LAKE KATRINE, NY-Photovoltaic panels have begun rolling off the assembly line at the Solartech Renewables factory outside Kingston, NY. The plant expects to produce 55,000 panels annually with a single assembly line, and another line is in the works. MORE
MARTINSVILLE, VA-Kimball Hospitality is opening a new furniture assembly plant here. The 60,000-square-foot facility represents a $1 million investment, and it will create 67 new jobs. MORE
MUSKOGEE, OK-A veteran steel fabrication entrepreneur says his new company plans to build a 175,000-square-foot, $28 million wind tower manufacturing facility here, creating some 175 jobs. MORE
WEBSTER CITY, IA-Up to 2,500 electric cars a week could start rolling out of a new assembly plant here. Envision Motor Co. plans to combine foreign-made car bodies with American-made electrical parts. The new operation could bring 300 or more jobs. MORE
CHENNAI, India-Some 250 assemblers at a Foxconn International assembly plant here were hospitalized Friday after they were sickened by an unknown chemical in the air. The facility produces parts for mobile phones. MORE
DETROIT-About half the workers at the Jeep plant here make $28 an hour or more, while the rest, the recently hired, make $14, a disparity that could become the norm in much of the domestic U.S. auto industry. MORE
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