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    December 9, 2018
    Tesla chief Elon Musk speaks during a Boring Co. event in Los Angeles, California. Bloomberg photo by Patrick T. Fallon.
    Tesla may consider buying idle GM plants
    Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk told CBS's "60 Minutes" that he may be willing to buy some of the five factories General Motors Co. will...
    business/manufacturingDecember 9, 2018 - 11:38am
    December 8, 2018
    Jared Stober, left, and Juan Carlos Dominguez, co-owners of Nordic Steel Systems, show a 6-by-8-foot wall panel in back with an anchor system that is concrete-free in front. Tom Stromme / Bismarck Tribune
    Central North Dakota startup aims to make homebuilding faster, less costly
    MANDAN, N.D. — A startup company making prebuilt home frames in Mandan is aiming to make the homebuilding process both less time-consuming...
    business/manufacturingDecember 8, 2018 - 11:00am
    December 5, 2018
    LM Wind Power will be expanding its manufacturing in the Grand Forks Industrial Park. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
    LM Wind Power to expand production in $2.5 million project
    LM Wind Power will expand its Grand Forks facilities to manufacture more blades in a $2.5 million project. The city Job Development Authority...
    business/manufacturingDecember 5, 2018 - 7:00am
    November 29, 2018
    Employees work on a Ford Expedition sports utility vehicle on the assembly line in Louisville, Kentucky, on Oct. 27, 2017. Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg
    Why Ford will keep plants humming and Trump happy
    Ford and General Motors both need to overhaul their U.S. manufacturing base to cope with consumers' drastic switch to SUVs from sedans. Only...
    business/manufacturingNovember 29, 2018 - 11:28am
    November 28, 2018
    Cottage Grove, Minn., houses one of the east metro's 3M sites. Katie Nelson / Forum News Service
    Minnesota-based 3M keeping close eye on group representing those born after 2000
    ST. PAUL - Don’t confuse 3M with Gen3M. One is the Maplewood-based $32-billion-a-year maker of products sold worldwide. The other is a business...
    business/manufacturingNovember 28, 2018 - 4:53pm
    Marvin appoints new presidents
    WARROAD, Minn.—Marvin Windows and Doors and Infinity Windows and Doors will get new leadership Jan. 1. Darrin Peterson will become president...
    business/manufacturingNovember 28, 2018 - 11:21am
    November 27, 2018
    Signage at the General Motors Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant in Detroit on Nov. 26, 2018. Anthony Lanzilote/Bloomberg
    Thousands lost their homes in epic fight to build GM's Detroit plant. Now it's closing.
    The once-proud neighborhood was a skeletal wreck. Many of the residents had already bolted, pockets stuffed with fat payouts from the city. Their...
    business/manufacturingNovember 27, 2018 - 10:39am
    November 26, 2018
    The GM metal fabricating division stands at the Oshawa Assembly Plant in Oshawa, Ontario. The plant is part of the larger GM Autoplex and is one of the largest plants in the world. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Brent Lewin
    GM layoffs, plant shutdowns suggest US economy may be starting to slow
    And they may dent President Trump's claim of an industrial renaissance.
    business/manufacturingNovember 26, 2018 - 7:27pm
    November 18, 2018
    St. Paul’s Pearson Candy Co., best known for its Salted Nut Roll and Nut Goodie candy bars, will be sold to Minneapolis-based Spell Capital. This photo of the company’s building in the Highland Park neighborhood, was taken Saturday, Nov. 17. Deanna Weniger / St. Paul Pioneer Press
    Pearson’s Candy locally owned again: Minneapolis firm acquires 109-year-old maker of the Salted Nut Roll
    PAUL — Pearson’s Candy Co. of St. Paul, the home of the Salted Nut Roll and other popular regional confections, will have a local owner...
    business/manufacturingNovember 18, 2018 - 2:58pm
    November 10, 2018
    Central Boiler distributes more than $400,000 in bonuses to employees
    A northwest Minnesota manufacturer of outdoor furnaces awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars in bonuses to 155 employees. Central Boiler owners...
    business/manufacturingNovember 10, 2018 - 6:30am
    October 23, 2018
    A view of the American Crystal Sugar factory at Drayton, N.D., Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
    American Crystal faces sugar worker shortage
    DRAYTON, N.D.—American Crystal Sugar is short by more than 30 workers in its Drayton factory and 100 workers across its Red River Valley...
    business/manufacturingOctober 23, 2018 - 6:01am
    October 18, 2018
    American Crystal Sugar among businesses cited for pollution
    MOORHEAD — The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) concluded 39 enforcement cases in 26 counties throughout the state during the third quarter of 2018. Penalties from all 39 cases totaled more than $203,000. In addition to the 39 recently completed cases, the MPCA also...
    business/manufacturingOctober 18, 2018 - 6:17pm
    October 6, 2018
    Polaris breaks ground on new main lobby
    On Friday, Polaris Industries and Hagen, Christensen and McIlwain Architects kicked off the construction of a new lobby to the Polaris plant in Roseau, Minn. The $2.1 million project will elevate the plant, said director of operations Nathan Hanson. The city of Roseau also will...
    business/manufacturingOctober 6, 2018 - 8:00am
    August 29, 2018
    Newspapers are bundled after being printed in Louisville, Ky., June 26, 2018. (Hilary Swift/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)
    Newspapers get a reprieve as trade commission nullifies tariffs on newsprint
    A federal agency handed the financially beleaguered newspaper industry a victory Wednesday, Aug. 29, with a unanimous ruling that effectively...
    business/manufacturingAugust 29, 2018 - 2:37pm
    August 10, 2018
    (From left) Chris Hahn, Brady Adams and teacher Mike Shrode stand behind the engine they built and are now raffling off to raise money for the Sam Kelderman Technology and Engineering Scholarship. Michael Johnson / Forum News Service
    Engine project helps raise funds in memory of late classmate
    WADENA, Minn. — While he wasn't up to his elbows in grease, Sam Kelderman has been at the heart of a project two teens took on involving...
    business/manufacturingAugust 10, 2018 - 10:17am
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