MAULDIN, SC—Siemens Industry Inc. will invest $2 million to open a new assembly plant here to produce gear motors. The facility will create 30 new jobs.
SAMLESBURY, UK—BAE Systems has switched on a new assembly line here that will be integral to the assembly of F-35 fighter jets. The line will boost production from one jet per week to one per day by 2016.
MITCHELL, SD—Firefighters were called to the Trail King assembly plant here after a small fire broke out in one of the factory’s dust-collecting units.
VALENCIA, CA—Aerospace Dynamics International Inc. is spending $80 million to build an assembly plant here to make parts for Airbus A350. The company will add 125 people to its payroll.
BEIJING, China—A Foxconn executive blamed the shortage of the iPhone 5 on the device’s complicated design, calling the phone “the most difficult device that we have ever assembled.”
DEERFIELD, IL—Do you know of a special manufacturing plant or professional worthy of being Quality magazine’s 2013 Plant or Professional of the Year? If so, nominate your choice for plant or professional of the year by Dec. 1.
SYLMAR, CA—The FDA is inspecting St. Jude Medical Inc.’s assembly plant here after the company recalled defibrillators with defective cable assemblies.
MILWAUKEE—Brady Corp. will be giving away 100 prizes, valued at $25,000, at the National Safety Council’s Congress & Expo, which will be held Oct. 22-24, 2012, in Orlando, FL.
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