LEWISTON, ID— Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, a manufacturer of equipment for the electric power industry, is doubling the size of its assembly plant here.
PENN TOWNSHIP, PA—Schindler Elevator Corp. has begun constructing a new, environmentally friendly assembly plant here. When completed, the facility will employ some 60 people.
WASHINGTON—U.S. sales of machine tools totaled $470.4 million in August, an increase of 3 percent compared with July sales. All totaled, machine tools sales for the first eight months of the year are up 4 percent compared with the same period in 2011.
WASHINGTON—U.S. manufacturing grew for the first time in four months, buoyed by a jump in new orders and more jobs. The increase is a hopeful sign that the economy may be improving after a weak stretch.
CHICAGO—Forty-eight percent of small and midsized manufacturers expect their revenues for the second half of year to increase, according to a new survey.