White Dog Labs to produce aquaculture feed from ethanol stream . . .  Nebraska is the nation’s #2 producer of ethanol with 25 plants having a capacity of more than 2.5 billion gallons per year, yet growth in the industry continues. White Dog Labs (WDL), a Delaware-based biotech company has announced plans to establish a […]

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Next year, Hornaday Manufacturing will celebrate 70 years of successful business in Nebraska. The company will also be enjoying its new distribution facility recently built to provide more flexibility and room to grow in the years ahead. The company recently held an open house and public tours of its expanded location. As reported in the […]

Columbus city and chamber of commerce representatives joined Columbus Hydraulics recently to break ground on the company’s $12 million facility on the east side of Columbus. The project includes $2.5 million in new equipment and upgrades. “It’s awesome to be able to keep a manufacturing business like Columbus Hydraulics here in Columbus,” Mayor Jim Bulkley […]

As if ethanol plants, wind farms, community solar and hydrogen weren’t enough, Nebraska may become a leader in the development of methanol. The technology group Wärtsilä, Finland’s Lappeenranta University of Technology and Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the study of the development of a business case for […]

Want to learn interesting facts about Nebraska Communities? Check out the September/October publications: Trend Studies: Nemaha County, Custer County, Wayne, Wayne County and the Ogallala Community Guide.

In 1949, Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD), a leading medical technology company, located in Nebraska opened its doors for business. On October 23, 2018 – nearly 70 years later – the company announced its continued investment in Nebraska – another $200 million in its manufacturing facilities, creating hundreds more jobs statewide. Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts […]

Nebraska ranks #1 on list of states by financial condition in a new study by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. The study, which measures how well states can meet short-term and long-term bills, used each state’s 2016 fiscal report and the applied trends analysis to reports for each year 2006 until 2016. The […]

FAST Global Solutions, Inc. (“FAST”) recently announced it has finalized the acquisition of Ariens Company’s Auburn manufacturing plant in Auburn, NE. Integrating the Auburn plant into the FAST operations will have a positive impact on current and future FAST capacity issues and needs for customer satisfaction and further growth. According to FAST President and CEO, […]

 What better way to celebrate the importance of manufacturing on the nation’s economy than cutting a ribbon for a manufacturing company expansion? (is a question mark the correct punctuation here?) Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts, representatives from the Nebraska Department of Economic Development (DED), Northeast Nebraska Economic Development District, Burt County Economic Development, and city of […]