CASH CUSHIONS
Many of the state's top manufacturers are flush with cash, particularly compared with their situation heading into the recession in 2008.
CompanyThenNowChange
Alliant Tech$20$4061,915.0%
Polaris$22$2621,097.0%
Select Comfort$7$58747.5%
Donaldson $53$263394.0%
Toro$32$107233.0%
3M $1,547$3,376118.0%
Valspar$78$12054.0%
Fastenal$76$8917.0%
Pentair$75$69-8.0%
Ecolab$222$163-26.5%
Dollars in millions, for quarter ending between April and June in 2008 and 2011
Source: Star Tribune research
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