Tag: Van Meter
Van Meter plans rebranding for Werner Electric
Van Meter Inc. has announced that Werner Electric Ventures LLC, known commercially as Werner Electric, a Minnesota-based electrical distributor acquired by Van Meter April...
Pandemic accelerating touchless tech adoption
A poster at Clean Laundry in Marion promotes Dexter Pay, a mobile app from Dexter Laundry that enables customers to pay for washer and...
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; Mike Gassmann, Van Meter; Kimberly Venner, Tanager Place; Brenda...
Stepping under the ESOP umbrella
Employee-owned companies in the Corridor are pursuing M&A deals in a bid to diversify
By Dave DeWitte
dave@corridorbusiness.com
Employee stock ownership plans, or ESOPs, long used by...
Chief Technology Officer of the Year: Jeff Miller
Jeff Miller
Chief Technology & Distribution Officer
Van Meter Inc.
Chief Technology/Information/Security Officer of the Year
Nominated by Bailey Cole, Learning & Development Coordinator, Van Meter
Jeff Miller’s business...
Jordan Grimm
Continuous Improvement Specialist
Van Meter Inc.
AGE: 29
Who are your local mentors?
Barry Boyer, Alicia Murphy and David Borger-Germann.
What was the best advice you ever received?
“Turn your...
How IoT is revolutionizing manufacturing
By Dave DeWitte
dave@corridorbusiness.com
Whether you call it machine to machine or connected manufacturing, its adoption will be a critical differentiator between the sectors winners and...
Corridor manufacturers capitalize on subassembly shift
A wiring harness for a piece of agricultural equipment is laid out by Adreanna Clark, a large harness builder at Timberline Manufacturing in Marion....
Lura McBride named 2017’s Most Influential
Lura McBride poses for a photo inside Van Meter's wire center in southwest
Cedar Rapids on a recent morning. PHOTO SHUVA RAHIM
By Christine Hawes
news@corridorbusiness.com
Lura McBride,...
Building great cultures in the Corridor
By Joe Tye / Guest Column
When Bob Dent and I were researching the book, “Building a Culture of Ownership in Healthcare,” we wanted to...