CAMBRIDGE, MA-Solar equipment manufacturing in the United States is likely to grow 50 percent annually from now until 2012, thanks to government incentives and growing market demand, says analyst Shyam Mehta of GTM Research. MORE
TUSCALOOSA, AL-Fairly dry weather has allowed crews building a 225,000-square-foot expansion of the body shop at the Mercedes-Benz assembly plant to get about two to three weeks ahead of schedule. Approximately 35 percent of the addition’s steel framing has been installed and some 80 percent of the addition's concrete foundation is done. MORE
WASHINGTON-Industrial production in
the United States fell in June at the slowest pace in eight months, another
sign that the worst of the recession is over. MORE
HOPKINTON, MA-EMC Corp., a manufacturer of data storage equipment, announced that its manufacturing facility in Franklin, MA, has achieved OHSAS 18001 certification, an international standard for safety and health management systems. EMC’s Franklin facility is one of few assembly plants that is certified to ISO standards for quality (9001), environment (14001), and occupational health and safety (18001). MORE
COLUMBUS, IN-Nearly 400 workers laid off from the Cummins Inc. engine factory here returned to work yesterday. Cummins had laid off 720 employees, but more than half have been called back to resume production at the plant, which produces engines for the diesel Dodge Ram, when Chrysler emerged from bankruptcy last week. MORE
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Chongqing Changan Automobile Co. will
reportedly spend $80 million to build a plant in South Africa with an annual
capacity of 50,000 vehicles. MORE
DETROIT-General Motors is considering
retaining the G8 sedan, part of the discontinued Pontiac brand, and giving it to
the Chevrolet division where it will be marketed as the new Caprice. MORE
CHATHAM, ON-No new contract talks are scheduled between CAW Locals 127 and 35 and Navistar Inc. Workers at the Richmond Street truck assembly plant are on a two-week paid summer shutdown. CAW Local 127 president Aaron Neaves said he wasn't aware of any plans to resume bargaining in the near future. MORE
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