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Air taxi vertiport demonstration shows possible future of transportation

A Bell 505 helicopter lands in the parking lot of the Davis Conference Center. The simulated air taxi launch was to demonstrate how aircraft can take off and land with minimal impact to homes and businesses nearby. Photo courtesy of UDOT. A UDOT/UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY…

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Jun 1

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Industry Briefs - 6-3-24

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. AGRICULTURE Forever Feed Technologies , based in California and American Fork and focused…

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Utah tech industry associations announce merger

TO BE KNOWN AS 47G UAMMI INSTITUTE Brice Wallace Two industry associations are joining forces, aimed at boosting Utah’s economy, speeding the development of advanced technologies, and strengthening the state’s role in national security. 47G, representing Utah’s aerospace and…

Fraser report: Utah 'most attractive' in the world for mining investment

A group of Utah dignitaries led by the University of Utah's "Utah Across Utah" tour program gets an up-close look at Utah's coal mining industry deep inside Wolverine Fuel's Sufco Mine near Salina in Sevier County. A Canadian think tank has designated Utah the most attractive…

UTAH UNEMPLOYMENT HOLDS AT 2.8 PERCENT; U.S. RATE UP SLIGHTLY

Utah’s unemployment has continued to hold steady since the beginning of the year. For the fourth straight month in April, the Utah Department of Workforce Services (DWS) reported a jobless rate of 2.8 percent, meaning there are about 50,600 state residents without jobs.…

Park City's POWDR wins contract to run concessions in Zion National Park

For the first time in more than 50 years, Zion National Park in Southern Utah has a new concessionaire. Park City-based POWDR has been awarded a 10-year contract to manage and operate lodging, food, retail and visitor services within the park starting in 2025, the company…

Deal Flow Report: Utah business deals reach record value in 2023

The overall disclosed value of the business transactions in Utah reached an all-time high in 2023 despite a drop in the total number of transactions. Those results were reported in the recently released Deal Flow Report from business networking organization MountainWest Capital…

Bridor to build Brigham City bakery

Bridor, a France-based producer of bakery products and Viennese pastries that are sold in more than 100 countries, has announced the construction of a new manufacturing facility in Brigham City. The plant will be Bridor’s fifth in North America, with one in New Jersey, one in…

Utah Broadband names Elkins CEO

Utah Broadband (UBB), a high-speed Internet provider in Northern Utah and a subsidiary of Boston Omaha Corp., has announced the appointment of Ben Elkins as its new CEO, following the retirement of Taunya Martin. Elkins is currently CEO of AireBeam, an Internet service provider…

EnviroServe acquires CG Environmental

CG Environmental-The Cleaning Guys, a San Antonio, Texas-based provider of specialty environmental remediation, emergency response and waste management services across Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma and Missouri, has been acquired by Salt Lake City’s EnviroServe Inc. Terms of the…

Elektron Solar, major Tooele County solar facility, begins commercial operation

The Elektron Solar Project north of Skull Valley in Tooele County has begun commercial operation, according to a release from the facility’s owner, D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments of New York City. Elektron Solar is an 80-megawatt solar facility that Shaw acquired from Enyo…

Wright named president of Merit Medical

Merit Medical Systems Inc., a healthcare technology company in South Jordan, has announced the appointment of Joe Wright as president, effective immediately. As president, Wright will be responsible for the oversight of Merit’s global commercial, marketing and manufacturing…

London software co. buys Swipeclock

Swipeclock, a South Jordan-based workforce management platform, has been acquired by IRIS Software Group of London, England. Swipeclock will operate as an independent business within IRIS America, while product development efforts will be fortified by the worldwide IRIS team,…

WORK DAZE: Should AI choose your next job?

Bob Goldman Ever have so many job offers you can’t decide which one to choose? No, me neither. Of course, the real question for job hunters today is not which to choose, but how to choose. Do you take the biggest opportunity in the fastest-rising company, based on carefully…

INNOVATE UTAH 5-27-24

Electric Power Systems , an energy solutions provider located in North Logan, has introduced its EPiC 2.0 aircraft energy storage system . The company said the new battery technology provides up to 30 additional minutes of usable flight time for electric aircraft. EP Systems…

Credit history so limited for many Utahns that they are 'credit invisible'

A new study from BadCredit.org found that over 233,000 Utah consumers are “credit invisible,” a term that describes people whose credit history is so limited that they don’t even have a credit score. This means that they have been denied access to financial products, housing or…

Chase Heywood promoted to president of Stratus HR

Stratus HR, a Sandy-based professional employer organization, has appointed Chase Heywood as president and chief operations officer (COO). Heywood has been with Stratus since 2012, serving in capacities that included controller and chief financial officer, as well as COO. “Chase…

HealthEquity acquires New Jersey firm

Draper-based HealthEquity Inc., a healthcare technology company specializing in health savings account and consumer-directed benefits administration, has acquired Secaucus, New Jersey-based BenefitWallet HSA from its parent company, Conduent Business Services of Florham Park,…

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS 5-27-24

The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: PACS Group PACS Group Inc., based in Farmington, reported net income of $49.1 million, or 38 cents per share, for the first quarter ended March 31. That compares with $37.6 million, or 29 cents…

Industry Briefs - 5-27-24

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. ECONOMIC INDICATORS Utah is ranked No. 4 among states with remote workers , according to a…

Utah continues in the running to keep Sundance

FULL BID DETAILS DUE TO INSTITUTE BY JUNE 21 Utah has made the first cut in its quest to keep the Sundance Film Festival in the state. The Utah Film Commission through its Sundance Film Festival Host Committee has announced that it has received the opportunity from the Sundance…

Incentives mean manufacturing jobs for Tooele, Heber Valley

Brice Wallace A mining equipment manufacturer will add 58 jobs in a project in Tooele, while a gun maker will add 25 jobs in Heber Valley. The announcements by Minova USA Inc. and Mountain Billy Gun Lab LLC followed the companies being approved for state tax incentives by the…

CONSUMER SENTIMENT DROPS BELOW NATION FOR SECOND MONTH

The index that measures Utah’s consumer sentiment fell again in April, according to the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute’s Survey of Utah Consumer Sentiment. The index decreased by 2.2 percent, from 78.0 in March to 76.3. A similar survey by the University of Michigan found that…

SEG to build NHL practice facility on site of Shops at South Town

The Smith Entertainment Group (SEG), owner of the new Utah National Hockey League franchise, has announced that it is buying the Shops at South Town in Sandy and will build the team’s practice and training facility on the 111-acre site. SEG said it expects to complete the…

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