Liz Fedor
Reporter | Manufacturing
Phone: 612-673-7709
E-mail: lfedor@startribune.com
Liz Fedor covers Minnesota-based manufacturing companies, including 3M.
Recent content from Liz Fedor
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Project: The Tom Petters fraud case
The Star Tribune's coverage of the federal fraud case against entrepreneur Tom Petters and the struggles of Petters-owned Sun Country Airlines.
Jul 9, 2009 -
Honeywell's Maple Grove fire alarm plant closing
The closure means about 70 jobs will be cut. The plant's work is being moved to Connecticut and Illinois.
Jul 3, 2009 -
Production decline slows in nation's midsection
Minnesota's "business conditions index" was below the regional average.
Jul 2, 2009 -
3M eliminates another 1,000 jobs
Most of the job losses were in western Europe and Asia. That 1,000 figure doesn’t include 700 U.S. employees who accepted early retirement packages this spring.
Jun 30, 2009 -
How one travel agency is coping
A look at the travel slump through the eyes of George Wozniak, founder and owner of Hobbit Travel, where the recession forced dramatic changes.
Jun 28, 2009 -
3M cuts jobs in Maplewood as sales continue to drop
The company is slashing engineering staff and closing a plant in Massachusetts as it prepares to release its second-quarter results.
Jun 27, 2009 -
Irwin Jacobs: Building a better blade
Irwin Jacobs intends to take pioneering boat-building technology and use it to make more durable blades for wind turbines.
Jun 19, 2009 -
A hard-hit manufacturing industry looks forward in Minnesota
Minnesota manufacturers want more educated workers to fuel their growth when the economy recovers.
Jun 14, 2009 -
Slow economy becalms Pipestone wind power business
As the White House pushes renewable energy, weak demand forces Minnesota firm Suzlon Rotor to cut 160 jobs.
Jun 9, 2009 -
A cleaning revolution
Tennant can't turn water into wine, but it can turn it into an effective and chemical-free cleaning product.
Jun 8, 2009
