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Dee DePass

Reporter | Manufacturing and energy

Phone: 612-673-7725

DePass covers manufacturing news and trends involving earnings, acquisitions, employment and global trade as well as plant and distribution improvements for Minnesota manufacturers, defense firms and energy companies.

Recent content from Dee DePass

Alliant deal for satellite unit dead
The Canadian government dealt Alliant Techsystems Inc. a major blow, denying its request to acquire the satellite business of Toronto giant MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates (MDA) for $1.3 billion.
May 10, 2008
3M to sell HighJump Software unit
Private equity firm Battery Ventures will buy the subsidiary that 3M acquired in 2003 for its expertise in track-and-trace products technology. HighJump's revenue nearly tripled since then, from $34 million to over $90 million.
May 10, 2008
Robocollege in White Bear Lake
At Century College's "Fab Lab," students innovate products, create businesses and find cheap fixes for real-world problems.
May 8, 2008
Toro joins a groaning industrial chorus
Citing a weak economy, a late spring and lackluster orders, Toro Co. slashed expectations for its second quarter in a move that mimicks scores of other manufacturers who also are suffering as consumers put off purchases.
May 3, 2008
Region boosted by exports, farm incomes, biofuels
Minnesota, Midwest economies showed strength in April despite the housing slump and rising costs for feed, fuel and food.
May 2, 2008
Fewer can spare money to buy cars in flat economy
In yet another sign of Minnesota's struggling economy, new car and truck sales plummeted 14.5% in 2007. That was significantly worse than dealers had projected. Perhaps just as ominous: They don't expect sales to get better anytime soon.
May 1, 2008
3M to build Singapore plant in effort to cut distribution costs
3M Co. announced Monday that it is building a $200 million film-coatings plant in Singapore, marking its latest push toward operating closer to overseas customers and suppliers and driving down unnecessary distribution costs.
Apr 29, 2008
3M balances ups, downs to beat Q1 predictions
Though optical film sales are slowing, 3M's other divisions took up the slack to deliver a relatively strong first quarter.
Apr 25, 2008
Ramsey eyeglass firm sets sights on wind energy
Lens maker Vision-Ease is joining the green movement by announcing that it will buy 16 million kilowatt hours of wind energy, enough to power its large lens factory in Ramsey for one year.
Apr 24, 2008
Bobcat builds assembly plant, global hub in Brooklyn Park
The facility is building the company's new line of compact tractors, and serving as a central import and export center.
Apr 22, 2008

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