Articles Tagged with ''Kentucky manufacturing''

GE Appliances Invests $62 Million to Appliance Park, Creating 260 New Jobs

July 15, 2020

LOUISVILLE, KY—GE Appliances, a Haier company, is investing $62 million to expand production at its Appliance Park manufacturing complex here. The investment is expected to create 260 new jobs as each of the three major assembly plants at the 750-acre complex ramp up to produce more washers, dryers, dishwashers and refrigerators.

GE Expands KY Manufacturing and Creates 260 New Jobs

July 13, 2020

LOUISVILLE, KY — GE Appliances announced a $62 million investment to expand production at its massive, 750-acre manufacturing complex in Louisville and the creation of 260 new jobs as each of the three major manufacturing plants at Appliance Park.

GE to Temporarily Limit KY Production due to COVID-19

March 19, 2020

LOUISVILLE, KY —GE Haier announced Tuesday night that it's shutting down some production at Appliance Park this week through April 3 in the wake of calls by union leaders to close the facility.

Clark Material Handling Completes Assembly Facility Expansion

December 12, 2019

Clark Material Handling announced the completed expansion of its third facility in Kentucky.

Toyota to Add Hundreds of Jobs at Kentucky Assembly Plant

October 31, 2019

GEORGETOWN, KY—Toyota plans to add 400 workers as soon as possible to its assembly plant here, the Japanese automaker announced Tuesday.

Bendix Breaks Ground on $65 Million Assembly Plant

September 11, 2019

BOWLING GREEN, KY—Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC has begun construction on a 130,000-square-foot expansion of its wheel-end assembly plant here. The $65 million addition will increase air disc brake production capacity to keep pace with accelerating customer demand in North America.

Toyota to Invest $238 Million in Kentucky Plant, Add Two Vehicles

March 26, 2019

GEORGETOWN, KY—Toyota Motor Corp. will invest $238 million in its plant here and add production of two vehicles as part of a plan to ramp up spending on its U.S. operations.

Battery Manufacturer to Create 985 Jobs in Kentucky

December 20, 2017

PIKEVILLE, KY—Battery manufacturer EnerBlu Inc. will invest $372 million to build a new assembly plant here. The company also plans to spend $40 million to move its headquarters from California to Lexington, KY. Altogether, the two facilities are expected to employ 985 people.

Ford Investing an Additional $900 million in Louisville Assembly Plant

June 30, 2017

LOUISVILLE, KY—Ford Motor Co. is investing $900 million to upgrade its Kentucky Truck Plant to build all-new Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator vehicles. This investment is in addition to a $1.3 billion investment the auto maker announced in late 2015.

GM to Invest $290 Million in Corvette Assembly Plant

June 27, 2016

BOWLING GREEN, KY—General Motors Corp. will invest $290 million in its Corvette assembly plant here to fund a series of upgrades at the facility.

Automated Screwdriving with Collaborative Robots

As more companies automate their screwdriving processes with collaborative robots, there are many factors to consider to ensure employee safety, consistent required torque high degree of repeatability and zero defect products. Join Universal Robots and screwdriving experts Atlas Copco for this joint webinar featuring the latest developments in automated screwdriving.

How to Cut Production Costs of Assembly with Software-Driven Automation

The manufacturing of today’s products requires assembly skills such as screwdriving, pick and place, dispensing, insertions of heat sinks and DIMM cards, soldering, labeling and dozens more. The costs of implementing these skills on the factory floor directly impacts the competitiveness of the product when it’s sold in the market

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