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Clearfield loses train factory to Salt Lake's Northwest Quadrant

By John Rogers A new major manufacturing facility for a Switzerland-based train manufacturer — one that Clearfield officials thought they had a good shot at having in their city — instead will be built in Salt Lake City, the company has announced. Stadler Rail recently launched…

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Oct 23

BioUtah chief: Need to tell story of Utah biotechs

By Brice Wallace Among the accolades and glowing statistics about Utah’s economy, a couple may have slipped under the radar. Not only is Utah 13th-ranked among states for employment in the life science industry, it tops all states in industry employment growth. In the period of…

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Carter tabbed to head UCAIR

The Utah Clean Air Partnership (UCAIR) board has appointed Thom Carter as its new executive director. UCAIR is a nonprofit organization with the goal of bringing Utah communities together to achieve clean air. “After an extensive search, we are excited to have Thom at the helm…

Gas prices finally headed down

Utah gas prices were looking pretty scary in September, but are trending down just in time for Halloween. Gas prices have fallen about 10 cents in the state after last month’s unusual spike caused when major U.S. oil refineries on the Gulf Coast were taken offline due to recent…

FireFly Automatix again tops MWCN's list of Utah's fastest-growing

Utah doesn’t have many fireflies, but FireFly has demonstrated an ability to grow and shine. FireFly Automatix Inc., a North Salt Lake-based company operating as FireFly Equipment, has again earned the top spot in the Utah 100, a list of the fastest-growing companies in Utah,…

Stork opens service center

Stork, a maintenance and modification company headquartered in the Netherlands, has opened a Salt Lake City service center and expects to hire 60 technicians as part of its truck-based, fit-for-purpose mobile maintenance and construction fleet. The company welcomed clients and…

SoJo Station set to open in South Jordan

Nov. 1 is the date that developers, South Jordan city officials and representatives from UTA have set to open the first phase of SoJo Station in South Jordan. A ceremony and open house will be held that day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Located at 10355 S. South Jordan Gateway, the…

Note to Republicans: Reform should leave out the global minimum tax

By Veronique de Rugy In a town where consensus is rare, an agreement has emerged among Republicans that the main goals of corporate tax reform are economic growth and increased competitiveness. The good news is that given that we have a terribly anti-growth and anti-competition…

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China is winning the future – and it has to do with investing in clean energy

By Fareed Zakaria Last week, the front page of The New York Times described the Trump administration’s repeal of the Clean Power Plan, the Obama administration’s attempt to slash carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants. “The war on coal is over,” declared Environmental…

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James Madison was an insightful man; maybe we should listen to him

By Robert Pembroke In the Virginia state capitol, you will find a bust of James Madison and the first thing that you will notice is that he was a handsome guy. And if you’ve done your due diligence, you will also know that he was very smart and insightful. Just check out the…

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Legal Matters: Cybersecurity concerns? Call a lawyer

By Tsutomu Johnson Each year brings a data breach that affects more and more people. Each breach also brings larger fines for companies who failed to protect information. In an effort to evade regulatory fines and consumer wrath, companies have tried to address cybersecurity…

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Industry Briefs

Industry Briefs - 10-23-17

Industry Briefs are provided as a free service to our readers. Company news information may be sent to brice@slenterprise.com. The submission deadline is one week before publication. ACCOUNTING • Tanner LLC , Salt Lake City, has promoted Dan Griffiths to partner of strategy and…