DETROIT-The first Chevrolet Volts headed for showrooms are due to roll out of GM’s Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center any day now. Here’s a look inside the factory. MORE
POCATELLO, ID-ON Semiconductor will spend $15.7 million on new production equipment for its plant here. The company hopes to increase production at the plant by 35 percent. MORE
EAST ALTON, IL-Despite the urging of two federal lawmakers, Olin Corp. will move its Winchester ammunition manufacturing operation and 1,000 jobs from its unionized plant in East Alton, IL, to a nonunion shop in Oxford, MS. MORE
SOUTH SALT LAKE, UT-A Utah company has begun assembling systems to convert gasoline-powered vehicles to run on natural gas. General Motors Co. will use the systems on vans coming off an Indiana assembly line. MORE
EVERETT, WA-Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner assembly line here began moving forward again Monday after a nearly monthlong halt. Boeing had stopped supplier deliveries to the line last month to allow its subcontractors to catch up with work on the Dreamliner. MORE
SHANGHAI, China-A123 Systems, a manufacturer of advanced lithium ion batteries, will develop battery packs for a new electric passenger car being made by Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. MORE
KEWANEE, IL-About a third of the workers at the BOMAG Americas tractor assembly plant here are temporarily out of jobs while their union makes negotiations. More than 50 hourly union employees were locked out after their contract expired. MORE
CONKLIN, NY-Impress USA opened a new factory here to make cans for seafood, aerosols and other products. Initially, the facility will employ 65 full-time workers. MORE
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