HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL-Developed with lean manufacturing expert Dan Fleming, Bosch Rexroth’s latest lean manufacturing podcast, “Lean in Assembly Operations” discusses how to apply lean concepts to automation. MORE
WASHINGTON-In what may be the strongest signal yet of the new pro-labor orientation of the National Labor Relations Board under President Obama, the agency filed a complaint Wednesday seeking to force Boeing to bring an airplane production line back to its unionized facilities in Washington State instead of moving the work to a nonunion plant in South Carolina. MORE
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC-The roof of Boeing’s new 787 jet assembly plant here will be covered with solar panels and the operation will be powered entirely with renewable energy. It will be the largest solar installation in the Southeast and the sixth largest in the nation. MORE
SMYRNA, TN-Nissan will move production of its Xterra SUV and Frontier pickup to its assembly plant in Canton, MS, to make room at its plant in Smyrna for production of its next-generation Rogue and the Nissan Leaf. By 2015, 85% of Nissan vehicles sold in North America will be built in North America, up from 69% today. MORE
SAN JOSE, CA-Wire harness manufacturer DC Electronics will add another 12,500 square feet of space to its assembly plant here. The company will use the additional space to add four workcells and create a state-of-the-art electrostatic discharge and testing area. MORE
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