Articles Tagged with ''Jobs''

SAGINAW, MI—Nexteer Automotive, a tier one automotive supplier, is investing $70 million in its assembly plant here and will add 325 new jobs.

TALENT, OR—Brammo Inc. will convert an old Walmart building here into an assembly plant that will make electric motorcycles and employ 130 people.

ARLINGTON, TX—GM has hired 1,000 new workers to build large SUVs at its assembly plant here. The new jobs are part of a $500 million expansion that includes a new stamping facility set to open next year.

MOBILE, AL—Aerospace engineering firm Safran Engineering Services will open a $2 million facility here.

LANSING, MI—Michigan’s state House has passed bills giving both public and private employees so-called right-to-work protections.

TROY, MI—Manufacturing volumes are up significantly over 2009 levels, and severe cost-cutting has diminished somewhat, according to a new study by Grant Thornton and World Trade 100 magazine.

WASHINGTON—The U.S. economy added 146,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent, the lowest since December 2008.

WASHINGTON—New orders for manufactured goods increased 0.8 percent month-over-month to $478 billion for October, according to the Commerce Department. Orders for manufactured goods have increased in three of the past four months.

PHOENIX—Dalsin Industries Inc., a sheet-metal fabrication and stamping company, plans to open a new manufacturing facility here, creating 35 to 50 jobs.

SHAKOPEE, MN—Emerson Electronic Co. plans to employ 500 people—400 new jobs and 100 transfers—at a new 508,000-square-foot assembly plant here.