ROSEVILLE, CA-Renesas Electronics America Inc. has received the Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award from California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Award recipients were selected for their outstanding environmental leadership. MORE
INGOLSTADT, Germany-Audi is expanding rooftop solar electricity generation at its main plant here. With the addition, the facility’s rooftop solar panels will generate approximately 1,500 megawatt-hours of electricity. MORE
STERLING HEIGHTS, MI-Chrysler plans to add 900 jobs and a second shift at its Sterling Heights Assembly Plant in the first quarter of next year. The jobs, and an $850 million investment, will support production of the carmaker’s new Chrysler 200 and Dodge Avenger. MORE
SAGINAW, MI-Northern Power Systems of Barre, VT, intends to use a facility here to manufacture its next-generation large wind turbines using 100 percent American-made parts. MORE
WASHINGTON-Students at Rowan University College of Engineering have created a robot that can solve the Rubik’s Cube in 15 seconds with as few as 17 turns. MORE
OXNARD, CA-Manufacturing startup IntriMed Technologies is assembling tiny data storage components for medical devices at a new facility in Santa Barbara, CA. MORE
FAIRFIELD, CT-General Electric has revamped its strategy in the wake of the financial crisis. In a interview last week, GE CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt says his company must rely more on making physical products and less on financial engineering-a path that, he insists, is also necessary for the American economy as a whole. MORE
BARRE, VT-SB Electronics, a manufacturer of capacitors for hybrid vehicles, has completed work on a new assembly plant here. The company expects to create about 100 new jobs over the next three years. MORE
RICHMOND, IL-In 1969, a fire destroyed nearly Jan-Air’s entire manufacturing facility. Today, the manufacture of blowers is thriving at a new 20,000-square-foot assembly plant. MORE
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