MIDDLEVILLE, MI—Systems integrator TranTek Automation has designed and built an automated assembly system that has enabled Bradford White Corp. to keep producing water heaters in the United States.
WINNSBORO, SC—Television manufacturer Element Electronics Corp. is investing $7.5 million to build a second U.S. assembly plant here, creating 500 jobs.
MANAUS, Brazil—The Brazilian Ministry of Labor has filed a lawsuit against South Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung over allegations of worker abuse at its cell phone assembly plant here.
BOSTON—After decades of hollowing out, U.S. manufacturing is overtaking competitors and stands to grab up to $115 billion more in export business from rivals by 2020, a new report said Tuesday. By 2015, average manufacturing costs in the five major advanced export economies—Germany, Japan, France, Italy and Britain—will be 8 to 18 percent higher than those in the United States.
HUDSON, OH—Toy maker Little Tikes Co. attributes its growth in recent years in large part to the company’s decision to make more of its toys in Northeast Ohio plant instead of overseas.
VERONA, MS—Refrigeration equipment manufacturer Tecumseh Products Co. is planning a multimillion dollar project to expand its assembly plant here so that it can reshore production from Brazil and France. The company plans to hire up to 150 employees over the next five years.
ROCHESTER, NY—Disposable flatware maker Trellis Earth Products is moving its manufacturing operations from China to upstate New York, where it will create 189 jobs. The company will break ground on an $8 million, 80,000-square-foot facility here later this summer.
MORRISTOWN, TN—Medical device manufacturer Team Technologies Inc. is investing $11 million in its assembly plant here to rehore production. The company is expected to add 200 new jobs.