PEORIA, IL-The $32 billion company that puts the Peoria area on the world’s financial map got its start 100 years ago with the deed to a bankrupt tractor plant and a dozen employees. MORE
CHATTANOOGA, TN-VW is building energy efficiency into its new $1 billion assembly plant here. Among other things, the plant will feature efficient electric motors on the production lines and stormwater recycling on the grounds. MORE
DURHAM, NC-U.K.-based contract manufacturing company ACW Technologies Ltd. will open a new $4.9 million assembly plant here. The new facility will employ anywhere from 150 to 200 employees. MORE
OSHAWA, ON-GM is adding a second shift late this year at its car assembly plant here to meet demand for the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro and the Buick Regal. MORE
SACRAMENTO-A British company that makes battery-powered trucks plans to open an assembly plant and sales office in Northern California, the latest addition to the region’s small but growing electric vehicle industry. Smith Electric Vehicles is scouting locations in the Bay Area and Sacramento for a facility that would assemble, sell and service their plug-in trucks. MORE
SAN JOSE, CA-Dozens of workers rallied Friday to save the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. in Northern California, where more than 4,600 people could lose their jobs if Toyota stops production at the end of March. MORE
TOKYO-Toshiba plans to spend almost $9 billion to build a new factory to produce memory chips for mobile phones, cameras and other electronics. The Japanese electronics giant is aiming to be the top supplier of NAND flash memory chips. MORE
HOUSTON-A nuclear weapons assembly plant in Amarillo, TX, ordered a precautionary security lock-down after duck hunters were spotted near the facility. MORE
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