Article: St. Paul, Minn.-Area Manufacturers Roar Back to Life after Slowdown.

Byline: Jennifer Bjorhus

Apr. 9--Trucks are one way to measure the change under way: Early last year about a semi-truck a week pulled up to the factory doors at Thorud Inc. in Bloomington. Now, says president Steve Thorud, two or three trucks a week deliver metal or haul away the precision components the company churns out such as piston valves, tiny stems, couplings and hydrostatic control bodies.

There are nine new employees, four job openings (two night machinists, two engineers) and three new robotic machines on the floor. First quarter sales were up 17 percent from last year, and that's excluding the large new account the $9.5 million family-owned ...

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