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Europe trade mission focuses on manufacturing, aerospace, energy

A group of business and government leaders in Utah recently spent time in Europe on a mission to boost trade and foreign investment between the state and Switzerland, France and Italy. The trade mission, which took place June 13-21, included specific company and event visits…

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Jun 23

Plastics manufacturer to hire 100 at new Cedar City plant

By Brice Wallace A Wisconsin-based plastics manufacturer will put a western U.S. operation in Cedar City, adding up to 100 jobs to that area’s economy over the next few years. GOEX Corp. made the announcement after being approved for a $365,299 tax credit over seven years by the…

Gas & housing costs drive CPI up last month

The costs of hitting the road and buying a home continue to plague Wasatch Front consumers. Those two components fueled a 1.2 percent increase in the Zions Bank Wasatch Front Consumer Price Index (CPI) from April to May, on a non-seasonally adjusted basis. The local CPI has…

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Jun 23

Merit Medical acquires Brightwater in $50M deal

Merit Medical Systems Inc. has acquired a California-based company that specializes in a catheter-to-stent product. Merit’s acquisition of Brightwater Medical Inc., of Temecula, California, was announced last week. The transaction consists of a $35 million upfront payment and up…

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Jun 23

Matheson tabbed to lead Point of the Mountain area development

The person who will oversee development at the current site of the Utah State Prison will take over the duties July 1. Alan Matheson, currently director of the Utah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), will step down from that position June 30 to become executive director…

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Jun 23

EY names Utah Entrepreneur of the Year award winners

A dozen businesspeople have been selected to receive EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the Utah region. The awards program recognizes business leaders who are excelling in areas such as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and…

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Jun 23

Salt Lake City's economic development director leaving for Virginia job

The leader of Salt Lake City’s first-ever economic development department will leave the position in August to lead an economic development organization in Virginia. Lara Fritts, who was appointed in May 2016 by Mayor Jackie Biskupski, will leave as director of the city’s…

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Jun 23

WEBB hires Robinson as CEO

WEBB, an event production company based in Salt Lake City, has hired Melanie Robinson as its new CEO. Robinson has over 10 years of experience at the executive level of companies ranging from startup to mid-market. Founded in 1959, WEBB, formally known as Webb Audio Visual, has…

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Jun 23

You can’t succeed if you don’t fix it: Hard and soft skills just aren’t enough

By John Graham The job world is changing so rapidly it’s next to impossible to know what to do even in the short term to get ahead, let alone five years down the road. Now, a debate rages between which is more important, hard skills or soft skills. Those for hard skills focus on…

Succeeding in Your Business: Here's some advice to young lawyers - from an old one

By Cliff Ennico I had the privilege of addressing a group of about 50 law school graduates recently as part of the New York State Bar Association’s semiannual Bridging the Gap program — a two-day orientation course for newly minted lawyers on the “real-world” life and practice…

Business Tech: Technology and investing: Apps lead to creative money-making opportunities

By Bahar Ferguson One of the best things about technology is that it makes almost anything accessible to anyone at any time. Even things that were previously complex or required the help of a professional, can now be done on your own. This evolution carries over into the world…

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Jun 21

Industry Briefs 6-24-19

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. ASSOCIATIONS • The Utah Valley Chamber has hired Andy Pierucci as new director of public policy…

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Jun 21

Stomping on prosperity: Will the real tariff man please stand down?

By Veronique de Rugy The air always swirls with popular myths that, when repeated constantly, are taken by some to be indisputably true. One such myth today is that President Donald Trump is unique among presidents in standing up firmly to the Chinese and other foreigners to…

America's allies are chipping away at the dollar as the world's currency

By Fareed Zakaria We recently watched an unusual spectacle. The foreign minister of Germany, one of the United States’ closest allies, went to Tehran and announced that a European payment system, designed as an alternative to the dollar-based one, would soon be ready. This visit…

Newsletter - 6-17-19

https://slenterprise.com 801-533-0556 --> This week in The Enterprise Monday, June 17, 2019 Sundance economic impact tops $182 million this year By Brice Wallace The Sundance Film Festival's overall economic impact slipped a bit this year but was following a record year in 2018.…

Sundance economic impact tops $182 million this year

By Brice Wallace The Sundance Film Festival’s overall economic impact slipped a bit this year but was following a record year in 2018. Using figures from an economic impact study conducted by Y² Analytics, the nonprofit Sundance Institute said the 2019 festival had an overall…

Utah Inland Port hires permanent exec. director

The embattled Utah Inland Port Authority has a new boss. The organization’s board has announced that Jack C. Hedge has accepted the position as executive director to replace acting director Christopher Connabee, who was appointed by the board in January as interim director.…

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Jun 17

Vets urged to promote service to help business

By Brice Wallace A few speakers at a recent gathering focused on veteran-owned businesses had some pointed advice for former military members looking to grow their businesses: Don’t be shy. Finding ways to leverage their military service and call attention to their business…

Kosovo group learns about renewable energy in Utah

A group of leaders from Kosovo were in Utah last week learning about the state’s efforts in the renewable energy sector. Hosted by the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy, the group was sent to Utah by the Open World Leadership Center, an agency of the U.S. Congress, and were in…

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Jun 17

Toronto firm to build Beaver Co. alunite plant

Toronto-based SOPerior Fertilizer Corp. has announced plans to build an alunite pilot plant facility at the site of an existing copper processing operation near Milford in Beaver County. The proposed pilot operation would produce metallurgical alumina, potassium sulphate…

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Jun 17

CircusTrix names Fernando Eiroa as CEO

CircusTrix, a Provo-based developer, operator and franchisor of indoor recreation centers, has announced the appointment of Fernando Eiroa as CEO. Eiroa will take over a company that has experienced rapid growth since its founding in 2011, including adding approximately 50 new…

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Jun 17