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Tooele to be home for Skytrac's $27 million manufacturing plant

Brice Wallace A cable transport system producer will build a $27 million manufacturing facility in Tooele. Leitner-Poma of America Inc. engineers, manufactures, installs and services various types of ropeway systems for the ski industry, amusement parks and urban transport. Its…

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New business building at USU to honor Kem and Carolyn Gardner

A new building on the Logan campus of Utah State University will honor prominent business leaders and philanthropists Kem and Carolyn Gardner. The building, to be named the Kem and Carolyn Gardner Learning and Leadership Building, will house much of the experiential learning…

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Hansen leaving WTC for position with foundation

World Trade Center Utah is looking for a new leader. Miles Hansen, president and CEO since mid-2018, has accepted an offer to join the Stirling Foundation, a Utah-based global humanitarian organization, as president and board director. The WTC Utah board of directors has…

CommonSpirit Health closes Utah hospitals acquisition, changes names

CommonSpirit Health, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Catholic Health Initiatives Colorado, has closed on its acquisition of five Utah-based hospitals, more than 35 medical group clinics and a clinically integrated network of care providers. The Centennial, Colorado-based…

Megabus adds western routes, partners with Salt Lake Express

Utah-based shuttle service Salt Lake Express has entered a partnership with Megabus, a major bus company based in Elizabeth, New Jersey. In addition to Salt Lake Express routes along the northern I-15 corridor, Megabus will now off routes across Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah and…

Intermountain Health, Surgery Partners to collaborate on surgery centers

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health has signed a partnership agreement with Surgery Partners for the management of existing Intermountain Health ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) in Utah and Idaho and development of ASCs in other select markets. Surgery Partners is a…

Housing starts, building permits down in Utah

According to a new study from Point2, an international real estate search portal that is a division of real estate software company Yardi Systems Inc., Utah is following the national trend of fewer building permits and housing starts. The report found that Utah had a drop of…

Survey: Most HR pros think it’s just fine to hire someone who’s been laid off

Bamboo HR, a Lindon-based cloud-hosted software platform for human resources, has released a new study that found 92 percent of human resources professionals are just as, or more willing, to hire someone who was laid off and 78 percent of employees don’t think any more or less…

Port committee approves 1st loan

The Utah Inland Port Authority appointed the first members to its loan approval committee at a recent meeting. The committee is charged with recommending the terms and conditions of infrastructure loan agreements and making recommendations for infrastructure loans for UIPA board…

Report: 85% of supply chain pros plan to invest in technology in the next year

Ivanti Wavelink, the supply chain business unit of South Jordan-based IT security company Ivanti, has released the results of a recent study titled “Heavy Lift: Supply Chain Trends for 2023.” The firm worked with more than 200 warehouse workers, drivers, line workers, warehouse…

Vytalize buys physician group

Enhanced Healthcare Partners (EHP), a Salt Lake City-based healthcare-focused private equity firm, has announced that its portfolio company, Vytalize Health, has acquired a controlling stake in physician-led Independent Physician Association of New York (IPANY). The acquisition…

Naser to lead ARW Engineers

ARW Engineers, a structural consulting firm in Ogden, has announced the promotion of Justin Naser to the role of president and CEO of the company. Naser, a 25-year veteran at ARW, has been a principal at the firm for the past eight years. “[Naser’s] hard work and dedication have…