LANCASTER, NY-Buffalo Filter is planning to build a new assembly plant here that would be nearly twice the size of the two sites the medical device manufacturer currently operates in Amherst, NY. The 50,000-square-foot factory is expected to cost $7.8 million. MORE
CAMBRIDGE, ON-ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. has acquired the Sortimat Group, a manufacturer of automated assembly systems for medical products and pharmaceutical dosing devices. MORE
DETROIT-American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. has opened a new assembly plant in Lancaster, PA. The 30,000-square-foot facility will assemble axles for Class 8 commercial trucks. MORE
KALAMAZOO, MI-The FDA has informed Stryker Corp. that it has sufficiently addressed issues raised in a 2007 warning letter. Stryker received the letter regarding compliance with certain quality system requirements at its reconstructive implant manufacturing facility in Mahwah, NJ, in 2007. MORE
PITTSBURGH-To create long-term economic development and job growth, state and local governments should invest in new, small, home-grown companies rather than provide incentives to large, multinational corporations, according to a new study by Keystone Research Center. MORE
WASHINGTON-Today, with unemployment nearing 10 percent, it might seem far-fetched to think that the United States will face a worker shortage before the end of this decade. Yet, as the economy begins to recover, the country will almost certainly see shortages in key occupations by 2018-and soon after, the demand for workers could outstrip supply in a broad range of industries. MORE
ROCKY MOUNT, VA-The first
Kamping Lodge manufactured for Kampgrounds of America has rolled off the
production line at Fleetwood Homes here. Cavco Industries is supplying KOA Inc.
and its franchises with park model Kamping Lodges, which are also being
manufactured in Litchfield, AZ, and in its Texas operation. The plant in Rocky
Mount employees 85 people. MORE
DEARBORN, MI-Ford estimates it will save $1.2 million and reduce its carbon footprint by 16,000 to 25,000 metric tons annually simply by “powering down” laptops and desktop PCs overnight and on weekends. MORE
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