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    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
    August 7, 2018
    Red pine logs are shown in this 2006 file photo. Forum News Service
    Minnesota looking to attract 'mass timber' producers as alternative to steel for building construction
    DULUTH — A burgeoning industry based on a relatively new type of material may be coming to Minnesota. Known as mass timber, the material...
    business/manufacturingAugust 7, 2018 - 7:54am
    August 6, 2018
    Minnesota looking to attract wood building material producers
    DULUTH—A burgeoning industry based on a relatively new type of material may be coming to Minnesota. Known as mass timber, the material is an alternative to steel in building construction. While dozens of buildings constructed with the product are dotted around the country,...
    business/manufacturingAugust 6, 2018 - 7:59pm
    he Tembec newsprint and saw mill in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. The Commerce Department said on Aug. 2, 2018, that it would proceed with tariffs on Canadian newsprint, a blow to an already-struggling American newspaper industry. (Aaron Vincent Elkaim/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)
    Newspapers caught up in trade war see tariffs pushing them off cliff
    Newspapers in the U.S. are caught up in the fine print of President Donald Trump's trade war, as less attention grabbing tariffs on paper imports...
    business/manufacturingAugust 6, 2018 - 10:49am
    July 27, 2018
    A conveyor deposits raw aluminum ore onto a stockpile as a Caterpillar Inc. excavator passes at the Northam Platinum Ltd. Booysendal platinum mine outside Lydenburg, South Africa, on Jan. 23, 2018. Bloomberg photo
    Trade war threatens to take legs from Caterpillar resurgence
    For Caterpillar, a bellwether of American industrial might, President Donald Trump's trade war is threatening to halt what was shaping up as...
    business/manufacturingJuly 27, 2018 - 10:44am
    June 25, 2018
    House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Republican from Wisconsin, at the Harley-Davidson Inc. facility in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, on Sept. 18, 2017. Bloomberg photo by Daniel Acker.
    Harley-Davidson moves work offshore to limit blow from Trump's trade war
    Facing higher costs from tariffs, Harley-Davidson said it is shifting production of motorcycles sold to European customers from the United States...
    business/manufacturingJune 25, 2018 - 11:19am
    May 18, 2018
    Fargo Assembly closing three plants in ND
    ELLENDALE, N.D.—Fargo Assembly Company is reportedly closing three plants in Edgeley, Ellendale and Lehr in the southcentral part of North Dakota. The 43-year-old wiring harness manufacturer has two more plants in Fargo and one in Lisbon. "It's true that we are closing," said...
    business/manufacturingMay 18, 2018 - 9:31pm
    May 4, 2018
    Paul Marvin, president and CEO of The Marvin Companies of Warroad, Minn., is the fourth generation of his family to lead the family-owned firm. Image courtesy of The Marvin Companies.
    Marvin Cos.’ president and CEO opens a window on his family’s venerable Minnesota firm
    WARROAD, Minn.—With more than 5,000 employees in 12 factories across the United States—about 2,100 of whom are located in Minnesota—The...
    business/manufacturingMay 4, 2018 - 4:03pm
    Paul Marvin, president and CEO of the Marvin Companies of Warroad, Minn., is the fourth generation of his family to lead the family-owned firm. IMAGE: THE MARVIN COMPANIES
    Paul Marvin follows family legacy
    WARROAD, Minn.—With more than 5,000 employees in 12 factories across the United States — about 2,100 of whom are located in Minnesota...
    business/manufacturingMay 4, 2018 - 1:00pm
    April 5, 2018
    Justin Pede and Kimberly Pithey check out Cirrus Aircraft's Vision Jet during a 2016 event at the Grand Forks International Airport. (Jesse Trelstad/Grand Forks Herald)
    Cirrus Aircraft wins aeronautics award for creating world's first single-engine personal jet
    An aircraft company with ties to Grand Forks has won a prestigious aeronautics award less than two years after presenting the world's first single-engine...
    business/manufacturingApril 5, 2018 - 6:02pm
    April 4, 2018
    Former Grand Forks County Commissioner John Schmisek accepts the Klaus Thiessen Impact Award Wednesday, April 4, 2018, at the Alerus Center during the annual meeting of the Grand Forks Region Economic Development Corp. (April Baumgarten/Grand Forks Herald)
    EDC celebrates 30 years, 'tweaks' strategic plan
    An organization that exists for 30 years is worth celebrating, but it's important to look and move forward into the future, Keith Lund told Grand...
    business/manufacturingApril 4, 2018 - 7:30pm
    March 31, 2018
    Ashley Schulz works on picking orders at the DigiKey plant in Thief River Falls, Minn., on Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. Eric Hylden / Forum News Service
    Digi-Key plans April construction start for 'massive' expansion
    THIEF RIVER FALLS—Officials at Digi-Key Electronics plan to begin construction next month on a new building that's triple the size of its...
    business/manufacturingMarch 31, 2018 - 9:30am
    March 7, 2018
    The Harley-Davidson logo is seen on the fuel tank of a motorcycle on display at the Oakland Harley-Davidson dealership in Oakland, California, on April 14, 2017. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
    Harley braces for more Trump trade harm after his pledge to help
    Harley-Davidson, one of the first American companies Donald Trump pledged to help after taking office, is bracing for a one-two punch of harm...
    business/manufacturingMarch 7, 2018 - 8:09am
    March 2, 2018
    President Donald Trump leads a roundtable discussion on foreign trade and steel production with corporate leaders inside the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, March 1, 2018. From left: Roger Newport, chief executive of AK Steel Holding Corporation; John Ferriola, chief executive of Nucor; Trump; and Dave Burritt of U.S. Steel. Tom Brenner / copyright 2018 The New York Times
    Trump's steel and aluminum trade threat hangs over NAFTA talks
    President Donald Trump's latest trade salvo over steel and aluminum landed squarely in the middle of Nafta talks, overshadowing efforts by his...
    business/manufacturingMarch 2, 2018 - 9:03am
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