Articles Tagged with ''auto parts manufacturing''

KANSAS CITY, MO—Adrian Steel, a manufacturer of equipment for commercial vans and trucks, is investing $4.7 million to build a new assembly plant here. The facility is expected to create 39 new jobs.

EVANSVILLE, IN—Systems integrator Evana Automation Specialists has delivered two lean workstations to assemble, grease, mark and test input pinion assemblies for a Tier 1 automotive supplier of commercial steering components.

LOCKPORT, NY—The auto parts assembly plant here has survived lots of change. The complex switched affiliations from GM to Delphi and then back GM in 2009. Today, the plant is humming, and workers and managers are more optimistic than ever.

EASLEY, SC—An auto parts assembly plant here was evacuated Wednesday after an HVAC unit drew in fumes from varnish being used to seal the building’s concrete foundation.

SHELBY, NC—KSM Castings NC Inc. will invest more than $45 million in its first U.S. manufacturing facility here, creating 189 jobs over five years.

THREE RIVERS, MI—American Axle & Manufacturing is investing more than $100 million in its assembly plant here, creating more than 500 new jobs.

AUBURN, AL—Rausch & Pausch GmbH (RAPA), a German manufacturer of solenoid valves, control blocks and other auto parts, plans to build a new assembly plant here.

FRANKLIN, IN—Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is planning to start commercial production of automotive turbochargers at its assembly plant here in 2014. Mitsubishi will install three automated assembly lines to produce the turbochargers.

CARROLLTON, GA—Decostar Industries, a division of Magna Exteriors and Interiors, is investing $26 million to expand its plant here.

MURRAY, KY—German automotive supplier Iwis is planning to open a $12.5 million assembly plant here, creating 75 jobs.