NEW DELHI, India-Cars and trucks bearing well-known names could soon arrive in the United States with “Made in India” on the window sticker. Automakers from around the world are already exporting Indian-built vehicles to Europe, the Middle East and the rest of Asia. MORE
SAUK CITY, WI-When a manufacturer of farming equipment was having trouble keeping up with demand, it turned to the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership for help. MORE
DETROIT-General Motors Corp. is
pulling out of its auto-assembly joint venture with Toyota Motor Corp. after
the world’s two largest carmakers failed to agree on which vehicles to build at
the plant. MORE
DEARBORN, MI-Ford Motor Co. plans to add 25,000 more
pickups, small cars and crossovers to its third-quarter North American output,
for a 16 per cent increase from a year earlier. MORE
EFFINGHAM, GA-Portuguese conglomerate EFACEC plans to launch production of its electrical transformers at its new plant here on Nov. 1. EFACEC intends to hire more than 100 people at the facility by December, with plans to expand its workforce to 700 by 2017. MORE
SHIPPENSBURG, PA-Volvo Construction Equipment began expansion of its manufacturing facility. The company, which makes large-scale construction equipment, is adding 200,000 square feet as part of a restructuring plan that will bring production of Volvo’s line of graders to Shippensburg. MORE
DETROIT-General Motors has announced that two facilities in Michigan originally slated to be idled will build a new future small car tentatively scheduled for 2011. MORE
WASHINGTON-With Tuesday’s announcement of a $465 million federal loan to jump-start production of fuel-efficient cars, Tesla Motors (San Carlos, CA) ensured its survival and helped raise the Bay Area’s stature as a hotbed of green innovation. The company will spend some of that money to open a $100 million advanced battery and powertrain manufacturing facility in the Bay Area. MORE
In the Southeast, the federal government also awarded a $1.6 billion loan to Nissan North America to manufacture electric vehicles and build a new battery factory in Smyrna, TN. MORE
HAMAN COUNTY, South Korea-Renault Samsung Motors plans to
install a 1.4 megawatt rooftop solar station at its new logistics centre in
South Korea. MORE