Adam Rupp, Alexandria Industries Clean Energy Economy MN recently published a video about one of our favorite manufacturing engineers, Adam Rupp. Hear the story Adam tells about working at Alexandria Industries, how his childhood experiences led him to work in manufacturing and why clean energy, especially solar, is important to Alexandria Industries, to Adam, and to his family....

On-site and near-site clinics, along with wellness programs, are producing good results for employees of Minnesota companies. Lynette Kluver didn't realize it at the time, but a joke she made during a business meeting would change people's lives and her employer's bottom line.

Neal St. Anthony, business reporter at The Star Tribune, recently published a story, Growth of Green  Energy Hits a New High," about the Minnesota's renewable energy industry.

It's time to celebrate an industry that's a powerful contributor to the economies of Minnesota and Douglas County — manufacturing. October 1-7 is Minnesota Manufacturing Week for a reason. Manufacturing accounts for one in nine jobs in the state. When you add in jobs in other industries that are dependent on manufacturing, each manufacturing job generates another 2.21 jobs in...

Roger Klug started talking about retirement as he neared age 65 a few years ago, but his bosses wouldn't hear of it. Klug had been the 13th employee at the company, Alexandria Industries, when he joined in 1971. He had unique skills from the start, when he was the only one who "corrected" aluminum extrusion molds by grinding away precise slivers — by hand — until the mold met...

As a full-service manufacturer of aluminum extruded and precision-machined components, Alexandria Industries never imagined its capital equipment would one day include an exam table and a blood pressure machine. But significant increases in medical premiums and expenses over the last several years prompted the company to take action. In September 2016, Alexandria Industries became...