Articles Tagged with ''Texas manufacturing''

HOUSTON—A machine-tending robot has improved productivity and saved jobs at a manufacturer of oil- and gas-drilling equipment here.

ARLINGTON, TX—GM is investing more than $500 million to improve its assembly plant here.

WASHINGTON—Indiana added 4,300 manufacturing jobs in June, the most of any state. Rounding out the top five states for creating manufacturing jobs are California, Georgia, Wisconsin and Texas.

DALLAS—Tesla is considering building a factory in Texas to assemble electric pickup trucks.

SAN ANTONIO—Nexolon America is building a $100 million assembly plant here to make solar modules. The plant is expected to create more than 400 jobs.

FORT WORTH, TX—Google has caught the “Made in America” bug. Motorola Mobility, the handset maker acquired by Google, says its next phone, called Moto X, will be made at an assembly plant here.

RED OAK, TX—Triumph Aerostructures is constructing a new assembly plant here.

SAN ANTONIO—Eyewear manufacturer HVHC Inc. is investing $25 million to build an assembly plant here. The facility is expected employ 600.

DALLAS—Texas factory activity increased in March, according the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey. The production index, a key measure of state manufacturing conditions, rose from 6.2 to 9.9, indicating a slightly faster pace of output growth.

HOUSTON—Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America Inc. has begun a multimillion dollar project to expand its assembly plant here by more than 40 percent.