BROOKLYN, NY—MakerBot, a manufacturer of desktop 3D printers, will hold a job fair here March 15 to fill more than 50 job openings, including at least 10 engineering and production positions.
NASHIK, India—Around 3,000 workers at automaker Mahindra and Mahindra’s assembly plant here are on a “tools down” protest against the suspension of a co-worker.
LEBANON, NH—Hypertherm, a manufacturer of advanced cutting systems, has opened of a new 160,000-square-foot assembly plant here that is expected to create up to 500 new jobs.
CHARLOTTE, NC—MHI is developing the first U.S. industry roadmap for material handling and logistics. The goal is to create a blueprint of market, technological and developmental priorities that are needed to accomplish long-term industry goals.
SHANGPU, China—Farmers here clashed with police and set up barricades to protest what they say is an unauthorized government seizure of their land to build a new factory.
WASHINGTON—Manufacturing grew in February at the fastest pace in 20 months, according to a report Friday from the Institute for Supply Management. And a survey from the University of Michigan showed that consumer sentiment rose last month to its highest level since November.
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