SANTA FE, NM-Solar Distinction Inc. plans to build a photovoltaic manufacturing plant in Albuquerque, NM, that is expected to employ 300 workers within the first two to three years. MORE
DELTA TOWNSHIP, MI-Local auto suppliers will hire hundreds of people in mid-Michigan in the coming weeks as they prepare to support a third shift at a GM assembly plant here. MORE
Nexus One: The Story is a video blog series. Episode four is called “Manufacturing” and it shows how the Nexus One is manufactured in the HTC Manufacturing Facility. MORE
SHANGHAI, China-GM expects it will need to build a new assembly plant in the near future in China to accommodate strong growth in the world’s largest auto market, but it will not be building a plant this year. The automaker sold a record 1.83 million vehicles in China in 2009. MORE
SAN ANTONIO-Toyota’s San Antonio truck plant is pushing back the date it will return production to two shifts on the assembly line to March 1 to allow more time for training. Production was slated to return to full swing on Feb. 22 for first time since the summer of 2008. MORE
CHATTANOOGA, TN-Volkswagen officials said Friday that it is starting work on a 500-employee supplier park next to the main VW assembly plant that is due to go into production early next year. Frank Fischer, VW Chattanooga president, said work will start on the supplier park soon and it should be ready by June. He said it will feature two buildings that are each over 220,000 square feet. MORE
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