ELGIN, IL—Systems integrator Haumiller is offering aerosol can manufacturers a trade-in allowance for their old high-speed, continuous motion assembly machines.
MILWAUKEE, WI—Brady has published a new, free book, 50 Lean Visuals for Improving Productivity and Safety in Your Lean Facility. This pocketsize book outlines 50 ways to effectively use visuals in order to improve facility safety, reduce waste and increase productivity.
FINDLAY, OH—MITEC Powertrain Inc. has opened its $24 million assembly plant here. Producing 1,500 powertrain parts daily, the facility will employ 135 people by 2017.
CHATTANOOGA, TN—At VW’s assembly plant here, employees are checked for their cardiovascular fitness and complete three weeks of physical fitness training to be “industrial athletes.”
FORT WAYNE, IN—GM officials said a Gay Pride flag flying at its assembly plant here is a means to “foster constructive dialogue on the importance of diversity.”
ARVADA, CO—Sundyne Corp. is renovating and expanding its assembly plant here to increase capacity and flexibility. The factory makes fluid handling equipment.
ASHEVILLE, NC—Linamar Corp. will hire an additional 250 workers for its assembly plant here. The new jobs come as part of a $75 million investment in the factory, which makes engine blocks and other parts for construction equipment.
WARRENDALE, PA—Mitsubishi Electric Power Products Inc. has opened a 50,900-square-foot assembly plant here that will produce HVAC systems for the railroad industry.
STUART, FL—Triumph Aerostructures’ Vought Aircraft Div. hopes to begin a 16,000-square-foot expansion to its assembly plant here by the end of July. The plant makes flaps for the Boeing 777.
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