BENICIA, CA-Amports Inc. and Coda Automotive Inc. have closed a deal to open a final assembly plant here for electric cars. The operation will generate 50 jobs, with 10,000 to 14,000 cars expected to roll through next year. MORE
INDEPENDENCE, MO-On Sept. 11, 2001, the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant here employed 600 people and produced 300 million ammunition rounds a year. Today, 2,600 people work at the plant, which now produces 1.4 billion rounds annually. MORE
LAKE MARY, FL-Paul Teutul Jr., owner of Paul Jr. Designs and star of the Discovery Channel’s American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior, will appear at FARO Technologies’ booth at Quality Expo Sept. 21 at McCormick Place in Chicago. MORE
HEBRON, OH-Keith Jacobs believes he’s found a way to revolutionize the assembly line. His firm, Jacobs Automation, uses magnets to power the machines that handle, assemble and package goods. MORE
WEAVERVILLE, NC-Thermo Fisher Scientific will add 110 workers to its assembly plant here over the next seven months to help build a new line of temperature controls for scientific equipment. MORE