SUNLAND PARK, TX-Electronics manufacturing services provider Foxconn plans to have 7,500 people working by the fall at its assembly plant in San Jeronimo, Chihuahua, Mexico, across the border from Santa Teresa, TX. During the next five years, the Taiwanese company, expects to have 10,000 employees assembling electronics. MORE
PLATTSBURGH,
NY-A Quebec-based plant in upstate New York has received an order from the
Metropolitan Transit Authority in New York City to build 90 new two-part buses.
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SWEETWATER, TX-The Sweetwater Enterprise for Economic Development (SEED) has approved an incentive contract for an Argentine company, EMA Electromecanica, to locate a manufacturing facility in Sweetwater. EMA Electromecanica manufactures electromechanical equipment for the power distribution industry. MORE
BOWLING GREEN, KY-GM’s assembly plant here assembled Corvette No. 1.5 million yesterday. One of the longest-running car models in history, the Corvette has been around for nearly 60 years. MORE
BRAMPTON, ON-Chrysler LLC will assemble the new Alfa Romeo 169 sports sedan at its Brampton, Ontario, assembly plant. It would mark the first time a high-end European luxury car will be made in Canada. MORE
NAPERVILLE, IL-Broadwind Energy Inc., a leading provider of components, logistics and services to the wind power and broader energy markets, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony today at its newly constructed Abilene, TX, tower manufacturing facility. MORE
SPARTANBURG, SC-Automaker BMW is updating its system for reclaiming methane gas from a nearby landfill to produce energy for its manufacturing plant here. BMW officials said they are replacing four turbines at the Spartanburg facility with two larger, more efficient ones. The move will save the manufacturer up to $2 million annually and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 92,000 tons a year. MORE
DETROIT-General Motor's Gary Cowger, GM’s group VP for global manufacturing and labor relations, is on the PR train talking about the company’s vision for new production techniques. General Motors calls its new factory method for building small vehicles profitably in North America “interbuildability.” MORE
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