ACWORTH, GA—Automotive supplier Inalfa Roof Systems will add 300 jobs over the next four years, just a year after opening its $17.1 million assembly plant.
NEW DELHI—Audi has developed a carbon-fiber “chairless chair” for its employees working on the assembly line. The chair eases many assembly activities and at the same time, it improves their posture and reduces the strain on their legs.
TAIPEI, Taiwan—Electronics manufacturer Foxconn hopes to automate 70 percent of assembly tasks within three years, according to Terry Gou, the company’s chairman.
CHATTANOOGA, TN—Volkswagen has begun an project to add more than 500,000 square feet of space to its assembly plant here. VW will overhaul the assembly, body and paint shops and add 2,000 employees.
DETROIT—Rebounding car sales should be good news for everyone. But fast growth in the automotive industry is creating an enormous set of new pressures on the consummate players behind the scenes: parts makers.
DETROIT—The three largest automotive markets in the world—Western Europe, the U.S. and China—have kicked off the year with fine results. Demand showed double-digit growth in January both in the U.S. (+14 percent) and in China (+13 percent).
MIDDLETOWN, CT—Pratt and Whitney unveiled a new state-of-the-art assembly line here. The horizontal assembly line suspends the engine from the ceiling, so it can move up, down and around, instead of the workers having to do all that. The assembly line will make engines for the Airbus 320 Neo passenger jet and the F-35 joint strike fighter.
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