Wind and Renewable Energy

The Greater Clinton Region is one of the largest per capita manufacturing centers in the nation. We have a long history of successful manufacturing operations; from metals to food products and paper to plastics. Over this history we have developed a large trained and ready workforce to meet your labor needs.

Key Regional Advantages for Metals and Related Manufacturing Companies:

• Location, Location, Location – The Greater Clinton Region is center on the intersection of the nation's largest river, the Mississippi River, and the nation's largest railroad, Union Pacific. We are minutes from coast-to-coast Interstate- 80.
• Iowa work ethic - Ask our existing employers, and they'll tell you the main benefit of being located in East Central Iowa is the highly productive, hard-working labor force.
• Available Labor for jobs in the metals and related manufacturing industry
• Pro-business climate -Iowa is the only Right-to-Work state in the Upper Midwest.
• Workforce training - Eastern Iowa Community College provides training and administers a job training program which can be accessed for new job creation or organizational development.
  Employers who have used the program include: ADM Polymers, Ashford University, Bemis Clysar, Metal Tech Manufacturing, Nestle-Purina, Rock Tenn, and The Swiss Colony
• Electric power - High electricity reliability at low cost. Electric power rates are among the lowest in the nation.
• Incentives - Eastern Iowa has some of the strongest business incentives in the Midwest, including strong jobs training programs.
• Taxes - With extremely competitive rates, Iowa has the lowest unemployment insurance rate of any state in the nation, low workers' compensation rates, and no property tax on M&E or In ventory, and a single-factor non-unitary corporate income tax.
• Low cost of doing business -Iowa ranks as the Second Best State for Cost of Doing Business, according to the Milken Institute Cost of Doing Business Index. Compared to the national average, the cost of doing business in Iowa is just 79.7‰.