CHATTANOOGA, TN-Volkswagen will begin accepting applications for production team members at its new assembly facility on Oct. 26. Applicants may apply online here: www.vwjobschattanooga.com. The positions will pay $14.50 per hour to start. MORE
FORT SMITH, AR-Mitsubishi Power Systems is expected to break ground on a wind turbine manufacturing plant here in 2011. Mitsubishi officials said they expect to create up to 400 jobs at the facility. MORE
PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, VA-Rolls-Royce has begun construction at Crosspointe, its new aerospace assembly plant here. Crosspointe is the first Rolls-Royce manufacturing facility built from-the-ground-up in the United States. The company’s initial investment in this site is $170 million. MORE
WASHINGTON-The nation’s new manufacturing czar said Wednesday the Obama administration is likely to unveil efforts to boost factory jobs in the coming months. Ron Bloom, named by President Barack Obama on Sept. 7 as senior counselor for manufacturing policy, said he is looking for projects to boost the sagging manufacturing sector. MORE
MILLVILLE, NJ-A New York company plans to open a solar panel manufacturing facility here that would employ 282 people. IPP Solar confirmed plans to partner with Italian producer MX Group and unnamed investors in Taiwan and China to produce the panels at a retrofitted glass factory in Millville. MORE
WASHINGTON-Industrial production
in the United States rose three times as much as anticipated in September,
putting manufacturing at the forefront of the emerging economic recovery. MORE
BARRE, VT-A manufacturer of parts for electric vehicles is constructing a new assembly plant here. SB Electronics hopes to finish the $18 million, 50,000 square foot facility in the next 15 months. MORE
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