SALINAS, CA-An
electric car company Green Vehicles has received a $2 million grant from the
California Energy Commission to expand manufacturing and establish an assembly
line that could produce up to 2,000 cars per year. MORE
CHATTANOOGA, TN-Volkswagen's all-new, $1-billion
manufacturing facility here is nearing completion. The Passat
replacement will be the first car built, and plans are already in place to
build another model at the facility. MORE
INDIANAPOLIS, IN-Positron Corp. announced
Wednesday the opening of a cGMP ready (current good manufacturing practices)
facility in Indiana for the manufacturing of both radioactive and
non-radioactive pharmaceutical products and devices. MORE
KANSAS
CITY, MO-By 2012, Ford Motor Co. expects to create nearly 2,000 hourly jobs
within its U.S. plants by doing less outsourcing, the automaker said recently.
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WASHINGTON-The latest report from the Institute for Supply Management claims that recent strength in the manufacturing sector has helped bolster the U.S. economy. MORE
Claycomo, MO-Ford Motor Co.’s assembly
plant here has been recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency for
its energy-efficiency efforts. The plant received the 2009 Energy Star Award
from the EPA and the U.S. Department of Energy It was one of four automobile
manufacturing facilities to receive the award for the 2009 calendar year. MORE
KNOXVILLE, TN-Bailey Hydropower, a manufacturer of cylinders and cylinder components, recently joined a growing list of companies that are reshoring production. MORE
PALMDALE, CA-Northrop Grumman is ramping up production of center fuselages the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, which are shipped to Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth, TX, plant for final assembly. MORE
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