Automotive Assembly

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MANTACHIE, MS—Automotive supplier Toyota Boshoku is adding 180 jobs at its assembly plant here. The company is investing $21 million at the plant, which makes seat components and door panels for the Toyota Corolla.

SENECA, SC—BorgWarner will invest $24.6 million to expand its assembly plant here.

HAMBURG, NY—As many as 300 new jobs and $100 million in investment will be coming to the Ford Stamping Plant here to support expanded production across the border in Ontario.

STOCKHOLM—Volvo Cars is best known in the United States for safe cars built in Sweden. But CEO Hakan Samuelsson says he is looking at the pros and cons of bolstering the company’s U.S. product lineup with smaller vehicles made in China.

EAST PROVIDENCE, RI—Nordson EFD has released a free, 13-page guide to dispensing equipment for automotive applications.

EVANSVILLE, IN—Systems integrator Evana Automation has received a contract from a Tier 1 automotive supplier to provide a custom automated assembly system that will produce ABS control modules.

YORK, PA—A York County judge was ordered by a state court to revisit a hard-fought property assessment battle over what value and real estate tax burden should apply to Harley-Davidson’s assembly plant here.

Follow-up is rarely fun, but it is often necessary to verify an assembly process. The most important follow-up to threaded-fastener installation is a static torque audit.

Weight issues are not something that’s common with U.S. Army soldiers. The military organization prides itself on running a lean, mean fighting machine. But, even so, the Army is on a weight-loss program when it comes to vehicles, artillery, ordnance, helmets, electronic gear and other devices.

Have you ever ordered a meal that sounded delicious on the menu, but tasted terrible once it arrived at your table? Have you ever purchased the latest recording from your favorite musician only to find it lacking? No matter what the product or service, what you expect isn’t always what’s delivered.