BERLIN-Nissan and Daimler may team up on a joint-assembly plant in Mexico. The two automakers are in the process of finalizing plans that would see a plant open by 2014, with the capability to produce roughly 200,000 vehicles a year for the North American market. MORE
WASHINGTON-Washington must fight anti-competitive practices while also recognizing that government can play a constructive role in promoting American manufacturing’s success within a free-market system, says U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski, D-IL. MORE
LANSING, MI-GM’s Lansing Delta Township Assembly Plant is the company’s first U.S. facility to become Energy Star certified. This means the plant has met strict energy performance levels set by the EPA from 2010 to 2011. MORE
ROUND ROCK, TX-Technology is changing attitudes around when and where we work, with more than 60 percent of employees, globally, wanting to be measured by the quality of work they deliver rather than time spent in the office, according to a new study released by Dell and Intel. MORE
AVON LAKE, OH-The Ohio Tax Credit Authority approved a 15-year, 50 percent job retention tax credit deal for Ford Motor Co. on the eve of today’s announcement to bring a truck line from Mexico to its assembly plant here. MORE
CLEARWATER, FL-Communicating with external vendors, suppliers and distributors is often the most inefficient and time-consuming process in a manufacturing company, but a quality electronic content management system can streamline almost every aspect of this process. MORE
WASHINGTON-A strategy for boosting the competitiveness of US manufacturers will unveiled tomorrow at a summit meeting here hosted by the Competitiveness Council.
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ANN ARBOR, MI-Machine vision sales in North America are up 15 percent through the third quarter of 2011, according to new statistics from the Automated Imaging Association. MORE
DETROIT-The U.S. auto industry is seeing demand recover faster than anticipated, with carmakers headed toward their best annual performance in three years at sales of 12.8 million vehicles. MORE
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