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Williams plans $1 billion expansion of Ogden plant

Technicians assemble an FJ33-5A turbo fan jet engine at the Williams International manufacturing plant in Ogden. The Michigan-based company plans to create 316 jobs over the next 20 years in a $1 billion expansion project in Ogden, where it has had a plant operating since 1978.…

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SLC announces three options to rebuild ballpark neighborhood

Brice Wallace Salt Lake City has one, two, three options out for an old ballpark. Three scenarios for the future of the Smith’s Ballpark location at West Temple and 1300 South have been announced by Mayor Erin Mendenhall and other city leaders. One keeps the current ballpark…

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Utah ranks No. 1 among U.S. states for innovation capacity and outcomes

Utah’s broad innovation ecosystem ranks high among U.S. states across various measures. A new report from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah, co-led by the Economic Development Corporation of Utah (EDCUtah), shows the characteristics contributing to…

Trucordia acquires Archibald Insurance

Trucordia, a Lindon-based insurance brokerage formerly known as PCF Insurance Services, has acquired Archib ald Insurance of Richmond, Midlothian and North Chesterfield, Virginia. “We’re excited to welcome the Archibald Insurance team to Trucordia and look forward to their…

Provo's Hypercraft announces seven-year expansion plan, to grow by 183 jobs

Brice Wallace A company producing electric drive systems for racing, defense, marine, street and commercial vehicles will grow by 183 employees over the next seven years. Provo-based Hypercraft Inc. made the announcement after being approved for a tax credit incentive of nearly…

RETRACTION

In the “Law Focus” section of the Business Journal issue of Oct. 28, we published an article titled “New Utah laws in 2024: Transforming business, workforce and sustainability” that contained a number of factual errors. The article was written using research from an AI engine…

New Utah law allows Lyft to launch exclusive benefit for Utah drivers

Utah-based drivers for rideshare platform Lyft will have a new benefit beginning Jan. 1. Under a first-of-its-kind program administered by benefits technology company Stride, Lyft will contribute a market-leading 7 percent of eligible drivers’ quarterly earnings (including bonus…

Pleasant Grove's Alianza acquires Microsoft's Megaswitch business

Alianza Inc., a cloud communications platform for service providers located in Pleasant Grove, has announced it has signed a definitive agreement with Microsoft to acquire Microsoft’s Metaswitch brand. Metaswitch is Microsoft’s high-performance communications software. The…

Kaysville's OptConnect buys Dutch company through European division

Capestone, a mobile networking platform based in Leiden, Netherlands, and a division of Kaysville-based wireless communications company OptConnect, has acquired Next Era, a France-based, specialized niche distributor of 4G, 5G and mobile networks in Europe. Capestone adds more…

Becklar restructures ownership

Ogden-based safety and monitoring solutions provider Becklar has a new ownership structure led by Boston-based private equity firm Graham Partners. Under the new ownership arrangement, Becklar management and existing private equity partner BV Investment Partners will both sell…

WORK DAZE: The office holiday party: Get fired up or get fired

Bob Goldman It’s the biggest office party of the year — the annual holiday extravaganza where even the most remote remote workers drag themselves back to the workplace to celebrate with bad food, fake comradery and fun with a capital F. And — oh yes — firings. Firings have a…

BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR: Foundation of new HIV drug laid in labs at University of Utah

A new long-lasting prophylactic HIV drug, the foundation for which was developed at the University of Utah, has been named the Breakthrough of the Year by the scientific journal Science . Initial foundational research for the drug lenacapavir, developed by Gilead Sciences, was…

Utah renters urged to use ‘underutilized’ refund program

Katie McKellar Utah News Dispatch With the deadline fast approaching on Dec. 31, low-income advocates want Utah’s seniors and others who are eligible for the state’s Circuit Breaker Renter Refund program to claim their 2023 refunds if they haven’t already. Named after an…

Bamboo report: Pay raises down 42% since 2022; 40% didn’t get raises at all

BambooHR, a cloud-based human resource platform headquartered in Draper, has released its annual study of worker sentiment concerning compensation, revealing that 40 percent of salaried workers haven’t received a salary increase. For the 60 percent who did, the average increase…

VanTrust to build WVC warehouses

VanTrust Real Estate, a Kansas City, Missouri-based real estate development company with a regional office in Salt Lake City, has acquired 32 acres in West Valley City, where it plans to build four industrial warehouse buildings. The site, near railroads, interstate highways and…

DigiCert releases predictions for the cybersecurity industry for 2025

DigiCert, a Lehi-based global provider of digital trust products, has released its annual forecast of cybersecurity predictions for identity, technology and digital trust expected to shape the landscape in 2025 and beyond. These predictions provide a snapshot of the…

Industry Briefs 12-23-24

Industry Briefs are provided as a free service to our readers. Company news information may be sent to brice.w@thecityjournals.com . The submission deadline is one week before publication. CONTESTS Nominations are being accepted until Feb. 23 for the 2025 Governor’s Science…

New group directs efforts at cloud investors

CLOUD FINANCE ASSOCIATION Brice Wallace Utah has a new professional organization, one focusing on cloud investments. The Cloud Finance Association aims to revolutionize how finance and accounting professionals approach cloud spend optimization. Its goals include helping…

ELECTION RESULTS DRIVE CONSUMER SENTIMENT UP 9.1%

In a move seemingly tied to the results of the November election, Utah’s consumer sentiment took its largest monthly jump in many months and the second-largest since November 2020. The Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute’s Survey of Utah Consumer Sentiment jumped from 80.7 to 88.1,…

SLC/Murray ranked among metros with 'diverse bioscience strengths'

A technician inspects medical devices ready for packaging at Merit Medical in South Jordan. The Salt Lake City area is recognized for having “an especially diverse set of bioscience industry strengths” in a newly released report on the industry. Photo courtesy of Merit Med ical.…

Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy signs first regulatory mitigation agreement

The Utah Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy (OAIP) has signed its first regulatory mitigation agreement with ElizaChat, a company developing an app that schools can offer to teenage students to enable them to improve their mental wellness. A regulatory mitigation agreement…

PACS Group buys Tennessee facilities

PACS Group Inc., a healthcare-focused holding company based in Farmington, has announced that independent operating subsidiaries of the company have acquired the operations of 11 skilled nursing facilities in Tennessee, which collectively comprise 1,310 skilled nursing beds. The…

Utah businesses paid $8.1 billion in state and local taxes in 2024

Utah businesses paid $8.1 billion in state and local taxes in the recently ended fiscal year 2024, according to data released in a report from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah. The report was Part 5 of the institute’s visual guide series on tax…

EnergySolutions signs agreement for location of small nuclear reactors

EnergySolutions, a Salt Lake City-based nuclear energy services company, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Canadian small modular nuclear reactor developer Terrestrial Energy to collaborate on the siting and deployment of integral molten salt reactor (IMSR)…

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