SPRING HILL, TN-Word is finally coming about what new vehicles GM’s assembly plant here will produce first, when work will begin, and other details of the planned restart of the facility. MORE
WASHINGTON-Equipment leasing and finance activity in the United States totaled $6 billion in October, an increase of 22 percent compared with the same period in 2010. Year-to-date cumulative new business volume is up 25 percent. MORE
SPRINGFIELD, MO-Deere & Co. is building a $14 million, 275,000-square-foot facility here to remanufacture tractor assemblies. The facility will employ 55. MORE
DEARBORN, MI-Ford Motor Co. has invented a new process for attaching windshields that simpler, less costly and more eco-conscious than current practices. MORE
ARVADA, CO-Energy Secretary Steven Chu says the global market for solar energy remains huge and it’s important that the United States stay in the game. MORE
DANIELSON, CT-Spirol International Corp. has earned Nadcap accreditation for chemical processing. The accreditation means that Spirol’s processes for treating fasteners meet requirements for aerospace and defense applications. MORE
APEX, NC-ATI Industrial Automation, a manufacturer of tool changers, deburring tools and other robotic peripherals, broke ground on an expansion of its corporate headquarters here. The expansion more than doubles their current manufacturing capacity, while allowing 50 new employees to be hired. MORE