TUSCALOOSA, AL-The United Auto Workers has targeted the foreign-owned auto plants in the South in a major unionization drive this year, committing millions of dollars to its effort. MORE
RAPID CITY, SD-South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard has proposed to give aircraft manufacturers immunity from liability for product failures after 10 years. MORE
SAN JOSE, CA-SoloPower Inc., a manufacturer of flexible, thin film solar cells and modules, will locate a high-volume manufacturing facility in Wilsonville, OR. Upon completion, the facility is expected to employ 500 people. MORE
TORONTO-Ontario’s auto industry has increased by more than 8,200 jobs since the sector’s restructuring in June 2009. Since 2004, Ontario remains the leading jurisdiction in North America for vehicle assembly. MORE
GREENVILLE, SC-ZF has developed the world’s first 9-speed automatic transmission for vehicles equipped with a transversely mounted engine. It will be built in a new, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility near. MORE
BERLIN-Traditionally, vision systems used for quality inspection have been installed at fixed points on assembly lines, with the inspected items moving past on a conveyor belt. One integrator has turned this process on its head with a vision system that is fixed to a three-axis gantry that moves to inspect a plastic automotive assembly. MORE
BOSTON-No one thinks twice about picking up a cup of coffee, but this task has vexed robots for three decades. Inspired by cockroach legs, researchers at Harvard and Yale have developed a new type of gripper that promises to solve this problem. MORE
SARATOGA COUNTY, NY-Semiconductor manufacturer Globalfoundries plans to invest $5.4 billion to expand its current facilities and build a new manufacturing facility here. MORE
MEMPHIS, TN-The Memphis-Shelby County Industrial Development Board has granted Electrolux Home Products Inc. a tax break for building its new assembly plant here. The plant will initially employ 1,240. MORE
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