CHICAGO—Ford has replaced all the top managers at its Chicago Assembly Plant and had temporarily suspended a top union leader in the wake of a second sexual harassment lawsuit that was filed in November.
DETROIT—General Motors has confirmed plans to invest $5.4 billion at its U.S. assembly plants over the next three years to strengthen its production capabilities and enhance product quality.
MT. HOLLY, NC—Daimler Trucks North America plans to sharply increase production and employment levels at its assembly plant here over the next three months, adding 580 manufacturing and 25 supervision, engineering and administrative positions by mid-July.
SMYRNA, TN—Topre America will invest $53.3 million to build a new assembly plant here, expanding its current operations based inside Nissan’s car factory. This expansion will allow the automotive parts manufacturer to increase production efficiency and create 100 new jobs.
CHICAGO—More than 60,000 manufacturing jobs were brought to the United States by reshoring and foreign direct investment in 2014, representing a 400 percent increase since 2003.
MONTREAL—Matrox Imaging has announced its Design Assistant machine vision software will now be able to communicate directly with DENSO robots using the RC8 controller.
ENFIELD, CT—CIRTEC Medical Systems, a contract manufacturer of medical devices, is planning to build a new 35,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing facility here.
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