Jobs & Economy in Marshalltown
Marshalltown's economy rests on a real, diversified, genuinely active industrial base spanning HVAC manufacturing, valve engineering, and meatpacking.
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Learn moreLennox International's real, current facility
Lennox traces to Dave Lennox's 1895 riveted-steel furnace invention in Marshalltown; the city's real, current, nearly-million-square-foot facility continues operating after a completed renovation (base record).
Emerson/Fisher's 140-plus-year valve heritage
The Fisher Governor Company was founded in Marshalltown in 1888 and continues today as an Emerson/Fisher valve-manufacturing operation -- a real, continuing presence, not a closed heritage site (base record).
JBS Swift Pork's real, active meatpacking plant
JBS USA's Swift Pork Company plant is a real, current, USDA-inspected large employer purchasing more than $950 million in livestock annually, whose workforce has shaped Marshalltown's significant Hispanic/Latino population (base record).
Key takeaways
- Lennox International's real, current, nearly-million-square-foot facility anchors HVAC manufacturing in Marshalltown.
- Emerson/Fisher's valve-manufacturing operation continues more than 140 years after the Fisher Governor Company's 1888 founding.
- JBS Swift Pork Company is a real, major, current meatpacking employer shaping the city's demographics.
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