Articles Tagged with ''Jobs''

HERMOSILLO, Mexico—Ford Motor Co. will invest an additional $1.3 billion in its stamping and assembly plant here. The investment will create 1,000 new jobs.

ALBION, IN—Contract manufacturer Busche Enterprise Division Inc. is investing $17.4 million to expand its operation here, creating 120 new jobs.

COLUMBUS, GA—NCR Corp. has unveiled its second assembly plant here, which will bring more than 300 new jobs to the Chattahoochee Valley.

CELAYA, Mexico—Honda Motor Co. has started construction of a new assembly plant here. The new facility will have an annual production capacity of 200,000 units, and is expected to employ about 3,200 people.

HUTCHINSON, KS—Kuhn Krause Inc. plans to spend $5 million to implement lean manufacturing at its assembly plant here.

WOODSTOCK, ON—Toyota will invest $80 million to increase production at its assembly plant here, a move that will create some 400 new jobs.

ALLEN COUNTY, IN—Automotive supplier Android Industries will invest $10.8 million to lease and equip 55,000 square feet of an existing facility here, just west of the General Motors assembly plant. The facility will employ 57.

PORTLAND, TN—Automotive supplier Kyowa America Corp. is building a new $12 million assembly plant here that will employ 160.

CHICAGO—Fifty-nine percent of manufacturers expect moderate to high growth from their key customers in 2012, and nearly 95 percent plan to invest in new manufacturing equipment this year, according to a new survey of CFOs at U.S. manufacturing companies.

SAN ANTONIO—The San Antonio Manufacturers Association estimates that more than 1,500 area factory jobs are not being filled because of a lack of skills.