FLINT, MI-General Motors is planning
to add more than 600 jobs to its assembly plant here. The plant, which
currently has more than 2,000, will hire workers who had previously been laid
off by GM. MORE
TANNER, AL-Phase II of the Alabama Robotics
Technology Park here is under way, with an opening set for early in 2011. This
Phase includes a 30,000-sq-ft Advanced Technology Research and Development Center featuring a test facility for
robotics manufacturers. MORE
NEW DELHI, India-Deere & Company will will invest approximately $100 million to build a new assembly plant in India and expand its current tractor factory in Pune. MORE
FRANKFURT, Germany-Volkswagen’s premium car unit Audi might build a US asssembly plant in the next few years. In the meantime, it will increase capacity at its plant in Gyor, Hungary. MORE
WINDSOR, ON-The Windsor Assembly Plant will get a new, more versatile platform, allowing it to produce a variety of vehicles, including a hybrid minivan, a smaller people carrier and possibly a full-sized sedan, Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said Tuesday. MORE
WASHINGTON-The exports boom has helped the manufacturing sector grow at a pace three times faster than the rest of the economy. According to federal data released last week, exports rose for the third straight month in November to nearly $160 billion.
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WASHINGTON-U.S. manufacturing has begun creating more jobs than it eliminates for the first time in more than a decade. The number of manufacturing jobs in the United States last year grew 1.2 percent, the first increase since 1997. MORE
CHATTANOOGA, TN-In just a few months, the first new Passats will start rolling off the assembly line here. But before then, Volkswagen employees must go through some intense training. That includes bringing in teams from around the world. MORE
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