HOLLAND, MI—LG Chem Michigan shipped out the first set of electric vehicle batteries from its assembly plant here. The batteries will be installed in Chevy Volts.
NEW BOSTON, MI—Inergy Automotive Systems has opened a new $110 million assembly plant here to make plastic fuel tanks. It is expected to create 400 new jobs.
DETROIT—GM is seeking a tax abatement of about $1.8 million over 15 years from the city of Detroit as it considers building a $121 million logistics center at its Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant.
MIDDLEVILLE, MI—Systems integrator TranTek Automation has designed and built an automated assembly system that has enabled Bradford White Corp. to keep producing water heaters in the United States.