Ames companies winners at annual Prometheus Awards
By Ames Tribune staff Several companies based in Ames or with strong ties to the community were recognized during the Technology Association of Iowa’s annual Prometheus Awards ceremony Thursday night. The ceremony was held at Community Choice Credit Union in downtown...
Deere Board elects John May as president, chief operating officer
The following article was originally posted on March 1, 2019 via the Quad City Times. Moline-based Deere & Co. announced Friday that its Board of Directors has elected John C. May, 49, president and chief operating officer, effective April 1. May will be...
State approves financial assistance package for Vertex
The following article originally appeared on February 22, 2019 via Ames Tribune. By Robbie Sequeira, Staff Writer resequeira@amestrib.com The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) on Friday approved “with great enthusiasm” Ames-based software company Vertex...
CIRAS to Partner with Alliant Energy, Open new Digital Manufacturing Lab
AMES, IA – Iowa State University’s Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS) is pleased to announce a new partnership with Alliant Energy that will make it easier for Iowa manufacturers to implement new digital technologies and become more productive. With...
Proximity to Iowa State a Plus for Park Tenants
Since the dawn of the internet age some three decades ago, it has become increasingly more common for teams from distant corners of the globe to come together remotely. What was once novel is now commonplace. With access to an internet connection, a programmer in India can link with an engineer in Indiana and a product specialist in Innsbruck in real- time to push forward any imaginable product or project.
Dryland Genetics: Genetic Mapping Offers New Promise for Proso Millet
Improved varieties help both growers and agricultural sustainability The following article originally appeared on February 11, 2019, via agnewscenter.com Ames, Iowa (AgPR) — Proso millet could become a key crop in water-limited areas now that its genome has been...
Vertex expansion to add 300 jobs
By Robbie Sequeira, Staff Writer rsequeira@amestrib.com Posted Feb 11, 2019 The Ames City Council will consider on Tuesday whether it will sponsor an Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) application for financial assistance of $300,000 on behalf of an Ames-based...
Ames ranks No. 6 on Silicon Prairie report
By Lexie Troutman, staff writer ltroutman@amestrib.com Posted Feb 6, 2019 A report that ranks cities on entrepreneurship health ranked Ames No. 6 among 42 cities across 11 Midwestern states. The report from the Omaha, Neb.-based consulting company Chapman and Company...
TMC Moves To Offer Interns More
Surrounded by firms focused to pushing the bounds of the technology of tomorrow, TMC’s satellite office in Ames may look a little out of place. The transportation company is focused on efficiently moving multi-ton flatbeds, packed with hard goods, across concrete and asphalt from sea-to-shining-sea. By contrast, by many of its neighbors in the Iowa State Research Park “push weight” by bouncing bits of data around the internet.