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Chad Dielschneider can point out some highly automated plastic molding machines at Bruin Manufacturing in Marshalltown that have been tirelessly producing milli

Ames Tribune Ryan Gruhn and Lana Leander are the new co-owners of Hawkeye Molding, which has facilities in Roland and Albia. With the purchase this April, the married business partners likely saved jobs at both locations, which together employ about 30 people, according to Ames Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Dan Culhane. Hawkeye Molding was the plastics division of Innovative Lighting, a Roland-based manufacturer of LED lighting. Owned by Jerry and Janet Handsaker, that company remai...