CLEARWATER BEACH, FL-There are only 17 days left to take advantage of the super early bird registration fee of $399 for the Assembly Summit Oct. 18-20 in Clearwater Beach, FL. The super early bird rate, a $200 discount, expires July 9. MORE
NEW YORK-Universal Solar Technology Inc. has received a multimillion dollar order for 20 megawatts of monocrystaline solar modules to be delivered by the end of 2010. MORE
BEIJING-New minimum wage laws, a looser yuan and worker strikes like those affecting Honda and Toyota are raising costs at Chinese assembly plants, leading to increased investment in automation. MORE
DETROIT-Newly hired members of the UAW at GM, Ford and Chrysler earn about half what veterans make under their current contract, and the disparity is creating some resentment. MORE
MOUNT IRON, MN-Silicon Energy LLC has obtained the financing necessary to implement its plans to produce solar photovoltaic modules at a new factory here. MORE
DETROIT-It wasn’t easy for Ford to avoid the economic wreck that left its U.S. rivals bankrupt. In fact, it took a massive change of culture, thousands of lost jobs and a lot of debt to come out in one piece. “We don’t have a great deal of ego about this because there’s so much work left to be done,” said James Tetreault, vice president of North American Manufacturing for Ford. MORE
OMAHA, NE-Caterpillar Inc. plans to invest almost $700 million over the next four years to start producing mining shovels and expand production of its trucks at plants in Illinois and India. MORE
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