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Manufacturing

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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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  • By Jim Stinson
  • February 22, 2024
Door manufacturer consolidates headquarters in Ybor City

Masonite signed a long-term lease for the former Kforce building in Ybor City, moving its two corporate offices under one roof.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • February 15, 2024
Sarasota manufacturer’s subsidiary unveils expanded factory in Mexico

Balboa, an operating company for Sarasota-based hydraulic cartridge valve manufacturer Helios Technologies, celebrated a significant expansion of a factory in Mexico.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jim Stinson
  • February 13, 2024
St. Pete apparel firm names new board members from fashion, finance

The pair of board members also have longtime accounting experience.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • February 13, 2024
Coca-Cola to close Pinellas County plant, lay off 200 people

The soft drink company is the third manufacturer since Feb. 5 to announce it is closing a local plant and cutting jobs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • February 10, 2024
Sarasota manufacturer moves work from Ohio facility to local campus

Engineered motion control and hydraulic cartridge valve manufacturer Helios Technologies recently moved a facility from Ohio to Florida.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jim Stinson
  • February 9, 2024
Building materials giant to buy Tampa-based Masonite in $4B deal

Just weeks after Masonite International saw a $3 billion deal fall through in its pursuit of PGT Innovations, Masonite itself has agreed to be bought for $3.9 billion.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • February 9, 2024
Polk County fence company closing plant, cutting 69 jobs

A Polk County fencing manufacturer is closing its Lake Wales plant and will lay off 69 employees.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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