MELBOURNE, FL-The new Embraer aircraft assembly plant in Brevard County, FL, likely will hold a groundbreaking ceremony in December. The plant, which will cost $41 million, will perform the final assembly of two types of business jets. The company plans to hire at least 200 workers for the operation. MORE
OAK HARBOR, OH-An Ohio manufacturer specializing in stainless steel sheet metal fabrications has installed an array of solar panels on its roof. The 13.4-kilowatt array on the roof of the site's 756,000 square-foot manufacturing plant is expected to produce approximately 14,900 kilowatt-hours of electricity for at least the next 25 years. MORE
GEORGETOWN, KY-Workers from Toyota's Georgetown plant recently spent a number of days in Ohio frantically working to keep operations running at key suppliers that lost power as the remnants of Hurricane Ike swept through. MORE
NEWTON, IA-TPI Composites has opened a new 316,000-square-foot plant to manufacture high-performance wind turbine blades for use in large-scale wind generators. MORE
CHICAGO-Now in its twelfth day, the machinists strike at Boeing is starting to affect the company’s suppliers, especially those involved in its 787 Dreamliner program. MORE
NEW DEHLI, India-The recent standoff at Tata Motor’s Nano plant highlights how difficult it is to equitably divert scarce fertile farmland to industry in a country where more than half of the people live off the land. MORE
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