COLORADO SPRINGS-A company that makes equipment for huge solar power installations is building an assembly plant here. Olson Motor and Control manufactures solar combiner boxes-equipment that collects the power from individual solar panels, combines it, and sends it to an inverter. MORE
WEST PALM BEACH, FL-Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has opened an experimental assembly line for CH-53K helicopters at its factory here., using “virtual tools” that can identify and solve issues before they become costly delays. MORE
SAN ANTONIO-Toyota Motor Corp. expects to idle its pickup truck assembly plant here due to supply disruptions caused by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. MORE
In addition, Honda has cancelled overtime shifts at its assembly plants in Alliston, ON, and Lincoln, AL. MORE
TEMPE, AZ-Despite the slow overall recovery, the factory jobs picture in February was as strong as it’s been in any month since 1973. The Institute for Supply Management said 56 percent of factories were keeping employment level, and 35 percent added people to their staffs in February. Those kinds of readings have not been seen in 38 years. MORE
FLEMINGTON, NJ-Magna-Power Electronics, a manufacturer of high-power programmable DC power supplies, broke ground on a 29,000 square-foot expansion of its assembly plant here. MORE
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