MAUMEE, OH-Applied Energy Technologies, a provider of solar mounting products, has opened a new assembly plant here, tripling its production capacity. MORE
NEW YORK-General Electric will build the nation’s largest solar panel factory as part of a $600 million bet on the future of solar power in the United States. The new plant will employ 400 people and produce enough solar panels to power 80,000 homes per year. MORE
LAS CRUCES, NM-L&M Radiator Inc. is building a new assembly plant here to make large radiators and other cooling systems. The facility could employ as many 60 people by July. MORE
CHARLOTTE, NC-Siemens is well on its way to filling 1,000 new jobs at its gas turbine manufacturing facility here. The company has already filled 200 posts and is recruiting machinists, welders, quality inspectors and assemblers. MORE
BERLIN-German factory orders surged in February, boosted by strong domestic demand. New factory orders in the eurozone’s largest economy rose 2.4 percent in February. MORE
SCRANTON, PA-Federal authorities have charged the operator of a temporary staffing agency with conspiring to harbor illegal aliens whom he provided as workers to a local manufacturing facility. MORE
LAFAYETTE, LA-Halliburton will invest nearly $65 million to build a manufacturing facility here, creating about 150 new jobs. The new facility will produce complex components for oilfield service operations. MORE
TOKYO-The disruption to the global electronics supply chain caused by the Japan earthquake could recur in other regions of Asia because of the high concentration of technology industries in certain countries, according to industry specialist IHS iSuppli. MORE
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