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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…

Stepping under the ESOP umbrella

Employee-owned companies in the Corridor are pursuing M&A deals in a bid to diversify  …

Chief Technology Officer of the Year: Jeff Miller

Jeff Miller Chief Technology & Distribution Officer Van Meter Inc. Chief Technology/Information/Security Officer of the…

Jordan Grimm

Continuous Improvement Specialist Van Meter Inc. AGE: 29 Who are your local mentors? Barry Boyer,…

How IoT is revolutionizing manufacturing

By Dave DeWitte [email protected] Whether you call it machine to machine or connected manufacturing, its…

Corridor manufacturers capitalize on subassembly shift

A wiring harness for a piece of agricultural equipment is laid out by Adreanna Clark,…

Lura McBride named 2017’s Most Influential

Lura McBride poses for a photo inside Van Meter’s wire center in southwest Cedar Rapids…

Lura McBride, Van Meter

Building great cultures in the Corridor

By Joe Tye / Guest Column When Bob Dent and I were researching the book,…

Meet 2017’s Women of Influence

The 2017 class of Women of Influence, shown before the April 20 awards ceremony at…

Alicia Murphy

                  Chief Organizational Effectiveness Officer Van Meter…

Celebrating the 2016 Workforce Awards

Eleven Corridor companies were honored for their successful recruitment and retention strategies during a Nov.…

Mid-Year Economic Review: 10 Biggest Stories of 2016

CRST Tower in downtown Cedar Rapids.  PHOTO/ADAM MOORE   With the first half of 2016…

Van Meter named Coolest of the Cool

Distributor takes takes top honors in CBJ’s 2016 Coolest Places to Work by empowering employee-owners…

Mick Slinger

CFO, Van Meter Private Large Company Nominated by Kevin Powell, Van Meter   Mick Slinger…

No. 2 Large Company: Van Meter

The three things that attract employees to Van Meter and convince them to stay is…