BEIJING-China’s AVIC I Commercial Aircraft company plans to establish an office in the United States to spearhead future sales efforts in the region. The company is set roll out is first aircraft, the 90-seat ARJ21-700, in late December. MORE
TOULOUSE, France-Boeing Co. (Chicago) receives “lavish'' government subsidies that give the U.S. aircraft maker an unfair competitive edge over rival Airbus SAS, the European Union recently told the World Trade Organization. MORE
MANITOWOC, WI-The Manitowoc Crane Group has begun a multi-million-dollar expansion and renovation project on its manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania. MORE
DAYTON, OH-Test, metal-working and material handling equipment company Assembly & Test Worldwide Inc. (ATW) has acquired the intellectual assets of longtime machine builder Bodine Technology (Bridgeport, CT).
TUPELO, MS-Toyota Auto Body Co. has announced it will build a $200 million plant north of Tupelo, Mississippi to support production at the company’s new SUV assembly plant in Blue Springs, Mississippi. MORE
DETROIT-The UAW and General Motors Corp. this morning reached a tentative agreement on a new, landmark contract for 74,000 autoworkers, ending the union's first nationwide strike against the automaker in 37 years. MORE
DETROIT-Retiree healthcare remained a sticking point as General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Workers began the seventh day of post-deadline bargaining. MORE
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil-Some 5,000 workers at the Volkswagen, Nissan and Renault factories in Brazil's southern Santa Catarina state went on strike to demand pay raises, a trade union said on Thursday. MORE
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