Articles Tagged with ''Jobs''

HOLLAND, MI—Magna International Inc. is invest $10.1 million to develop and manufacture sunroofs at its assembly plant here. The new line will employ 177 workers.

OGDEN, UT—ENVE Composites, manufacturer of high-end bicycle components, will expand its manufacturing facility here to add 324 more jobs.

GRESHAM, OR—Boeing has opened its newly expanded plating and coating facilty here. The aerospace giant invested more than $100 million to expand the facility and has added 350 workers.

BEND, OR—Venus Motors, a manufacturer of custom electric kit cars, is moving into a large assembly plant here.

LYONS, PA—East Penn Manufacturing Co. Inc. is investing $100 million to build a new assembly plant here to make batteries for forklifts and automobiles.

SCAPPOOSE, OR—Oregon Aero is building a $1.5 million assembly plant here to make seats, helmets, headsets and other equipment for planes and pilots.

WASHINGTON—A new report finds that U.S. manufacturers are subject to 2,183 different federal regulations promulgated since 1981, and those regulations will decrease the nation’s GDP by as much as $630 billion this year.

OSHAWA, ON—GM plans to add a third shift to its assembly plant here, where it will produce the Chevrolet Impala.

KERNERSVILLE, NC—Deere-Hiatchi will spend $97 million to expand its tractor assembly plant here, creating 340 new jobs.

WASHINGTON—The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent last month, dropping below 8 percent for the first time in nearly four years.