YORK, PA-Harley-Davidson Inc. will start talks in coming weeks with union workers to decide the fate of its manufacturing facility here. The motorcycle maker is still pursuing a second option to relocate production to Kentucky, Indiana or Tennessee, but may elect to remain in York if it can gain concessions from the union. MORE
GREER, SC-BMW will be adding at least 700 temporary positions to create two more shifts at its manufacturing plant here. Priority will be given to previous employees of BMW. MORE
MUMBAI, India-India’s industrial production rose 10.4
percent in August, suggesting the country’s central bank may soon be able to
scale back its emergency stimulus measures. MORE
WINSTON-SALEM, NC-The
early departure
of Dell from North Carolina's industrial landscape is raising questions about
the financial incentives state leaders have been using to help promote the
local economy. MORE
SPRINGFIELD, MO-A worker was crushed to death at a plastic molding facility here. Police say Toby Hall, 31, was working at the AC Buckhorn plant when he was crushed inside a molding press. MORE
LOUISVILLE, KY-Over the past three days, some 10,000 people applied for 90 jobs assembling washing machines at General Electric for about $27,000 per year and hefty benefits. MORE
SALT LAKE CITY-Edwards Lifesciences Corp., a manufacturer of heart valves and hemodynamic monitoring equipment, will build a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Draper, UT. The company is expected to add more than 1,000 new jobs over the next 15 years. MORE
PORTLAND, OR-A large order for military line-haul tractors will keep Daimler Trucks’ assembly plant here open for at least another year. The plant had been scheduled for closure in June 2010, but the U.S. Army’s order for 1,780 Freightliner-based tractors will keep the facility open. MORE
EVANSVILLE, IN-Toyota reported today that production of the Highlander sport-utility vehicle began this week at its truck complex near here. The assembly line was adjusted to handle the midsize SUV after the Tundra full-size pickup was moved to Toyota’s plant in San Antonio. MORE
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