C. Schmidt Iowa Business Leadership Award from the Tippie College of Business, along with the company’s employee-owners. The award ceremony will take place Nov. 11 at 6…
Van Meter receives DEI award from Rockwell Automation
Van Meter received Rockwell Automation’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Award during the 2024 PartnerNetwork…

Van Meter receives 2024 Rockwell Automation Distributor Innovation Award
Van Meter received Rockwell Automation’s Distributor Partner Innovation Award during the 2024 PartnerNetwork Conference March…

Van Meter now part of Information Solutions Value-Added Reseller program
Van Meter Inc. in Cedar Rapids is now one of the first electrical distributors in…

Van Meter CEO Lura McBride to receive Howard Hall Excellence in Business award
Lura McBride, President and CEO of Van Meter Inc., has been named the recipient of…

Van Meter, Savant Wealth Management named to fastest-growing companies list
Cedar Rapids’ Van Meter ranked 3,489 and Savant Wealth Management ranked 4,589 on the 2023…

Van Meter expands with Milan solar energy distribution center
MILAN – Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Van Meter Inc. recently opened a 25,000-square-foot distribution center in Milan to…
Van Meter’s Lura McBride named 2023 NAED Trailblazer
tED Magazine, a publication for electrical distributors, announced June 8 that Van Meter president and…

Van Meter’s Lura McBride leads by inspiring, connecting with others
Lura McBride’s passion is infectious. It’s a high-energy aura, a magnetism common to people who’ve…

The Corridor’s largest privately held companies: Van Meter Inc.
Now nearing a century in business, much has changed with Van Meter Inc.’s products and…

Van Meter expands robotics capabilities with three supplier partnerships
Cedar Rapids-based Van Meter announced a new partnership Aug. 9 with robotics supply partners Comau,…

Lauren Shovein
Marketing Program Manager Van Meter AGE: 37 What was your first job? Grocery store bagger.…
Van Meter, GreenState continue growth
Van Meter Inc., a 50% partner in Werner Ventures LLC, the legal entity that owns…
Van Meter plans rebranding for Werner Electric
Van Meter Inc. has announced that Werner Electric Ventures LLC, known commercially as Werner Electric,…

Pandemic accelerating touchless tech adoption
A poster at Clean Laundry in Marion promotes Dexter Pay, a mobile app from Dexter…

Celebrating the best of the Corridor’s C-suite
This year’s C-Suite Award winners, from left: Lucas Kuhlmann, ACT; Sue Freeman, GreenState Credit Union;…



