DETROIT-Growing demand for GM vehicles is pushing the automaker to add thousands of jobs and spend $2 billion to upgrade plants across the country. GM will create or preserve more than 4,000 jobs in eight states by investing in 17 facilities nationwide. MORE
BELVIDERE, IL-Less than three years ago, 1,000 Belvidere auto workers lost their jobs when Chrysler eliminated the third shift. Now, those jobs may be coming back. MORE
DETROIT-GM broke ground Wednesday on a six-acre field of solar panels in front of its Detroit-Hamtramck plant as part of an effort to green the production of the Chevrolet Volt. GM expects the panels to reduce its energy bill by approximately $15,000 annually. MORE
JACKSONVILLE, FL-Kaman Aerospace Corp. is seeking financial incentives from the city and state for a 200-job expansion of its assembly plant here. MORE
NASHVILLE-Electrolux is on the verge of getting $97 million in Tennessee taxpayer funding to help build its $190 million appliance assemblt plant in Memphis. MORE
NORTH BEND, OR-Perpetua Power Source Technologies will build a new assembly plant here to produce energy-harvesting devices for low-power electronic products. MORE
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