BROWNSVILLE, TX-CK Technologies LLC will build a new facility here to manufacture interior, exterior and under-the-hood components for commercial trucks. The $20 million facility is expected to create 121 jobs. MORE
WINDSOR, ON-A 40-year-old auto worker is facing theft charges after he allegedly sold copper parts from the Chrysler assembly plant here to a scrap metal yard. MORE
WASHINGTON-The nation’s economy added 103,000 jobs in December and the unemployment rate dropped to 9.4 percent last month, its lowest level in 19 months. MORE
ARGONNE, IL-General Motors has signed a licensing agreement with Argonne National Laboratory for the lab’s composite cathode material, a critical component for making lithium-ion cells. MORE
KALAMAZOO, MI-Manufacturers interested in reducing the environmental and energy impact of their designs, materials, processes and facilities can get help from the Green Manufacturing Industrial Consortium of Western Michigan University.
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HAMILTON, ON-Chinese company Dago Group Co. Ltd. is planning to build a $5-million solar panel assembly plant here, creating 300 new manufacturing jobs. MORE
DETROIT-Ford and Toyota are in a statistical dead heat for first place in Consumer Reports’ 2011 Car Brand Perception Survey. The survey backs a trend under way for several years. Ford has been gaining on or passing Toyota in quality surveys and studies by a variety of third-party organizations. MORE
TYLER, TX-Trane, an air conditioning manufacturer, is planning to hire at least 300 new people for hourly positions on their assembly line here within the next month.
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