Manufacturing

Quick Facts

• Manufacturing constitutes the largest segment of Iowa’s workforce with most of it located in northeast Iowa and the Cedar Valley.

• Cedar Valley Region’s population totals nearly 241,160 people in northeast Iowa with a potential labor force draw of 394,944 people.

• Iowa is a right to work state.

Large Employers

• Deere & Company - 5,000 employees
• Geater Manufacturing - 456 employees
• ATEK Metal Technologies - 150 employees
• GMT Corporation - 276 employees
• Doerfer, TDS Automation - 87 employees