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Varex acquires imaging firm

Salt Lake City-based Varex Imaging Corp. has acquired the medical imaging business of PerkinElmer Inc. of Santa Clara, California. PerkinElmer develops, manufactures and sells digital detectors that are components in medical and industrial X-ray systems. The sale price was…

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May 15

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Savage buys coal reclamation cos.

Savage, a privately owned supply-chain solutions and industrial services company based in Salt Lake City, has purchased Abingdon, Virginia-based Gobco LLC and Power Fuels LLC. Financial terms were not disclosed. The two acquired companies are active in coal reclamation in…

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May 15

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Lack of skilled workers still major concern for Utah companies, report says

Utah’s unemployment rate (3.1 percent) and job growth (3.2 percent) are among the best in the nation. Still, many businesses report difficulty finding as many qualified workers as they need to fill available positions, according to a new research report the non-partisan Utah…

Quality 1 joins ERA Consolidated

St. George-based ERA Brokers Consolidated has acquired Quality 1 Realty in Mesquite, Nevada, according to a release from Quality 1 owner Angela Brooks-Reese. She said her company will become the Quality 1 Team at ERA Brokers Consolidated. The combination of the two companies…

Hamlet opens new community

Hamlet Homes, a Murray-based home builder, has opened a 74-unit residential development in Riverton. The opening of Cardon Square was marked by a recent realty agent-exclusive open house followed by a public ribbon-cutting. Riverton Mayor Bill Applegarth joined Hamlet officials…

Energy office to launch update to C-PACE clean energy financing program

This month, the Utah Governor’s Office of Energy Development (OED) will launch an updated version of Utah’s Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financing program. With the help of a substantial stakeholder group, OED introduced a proposal in the 2017 legislative…

Eric Heiden opens sports science clinic in Park City

Five-time Olympic gold medalist and orthopedic surgeon Dr. Eric Heiden has opened the Heiden Institute of Sports Science and Human Performance in Park City. Heiden decided to establish the institute “after years of envisioning a comprehensive program encompassing sports…

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS 5-15-17

The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: Varex Varex Imaging Corp., based in Salt Lake City, reported net income of $15 million, or 40 cents per share, for the second fiscal quarter ended March 31. That compares with $14.7 million, or…

EDCUtah seeks to ease way for major projects

By Brice Wallace Economic development officials want companies considering Utah for large expansions or relocations to have more and better information about their location options in the state. The Economic Development Corporation of Utah is working on a “megasite”…

Chamber president honored as 'Giant in Our City'

The Salt Lake Chamber has named its annual “Giant in Our City.” And it’s one of its own. Chamber president and CEO Lane Beattie was surprised with the designation during the organization’s 130th anniversary celebration recently. “I didn’t know they were going to do that. It was…

Too many buyers, not enough sellers causes for area home sales decline

Tight inventories resulted in falling home sales across the Wasatch Front in the first three months of 2017 compared to the same period a year earlier, according to the Salt Lake Board of Realtors. In the first quarter, sales of single-family homes along the Wasatch Front…

Patent filings result in companies, individuals being named 'Utah Geniuses'

Barry Mower More than 50 Utah companies and individuals were honored recently with Utah Genius Awards. The ninth annual program featured Barry Mower, founder of Lifetime Products in Clearfield, receiving the Utah Genius Lifetime Achievement Award. The awards staff uses data from…

Williams to replace Beard as head of People's Utah Bancorp

People’s Utah Bancorp (PUB) has announced that it has hired Len E. Williams as executive vice president with the intent that he will replace Richard T. Beard as president and CEO of the company and as CEO of the company’s wholly owned subsidiary People’s Intermountain Bank (PIB)…

Sandy Chamber elects five new members to its board of directors

The Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce board of directors has elected five new board members. Added to the board are Scott Westra,?senior vice president and chief financial officer at WCF Insurance; Kayvon Motiee, president of Broadway Media; Kadee Duclos,?events director at Utah…

Clyde Cos. reorganizes key management

Clyde Companies of Orem have made several organizational changes, including the appointment of Wilford Clyde as chairman and CEO. He will leave his current position as president, a role he has filled since 2001. Clyde Companies is the parent company of W.W. Clyde & Co., Geneva…

CBRE MarketView reflects continued, cautious growth in area commercial real estate

The Salt Lake City office of commercial real estate firm CBRE has released its MarketView report for the first quarter of 2017. The report highlights market conditions of the local office, retail and industrial markets: Office According to the report, a notable occurrence during…

Redford replaces Williams as CEO at ForeverGreen

ForeverGreen Worldwide Corp. has named Rick Redford the company’s new CEO, replacing Ron Williams, who has resigned but will remain as a member of the board and as a consultant to the leadership of ForeverGreen. Lindon-based ForeverGreen is a direct marketing company in the…

Work begins on Grove Tower

St. John Properties has begun construction on the 190,000-square-foot Grove Tower in Pleasant Grove. The company recently completed two other adjacent single-story office buildings within the 60-acre master planned development known as Valley Grove. “We are thrilled with the…

Comcast debuts 1G service

Comcast has announced that it is launching a new Internet service that will deliver speeds up to 1 gigabit per second to residential customers throughout the state of Utah. The company will use DOCSIS 3.1 technology to deliver these speeds over the company’s existing network…

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS

The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: Extra Space Extra Space Storage Inc., based in Salt Lake City, reported funds from operations (FFO) attribute to common stockholders or $137.9 million, or $1.02 per share, for the first quarter…

Utah Foundation report: Future not too rosy for Utah coal industry

Employment in Utah’s coal mining and coal power industries has been declining for decades, due in part to shrinking demand for coal and improvements in mining technology, according to new research from the Utah Foundation. The report also concluded that policy changes promised…

Review of Utah monuments part of Trump order

President Donald Trump last week took the first steps toward possible future economic development in national monuments. Trump signed an executive order that directs Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke to review national monuments created during the past 20 years by the…

New Kearns community facility will house U.S. speedskating

By Brice Wallace Construction will begin this month on a $12 million multi-use facility in Kearns that will feature space for group events, fitness activities and a home for the national governing body of speedskating. The Kearns Athlete Training and Event Center (KATEC) will…

Attitude Index comes back down after March jump

Although consumer confidence in Utah still sits in positive territory, April saw a major decline in the way people think about their economic future. The Zions Bank Utah Consumer Attitude Index (CAI) decreased in April after a big jump in March, mirroring national sentiment. The…

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Apr 29

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