Barilla’s has opened the $65m expansion of its in Ames, Iowa, which now has the capacity to produce 200k metric tons annually, including gluten-free and wholewheat pastas.
Iowa State University has partnered with Argo Genesis Chemical to start production on a $5.3m bio-polymer processing plant at Iowa State’s BioCentury Research Farm.
Ball Corporation is closing an older plastic container plant in
Sioux City, Iowa, US, and shifting the manufacturing operations to
its Ames, Iowa , plant, which will be expanded.
