WOODBURN, OR-Startrans opened its new bus manufacturing facility here earlier this month. The facility will build gas, diesel and hybrid buses based on Ford and Chevrolet chassis. MORE
MONTREAL-Canada's largest aircraft maker is slashing another 3,000 jobs
around the world, including at plants in Montreal and Toronto, as it copes with
weaker demand for business jets. MORE
GREENSBORO, NC-Despite sagging auto sales for its parent company, Honda Aircraft Co. is on track to begin building the assembly plant for its HondaJet plane this summer. MORE
HIGHLAND, NY-Prism Solar Technologies Inc. has acquired a new manufacturing site here. The site includes 6.5 acres of land and a 93,000 square-foot manufacturing building. The facility will ultimately produce 60 megawatts of solar modules per year for the U.S. market and 1,000 megawatts of film for sale to other solar module manufacturers. MORE
DETROIT-The U.S. government says a GM or Chrysler bankruptcy could be
fast and clean, but bankruptcy has also been described by those who have been
forced to pass through it as a world of pain and regret. MORE
KINGSTON, ON-A manufacturer of solar panels plans to create a $500 million, high-tech assembly facility here. Everbrite Solar, a subsidiary of an electrical contracting firm headquartered in Toronto, said the factory will use robots to construct thin-film solar modules. MORE
EAST COUNTY, CA-A fire broke out at an assembly plant near El Cajon, CA, that produces metal orthopedic implants. The fire occurred March 18 at Precision Metal Products in its 92,000-square-foot production building. The cause was still being investigated yesterday, but it appeared to be accidental. Dozens of workers were evacuated, but no one was injured. MORE