ALLEN COUNTY, IN—Automotive supplier Android Industries will invest $10.8 million to lease and equip 55,000 square feet of an existing facility here, just west of the General Motors assembly plant. The facility will employ 57.
WEBSTER CITY, IA—Up to 1,500 former employees of Electrolux’s now-shuttered washer and dryer assembly plant here are expected to join a class-action lawsuit seeking back pay for time spent putting on protective equipment before their shifts.
SCHAUMBURG, IL—Many motion control applications such as machining spindles and scanning equipment require more than just position values from the motion feedback device. It is also imperative to know what velocity the axis is running, as there may be a need to control the velocity from one speed to another rapidly, or to maintain a constant speed because other operations and triggers need to occur based on the constant velocity.
CHARLESTON, SC—Boeing is negotiating with a Charleston International Airport for a huge tract of land near its existing 787 Dreamliner assembly line to build a second assembly plant.
CHICAGO—Fifty-nine percent of manufacturers expect moderate to high growth from their key customers in 2012, and nearly 95 percent plan to invest in new manufacturing equipment this year, according to a new survey of CFOs at U.S. manufacturing companies.
SAN ANTONIO—The San Antonio Manufacturers Association estimates that more than 1,500 area factory jobs are not being filled because of a lack of skills.
BENTON HARBOR, MI—The Commerce Department has ruled that Whirlpool Corp. and other U.S. appliance assemblers are being harmed by competitors importing certain refrigerators from South Korea and Mexico. The department found that Samsung, LG, Electrolux and other brands were illegally “dumping” some of their foreign-made appliances in the United States by selling the products at less than fair value.
ARLINGTON, TX—No one was hurt Saturday afternoon after a two-alarm fire broke out at GM’s assembly plant here. The fire started in the body shop shortly after noon as a maintenance team was working on an air conditioning unit.
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