Statewide November jobless rate hits 3.4 percent Jan 2, 2009
A series of job cuts were announced in Sioux Falls last fall, including LodgeNet and Raven Industries. "Sioux Falls has one of the lowest unemployment rates in a metropolitan area in this country. We lost 2 million jobs nationally since December of 2007, and Sioux Falls has not gone negative at all in terms of those numbers," Brown said. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
What's New: New Club Car utility vehicle introduced (15) Dec 8, 2008
Raven Industries introduces Switch Pro. SIOUX FALLS, S.D. Raven Industries is excited to introduce Switch Pro, a simple-to-use product controller with advanced technology. (Sioux Falls Tri-State Neighbor, SD)
Raven Industries Board Announces Cash Dividend of $0.13 Cents Payable on January 15, 2009 Dec 6, 2008
Raven Industries Board Announces Cash Dividend of $0 ... Raven Industries Board Announces Cash Dividend of $0 ... SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Raven Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: ) announced today that its board of directors has approved the regular quarterly cash dividend of $0. (PR Newswire)
New technology is producer-friendly, frees up space in the cab (4) Nov 9, 2008
Shane Swedlund, senior product manager for the Flow Control Division at Raven Industries in Sioux Falls, S.D., said developing a user-friendly, yet comprehensive controller was the focus when Raven released the Envizio Pro in the spring of 2008 ... Wireless capabilities will allow Raven Industries and its dealers, to service the technology from their offices. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
Raven Industries Included in Forbes 200 Best Small Companies Oct 16, 2008
Raven Ranks #45 on 2008 List SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Raven Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: ) today announced it was named to the 2008 Forbes' list of the 200 Best Small Companies in America ... About Raven Industries, Inc. Raven is an industrial manufacturer that provides electronic precision-agriculture products, reinforced plastic sheeting, electronics manufacturing services, and specialty aerostats and sewn products to niche markets ... SOURCE Raven Industries, Inc.. (PR Newswire)
Raven Industries earnings soar Aug 21, 2008
SIOUX FALLS (AP) -- Raven Industries of Sioux Falls reports a 17 percent increase in income in its second quarter. The plastics and electronics engineering company had earnings of $6. (Madison Daily Leader, SD)
Sioux Falls' Raven Industries earnings soar Aug 20, 2008
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Raven Industries of Sioux Falls reports a 17 percent increase in income in its second quarter. The plastics and electronics engineering company had earnings of 6. (Sioux City Journal)
FarmPRO GPS software Jun 27, 2008
Designed for growers and custom applicators, the FarmPRO system combines sub-inch accurate RTK AutoSteer from AutoFarm with the Viper PRO display and control system from Raven Industries. FarmPRO offers a steering and application control system that is at the operator s finger tip through a single large-screen display. (Midwest Bulls Eye, NE)
Sanford Health aims to cure Type 1 diabetes Jun 9, 2008
People will need to be patient, said Ron Moquist, a member of the Sanford board of trustees and chief executive of Raven Industries. "It's not something you can put a stopwatch to and say we should be half done in five years," Moquist said. (Sioux Falls Argus Leader)
Raven Industries profit rises 27 percent May 20, 2008
SIOUX FALLS (AP) -- Plastics and electronics engineering company Raven Industries Inc. said Monday its first-quarter profit jumped 27 percent due to strong demand for flow controls products. For the quarter ended April 30, net income rose to $10. (Madison Daily Leader, SD)
Raven Industries 4th profit up on agricultural spraying sales Mar 15, 2008
SIOUX FALLS (AP) -- Sales of crop spraying technology helped boost Raven Industries Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit by 3 percent, the plastics and electronics engineering company said Wednesday. Crop spraying demand was helped by rising prices for biofuels, but a drop in the construction market offset some gains in other sectors. (Madison Daily Leader, SD)
Raven Subsidiary Aerostar International Announces NASA Record Achieved With Aerostar Stratospheric Balloons Jan 23, 2008
SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Raven Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: ) In its annual scientific campaign to McMurdo Station in Antarctica, the NASA Balloon Program has established a new record by simultaneously flying three scientific payloads in the stratosphere around the Antarctic continent ... About Aerostar International: Aerostar International, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Raven Industries (Nasdaq: ), is a U.S. manufacturer providing Aerospace Products, Military... (PR Newswire)
Bill sets rules for voluntary preschool programs Jan 22, 2008
Ron Moquist, head of Raven Industries, helped spearhead the effort. Children from poor families will especially benefit from preschool instruction, Moquist said. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
OmniSTAR offers steering accuracy option Nov 5, 2007
These manufacturers include Trimble, Satloc, Hemisphere, NovAtel, Starlink, Topcon, AGCO, Case IH, Raven Industries and Ag Leader. mniSTAR is not the least expensive solution out there, but we're one of the best, said Pointon. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
Raven Envizio Pro Oct 17, 2007
Raven Industries announces a new touch screen based Global Positioning System (GPS), the Envizio Pro. This new system offers a larger screen, dual application control, and a variable rate application control option. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
Open house marks change for Freeman Dental Center Aug 15, 2007
The area that functions as Freeman Dental Center takes up just 4,000 square feet of the 17,000 square foot building built by the FCDC in 1978 to accommodate Raven Industries, which manufactured down-filled vests until it closed in the early 1980s. The building also served as home to FCI (1986-1995), H.S. Industries (1996-2000) and Miller Bag (2000-2001) - all sewing manufacturers. (Freeman Courier, SD)
Iowa native Ed Yost, father of modern hot-air ballooning, dies at 87 May 30, 2007
He and three others from General Mills founded Raven Industries in 1956. The modern hot air balloon evolved from a contract Raven received from the Office of Naval Research to create a reusable craft that could carry one man and a load to 10,000 feet and have enough fuel to stay aloft for three hours, the Indianola museum said. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Area schools fight to compete with Wyoming teacher salaries Mar 1, 2007
Avera-McKennan, Sanford Health, Citibank, Raven Industries, CorTrust Bank, Western Surety, Ramkota and numerous other businesses urged the Legislature to invest in teacher salaries as a way to invest in economic development in the state. Contact Mary Garrigan at 394-8410 or mary. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Alleana Blacketer and Denton Schwiesow engaged Feb 17, 2007
He currently works for Raven Industries of Sioux Falls as the western sales representative and is based out of Portland. They will be married on Aug. 4 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls. (Madison Daily Leader, SD)
