GAINESVILLE, TX—Employees at the Zodiac Aerospace assembly plant here approved a new contract by an overwhelming margin Oct. 25, ending a month-long strike at the factory, which makes aircraft seating. The key issues of the contract dispute were work environment, seniority rights and work schedules.
PEARLAND, TX—Site work continues on the 26-acre site that is the future home of MHI Compressor Manufacturing LLC, the first American facility for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor International Corp., a Japanese firm. When completed, the facility will employ more than 100.
DALLAS—Texas factory activity increased again in June, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey. The production index, a key measure of state manufacturing conditions, rose from 11 to 15.5, indicating output grew at a faster pace than in May.
FORT WORTH, TX—This photo essay provides a behind-the-scenes look at General Electric’s massive assembly plant here, a 1-million-square-foot factory where the company makes locomotives.
BEAUMONT, TX—HVAC manufacturer Air Comfort Inc. intends to build a new 18,000-square-foot office and assembly plant here next to its existing facility.
ARLINGTON, TX—The new stamping facility at GM’s assembly plant here is running and producing sheet metal parts. The automaker plans to add 180 jobs at the facility.
FORT WORTH, TX—Motorola has opened an assembly plant here to make its new smartphone—the first such device ever assembled in the United States. The facility will create 2,500 jobs.