ST. CLAIR, MI-The St. Clair City Council rolled out the welcome mat to an alternative energy manufacturing facility at its June 1 meeting. Energy Components Group LLC will take over a former auto parts plant here, investing $20 million in machinery and equipment. A tier one supplier to customers in the solar and wind industries, Energy Components Group will employ 250 people over the next several years as it ramps up production volumes. MORE
DETROIT-U.S. Rep. Gary Peters launched a Web site Monday to persuade the nation’s largest domestic automaker to pick the Orion assembly plant for production of its next compact car. The Bloomfield Township Democrat is using the Web site, launched Monday at www.MakeItInMichigan.org, as an electronic letter-writing platform to General Motors Corp. MORE
WASHINGTON-The military is getting green vehicles-not their color, but their function. ZAP today confirmed the U.S. military will be getting electric trucks for certain duties. The trucks, using the new four-wheel ZAP XL electric truck platform, are being distributed to installations both domestically and abroad with some modifications. MORE
MUBAI, India-Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., India’s
largest maker of sport-utility vehicles, plans to start selling small two- and four-door
pickups in the United States beginning in early 2010. MORE
BATON ROUGE, LA-A well-financed company is close to choosing a shuttered north Louisiana site to start a new automobile manufacturing facility, creating up to 1,500 jobs. MORE
PICKERING, ON-Aker Solutions has opened a new 90 000 square foot state-of-the-art manufacturing facility here. The company assembles equipment for producing various acids and petroleum products. MORE
AUBURN HILLS, MI-With the Dodge Viper
business now officially a part of Fiat, Chrysler has resumed production of its
fabled sports car at a plant in Detroit. MORE
NEW YORK-Industrial production in the United States
fell in May for the 16th time in the last 17 months, reflecting declines in demand
for consumer goods and business equipment. MORE
BRISTOL, UK-German firm, Brotje Automation, has been awarded a contract by GKN Aerospace to supply an advanced moving line assembly system for the A350 extra wide body aircraft. As part of the contract, Brotje will provide a turnkey assembly line for the aircraft’s wing trailing edge and main landing gear parts on its all-composite rear wing spar. MORE
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