MISSISSAUGA, Ontario-ArvinMeritor Inc. has opened a new 10,000-square-foot facility here for Mascot Truck Parts. ArvinMeritor owns Mascot, a remanufacturer of transmissions, axle carriers and steering gears. The new facility will ship more than 1,200 transmissions and axle carriers every month. MORE
NEW YORK-In April, manufacturing in
the United States contracted at its slowest pace in six months after a collapse
in inventories caused orders to steady. MORE
OTTAWA, Ontario-A proposal making the rounds here envisions the country emerging from the upheaval in the auto industry with a new carmaker as Canadian as maple syrup or the BlackBerry-and with an assembly plant in Fredericton, of all places. But, the very thought of a New Brunswick-made car conjures visions of gull-wing doors, lime green paint and huge losses-the Bricklin. MORE
DETROIT-The world’s automakers may not be building many new assembly
plants there, but there is a reason why Toyota, Honda, Hyundai-Kia and Nissan
all have major tech centers in Southeast Michigan. MORE
HUTCHINSON, KS-Siemens is considering this Kansas town for a wind turbine manufacturing plant. Sioux City, IA, is also in the running for the facility. MORE
PLYMOUTH, NC-A Connecticut medical device company will relocate its manufacturing and research and development operations here, bringing with it up to 144 new jobs. Micro Invasive Technologies will start the relocation process in the next few months. MORE
CHATTANOOGA, TN-Amid the chaos that is the
U.S. auto industry, construction of the new Volkswagen assembly plant in
Tennessee is not only on course, but ahead of schedule. MORE
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