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Manufacturing

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  • 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
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  • 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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  • By Mark Gordon
  • May 9, 2024
SWFL boat lift manufacturer adds three VPs to leadership team

Fort Myers aluminum boat lifts and dock company Golden Manufacturing recently added three vice presidents to its staff.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Laura Lyon
  • May 3, 2024
Marine and auto accessories firm navigates its next growth phase

SeaSucker has graduated from a one-product startup with a cool name and a cool yet highly functional product. Challenges now include big decisions on where to invest its resources, in time and money.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • April 30, 2024
Bradenton furniture maker to pay $100K for overtime violations

It was not the first time Alumatech Furniture Manufacturing was found to have violated labor laws, the U.S. Department of Labor reports.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • April 15, 2024
Report: Florida manufacturing is booming, rivals tourism

Florida ranks 10th in the U.S. for manufacturing employment, and the industry is poised for growth, according to the 2023 Florida Manufacturing report.

  • Florida
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • April 14, 2024
Virginia plant run by Sarasota company recognized for zero waste

The plant owned by IPG diverted 97.5% of its waste from landfills in 2023.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • March 28, 2024
Done deal: $3.1 billion acquisition for PGT Innovations closes

Venice window and door manufacturer PGT Innovations, founded 44 years ago, is no longer publicly traded.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • March 23, 2024
Naples firm buys 700-employee Canadian energy company

Hoffmann Family of Cos. has acquired majority ownership of CDN Controls, which specializes in electrical and instrumentation maintenance for clients in the power generation industry.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • March 19, 2024
CEO of Venice manufacturer joins board of billion-dollar concrete firm

PGT Innovations President and CEO Jeff Jackson has been appointed to the board of Astec Industries.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • March 14, 2024
Prolific multi-brand firm buys another Midwest manufacturing business

The Hoffmann Family of Cos. in Naples has announced its second manufacturing company acquisition in the past 10 days.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jim Stinson
  • March 8, 2024
Pinellas clean water company appoints 'Shark Tank' star to board

OriginClear, a Clearwater-based "clean water innovation hub," named businessman Kevin Harrington, an original "shark" on ABC's "Shark Tank," to its board of advisers.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • March 8, 2024
Startup wows in specialized market: 3D-printing furniture

Wth a Texas lineage well-versed in dreaming and doing big things, Jay Rogers makes St. Pete a focal point of his latest venture: robots that make tables and chairs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • March 5, 2024
Naples firm Hoffmann buys 50-year old Kansas trailer manufacturer

The Hoffmann Family of Cos., a Naples-based conglomerate with a portfolio of companies from vineyards to a luxury fleet business, has acquired a custom semitrailer manufacturer based in Kansas.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jim Stinson
  • March 4, 2024
Tampa Bay manufacturers' group names new president

The Bay Area Manufacturers Association has named Andrew McCutchen as president.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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