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Manufacturing

  • By Mark Gordon
  • September 5, 2024
Tervis files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

The 78-year-old manufacturer believes the setback, stemming from multiple factors, will allow the business to come back stronger and better.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • August 29, 2024
Tampa dental manufacturer expanding, doubling employees in the city

Cadmus Dental Lab will move from its Ybor City office to NetPark later this year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King
  • August 20, 2024
PGT co-founder appointed to Miter Brands board

The co-founder of a Venice windows and door company has been added to the board for Miter Brands, which acquired the business earlier this year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Laura Lyon
  • August 7, 2024
Nonprofit military contractor has lofty goals with $13M St. Pete facility

A new packaging facility in St. Petersburg will help companies with high-tech packaging needs, especially for microchips.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • August 6, 2024
Manufacturer spending $80 million to build Pasco facility

MiTek plans to build a 480,000-square-foot facility to manufacture steel connector plates on 111 acres it has bought in the county.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Mark Gordon
  • August 6, 2024
Naples firm's buying spree continues with Pennsylvania manufacturer

Hoffmann Family of Cos. has made at least seven acquisitions in 2024.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Laura Lyon
  • August 2, 2024
Art of building a $300M beverage-flavoring business requires nimble approach

French beverage-flavoring company Monin moved into the United States for the weather and proximity to a key supplier. It's now here going on 30 years — with $300 million in revenue.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Mark Gordon
  • July 29, 2024
Sarasota manufacturer fires CEO for consensual employee relationship

The termination marks the second straight CEO at Helios Technologies to violate company ethics policies.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • July 10, 2024
New York manufacturer moving HQ to Pinellas County industrial site

SMP Nutra has leased more than 100,000 square feet in Largo, where it will move its headquarters and employ 100, including transferring executives and new hires.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Mark Gordon
  • July 8, 2024
Sarasota manufacturer puts CEO on leave for alleged ethics violations

Hydraulic cartridge valve manufacturer Helios Technologies CFO Sean Bagan is now the interim CEO.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Beth Luberecki
  • June 25, 2024
Niche Fort Myers wrap packaging firm celebrates steady wins

The packaging executive at a family-run business with five decades of success says a key lesson along the way is simple yet can be scary at first: Over-communicate with customers, especially when things go south.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Mark Gordon
  • June 12, 2024
Former CEO of PGT lands new top role with Michigan cabinet giant

Jeff Jackson guided PGT to a $3.1 billion sale a few months ago.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • June 10, 2024
As one manufacturer opens $15M Pasco facility, another closes

A Colorado compound pharmacy opened in Pasco County spec space days after a Dade City bottler announced it was closing.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Laura Lyon
  • June 4, 2024
Manatee sheet metal manufacturer buys seven machines to boost efficiency

Gator Stamping CEO lives by one his business mantras: ‘You can never rest on what you do. You've always got to be reinventing yourself.’

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Mark Gordon
  • May 13, 2024
Report: Sarasota industrial space vacancy rates reach 8-year high

The Sarasota and Fort Myers industrial space markets, long a rising star in commercial real estate, have begun to slide backward, according to a new report looking at 2024 first quarter data.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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