AVON LAKE, OH-Ford Motor Co.’s Ohio Assembly Plant will host a meeting for local mayors and U.S. Rep. Betty Sutton this morning, but the meeting’s purpose was not revealed last night. MORE
CLARKSVILLE, TN-The new Hemlock Semiconductor Plant here is set to open in 2012, but things already moving forward in the hiring process for its new polysilicon manufacturing facility. Some 500 jobs are expected to be available when the $1.2 billion plant opens. MORE
ORION TOWNSHIP, MI-GM is investing $145 million to reopen its assembly plant here, where it plans to build a new Buick compact car and a smaller Chevrolet subcompact. MORE
DETROIT-The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences has developed a strategy to revitalize American small and midsized manufacturers through advanced computer digital manufacturing. MORE
DETROIT-Hundreds of GM car dealers from across the country were in mid-Michigan Wednesday to learn more about the manufacturing part of the auto industry. They toured the GM Delta Township Plant, where the GMC Arcadia and Buick Enclave are assembled. MORE
CHATTANOOGA, TN-ERA Environmental Consulting Inc. has been awarded the contract to supply environmental management software for VW’s new assembly plant here. MORE