TUSCALOOSA, AL—Employees at the Faurecia Interior Systems assembly plant here rejected a unionization proposal from the UAW by a vote of 86-62 on Thursday. The facility makes subassemblies for Volkswagen, Nissan and Mercedes-Benz.
MOBILE, AL—Airbus is advertising two new professional positions for its assembly plant under construction here. Specifically, the company is looking for an avionics installation station coordinator and a mechanical installation station coordinator.
MONTGOMERY, AL—Automotive supplier DAS North America is building a $37 million assembly plant here. The 300,000-square-foot will employ approximately 400 people.
AUBURN, AL—Auto supplier Donghee America Inc. plans to invest $48 million to open a 117,000-square-foot assembly plant here, creating 80 jobs.The facility will produce fuel tanks.
MONTGOMERY, AL—Alabama gained 2,411 manufacturing jobs between April 2012 and April 2013, an increase of approximately 1 percent. The state is now home to 5,476 manufacturing companies employing 301,956 workers.
MONTGOMERY, AL—Hyundai plans to add a third shift at its assembly plant here. Hyundai will add 877 positions, bringing the total number of jobs at the plant to more than 3,000.
AUBURN, AL—GE Aviation has opened a $75 million assembly plant here. The 300,000-square-foot factory will produce parts for commercial and military jet engines. It will employ 50 initially and up to 400 workers by the end of the decade.