FLORENCE, SC—ESAB Welding and Cutting Products has opened a new manufacturing facility here, bringing 101 new jobs to South Carolina.

DEARBORN, MI—Drivers of the Ford Escape may be surprised to find out there is a plant inside the door. As part of its overall effort to make vehicles more sustainable, Ford is making the vehicle’s door bolster from the fibers of the kenaf plant.

RAINSVILLE, AL—A pair of ultrasonic metal welders from Sonobond Corp. remained operational after a tornado demolished the assembly plant where they were being used.

PULASKI, TN—Automotive supplier Magneti Marelli is planning to locate a new lighting assembly line inside its existing factory here.

PAYSON, UT—Liberty Safe, a manufacturer of gun storage safes, completed testing of a new $10 million fully computerized assembly line here. The line will double the company’s output to more than 700 safes a day.