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KAYSVILLE — Davis Applied Technology College on Thursday will host a job fair from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the college, 550 E. 300 South.

TREMONTON — West Liberty Foods has announced an expansion that will significantly increase its production of sliced meats and other deli products.

An addition to the existing plant will add more than 34,000 square feet of manufacturing and storage space to the facility. The expansion is scheduled to be completed in August and will likely bring additional jobs to the area.

The expansion, which will increase manufacturing capabilities by 10 million pounds annually, became necessary because of higher sales volumes, said Michelle Elizondo, marketing manager for the company, which is based in West Liberty, Iowa. Currently, the plant reaches 3.9 million pounds of production per week.

With less than a month to go before the election, I want to ensure we all understand the employment picture more clearly, both nationally and here in Utah, and encourage each one of us to get involved in the election process to make sure our voices are heard by the candidates.

The national unemployment rate dropping from 8.1 percent in August to 7.8 percent in September is good news. But looking closer at the total unemployment picture, we find that only 114,000 jobs were created in September, while the number of those actively seeking employment dropped to 456,000; that represents at least 340,000 active job seekers who stopped looking for work without having a job. At this point in time, there are still more than 12 million people unemployed in our nation.

OGDEN — ENVE Composites, Inc., which makes high-end carbon fiber composite products for the cycling industry, announced today it is bringing manufacturing of its products from China to Utah and hiring 324 new workers.

PROMONTORY — ATK Space Systems has won a $50 million contract from NASA for research and development of a new generation of heavy launch vehicles.

The contract doesn’t guarantee ATK new contracts to build those vehicles, but officials at the company said the work does put ATK in a better position to bid for the vehicles in the future.

ATK spent more than 30 years building solid rocket motors for the space shuttle.

OGDEN — The smartphone holds the key to success for any business, no matter its size, says Jerry Ropelato.

Ropelato, chief executive officer of TechMediaNetwork, is one of the founders of TopTenReviews. TopTenReviews publishes syndicated columns for print media and on the Internet dealing with everything from comic strips to vaccinations for children to tablets for the student to the Curiosity landing on Mars to the effects of using technology before going to sleep.

The company’s office is on the corner of 24th Street and Grant Avenue in Ogden. It is considered one of the fastest-growing digital publishers and providers of technology and science news content.