CHICAGO-Boeing says that while it values its
union workforce in Everett, WA, the risk of those workers going on strike again
forced the company to open its latest plant in South Carolina. MORE
TUSCALOOSA, AL-Automotive supplier Faurecia North America plans to build a $15
million plant in Tuscaloosa County that will employ nearly 200 workers. MORE
DUNDEE, MI-Chrysler plans to invest nearly $200 million to build an engine assembly plant here for a growing line of fuel-efficient vehicles. Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chrysler has not made a final decision to build engines at the plant, but does say that there is a possibility that a new Fiat engine, FIRE, will be produced at the plant. MORE
INDIANAPOLIS-Norwegian electric car maker Think Global will locate its U.S. manufacturing facility in Indiana. The exact location has not yet been chosen. MORE
RENTON, WA-Kenworth’s assembly plant here has been selected to participate in a project that would help develop an international energy management standard for manufacturing plants. The project is co-sponsored U.S. Department of Energy and Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance. MORE
TOKYO-Toyota Motor Corp. says it will help workers at its former
joint-venture plant in California find new jobs after the factory closes in
March. MORE
DETROIT-General Motors will begin paying back $6.7 billion worth of U.S. government debt by the end of 2009. The automaker could pay off all of that portion of its aid by 2011-four years ahead of schedule. MORE
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