Articles Tagged with ''Jobs''

ATHENS, GA—Caterpillar’s new assembly plant here could create twice as many indirect jobs as the 1,400 workers who will be on the company’s payroll, Gov. Nathan Deal predicted Tuesday.

MISHAWAKA, IN—Workers at AM General’s Humvee assembly plant here will return to work Nov. 26 after a temporary shut-down that began Oct. 1.

CHATTANOOGA, TN—Volkswagen’s assembly plant here has upped production to 610 sedans per day.

TRENTON, TN—About 250 jobs are expected to be created when MacLean Power Systems opens a new assembly plant here. The facility will make connectors, anchoring systems and other components for electrical transmission systems.

NORTH PORT, FL—Pump manufacturer Innomag Solutions is building a new assembly plant here.

DETROIT—Some 1,100 new employees will begin working next week on a third crew at Chrysler’s Jefferson North Assembly Plant here to meet continuing strong demand for the Jeep Grand Cherokee.

ANDREWS, MS—Saferack Manufacturing is doubling the size of its assembly plant here and adding at least 50 workers. The company makes loading racks, safety cages and other equipment.

WASHINGTON—The number of first-time claims for unemployment insurance fell by 23,000 last week from the week before, and orders for durable goods rose 9.9 percent in September from August—the biggest monthly increase in nearly three years.

ROCKY MOUNT, VA—Ply Gem Windows, a manufacturer of window and door products, will add 200 jobs at its assembly plant here by the end of 2014.

LEWISTON, ID— Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, a manufacturer of equipment for the electric power industry, is doubling the size of its assembly plant here.