LANSING, MI-Saline Lectronics received $998,000 to back a loan to expand its manufacturing facility, becoming the first participant in the Strategic Fund’s Supplier Diversification Fund. MORE
FRANKLIN, TN-Nissan is reporting a smaller-than-expected loss for the first fiscal
quarter of 2009 at the same time it is reporting plans to build more cars in
China. MORE
MADISON, WI-Lawmakers in Wisconsin are appealing to the
Spanish train company Talgo to assemble a pair of new trains for local service
in Milwaukee. MORE
SPRINGFIELD, MO-CNH Global is working with Springfield Remanufacturing Corp. to build a joint-venture facility to produce engine, transmission and subassemblies for agricultural and construction equipment. MORE
SMYRNA, TN-Nissan North America’s automotive manufacturing plant here has earned the Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star award. The award recognizes operations that have cut pollution, lowered energy consumption and reduced costs. MORE
NOVI, MI-Eberspaecher North America
says it plans to ramp up a new commercial vehicle exhaust systems plant in southeast
Michigan later this year. MORE
SAO PAOLO, Brazil-Toyota Motor Corp. will build a new auto assembly plant in Brazil, where the government extended a tax cut to spur vehicle sales. The company will start construction of the factory in Sorocaba in southeastern Brazil later this year. MORE