SWANSBORO, NC—Armstrong Marine Inc. will invest more than $8.4 millionto build a new assembly plant to make welded aluminum boats. The facility could create 200 jobs.
WASHINGTON—U.S. manufacturing is expected to fare better than the overall economy, with anticipated growth of 3.1 percent in 2014 and 4.1 percent in 2015, according to the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation.
BEIJING—Apple Inc. supplier Pegatron Corp. began using facial recognition technology to screen applicants for its iPhone assembly plant, illustrating how some companies are guarding against the growing problem of underage workers making their way into factories in China.
ATLANTA—The Georgia Supreme Court sided with Gov. Nathan Deal and Kia Motors in an open records battle over access to hiring documents from Kia's assembly plant in West Point, GA. In the lawsuit, several unemployed, union auto workers accused Kia and state officials of creating a screening and hiring process that excluded union workers.
SHANGHAI, China—Medical experts have concluded that working conditions at contract manufacturer Pegatron Corp.’s assembly plant here did not lead to the death from pneumonia of a 15-year-old boy who had lied to gain employment. The facility makes the iPhone for Apple Inc.
DEARBORN, MI—Ford Motor Co. plans to launch 23 new vehicles globally, open three new assembly plants, and increase its U.S. workforce by more than 5,000 people.
SEATTLE—Leaders from Boeing Co. and the machinists union met on Wednesday about restarting talks that could lead to building the company’s new 777X jetliner in Washington state.
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