What is it like working with DMACC Business Resources? Click on the stories below to learn how businesses have benefited from our expertise.
DBR and 260E Funding Strengthen Safety
Every business that DMACC Business Resources (DBR) partners with is different. All of them have different things that they want to improve, and unique ways they want to approach finding a solution. When Addison Zellmer, Plant Manager for Storybook Cotton Candy, decided that improving employees’ safety knowledge needed to be a priority for the company, DBR was there with a large selection of ways to make that happen...Read more
As one of the leading agricultural and industrial equipment manufacturers in the country, Vermeer Corporation takes pride not only in producing high quality equipment but also providing training so the equipment can be operated at a high level. When it became clear that Vermeer needed support to make their Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) Circuit training an accredited program, their first call was to DMACC Business Resources (DBR) to learn about their options....Read more
Tyson Fresh Meats in Perry Iowa is proud to employ individuals from several different cultural backgrounds. Additional support for the immigrant and refugee workers is provided by Tyson in order to help employees navigate working at the company. Translated materials, on-site guidance, and now, thanks to a driven employee and Tyson’s partnership with DMACC Business Resources (DBR), a series of computer literacy classes... Read more
DMACC is committed to seeing students and businesses in Iowa succeed. So, when we can support students AND businesses at the same time, we get very excited. That was the case when DMACC Business Resources, DMACC Work-Based Learning, DMACC High School Programs, and Van Maanen Electric worked together to provide a local high school student the opportunity to gain on-the-job training and experience this summer... Read more
Janco Industries – a custom metal fabricator located in Sully, Iowa – realized they had a problem. They had a need for additional CNCs (Computer Numeric Controllers) and were concerned about finding an applicant with the right skill set. The Solution? The DMACC Scholars Program... Read more
When Jimmy DeMatteis was first introduced to DMACC Business Resources (DBR), he wasn’t thinking of his own future retirement or legacy, but he was thinking of the future of his business, Des Moines Truck Brokers, and of the future for his employees. “If you are a small business looking to grow, you need to be looking at the forest, not the trees,” said DeMatteis. In this case, the forest he was looking at the afternoon he decided to reach out to DBR, was the opportunity to hire more employees and train them using funds through the Iowa Industrial New Jobs Training (260E) program... Read more