Editing Newton, Iowa (section)

====Green manufacturing and sustainability====
One of the industrial sectors Newton has attracted in recent years is green manufacturing.<ref name="Riley" /> In December 2007, [[TPI Composites]] announced plans to open a plant to manufacture massive wind turbine blades, which are now in production.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=4&islist=true&id=2&d=11-28-2008 |title=NPR Media Player |publisher=NPR |access-date=24 July 2013}}</ref> Today, TPI Composites employs over 1,100 people and has expanded its operations by 100,000 square feet as they began manufacturing composite bus bodies with Proterra.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newtondailynews.com/2018/09/14/tpi-celebrates-10-years-in-newton/attkeo8/|title=TPI celebrates 10 years in Newton|first=Jamee A.|last=Pierson|website=newtondailynews.com|access-date=31 January 2019}}</ref>

Additionally, Trinity Structural Towers, a company which manufactures wind turbine towers, opened in 2008.<ref name="nbcnews.com">{{cite news|title=Obama declares 'new era' for energy|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna30347191|access-date=10 October 2013|publisher=NBC News|date=April 22, 2009}}</ref> President [[Barack Obama]] visited the Trinity Structural Towers plant on April 22, 2009, that year's [[Earth Day]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Jesse Lee |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/09/04/21/A-Busy-Earth-Day-Van-Jones-Video-All-Day-Live-Blog/ |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |title=A Busy Earth Day: Van Jones Video, All-Day Live-Blog |date=April 22, 2009 |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |access-date=24 July 2013}}</ref> While at the factory in Newton, the President said that he traveled to the factory to usher in "a new era of energy exploration in America."<ref name="nbcnews.com" /><ref>[[Barack Obama|Obama, Barack]]. "[https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-newton-ia Remarks by the President in Newton, IA] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126115050/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-newton-ia |date=26 January 2017 }}" ''[[White House Office of the Press Secretary]]'', April 22, 2009.</ref>

Newton was awarded the National Sustainable Community of the Year Award (Small City Category) by [[Siemens]] and the [[US Chamber of Commerce]] in 2010 for its successful, pro-active approach to recovery.<ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. Chamber and Siemens Corporation Announce Finalists for National Sustainability Awards|url=http://bclc.uschamber.com/press-release/us-chamber-and-siemens-corporation-announce-finalists-national-sustainability-awards|publisher=U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation|access-date=10 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218005627/http://bclc.uschamber.com/press-release/us-chamber-and-siemens-corporation-announce-finalists-national-sustainability-awards|archive-date=February 18, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>