GRESHAM, OR—Boeing has opened its newly expanded plating and coating facilty here. The aerospace giant invested more than $100 million to expand the facility and has added 350 workers.
LYONS, PA—East Penn Manufacturing Co. Inc. is investing $100 million to build a new assembly plant here to make batteries for forklifts and automobiles.
BARRINGTON, NJ—Edmund Optics, a supplier of optical components, is expanding its manufacturing facility here to improve its coating and asphere operations.
DETROIT—In a bid to cut the weight of its cars by up to 340 kilograms by the end of the decade, Ford Motor Co. is testing hoods and other auto body parts made from carbon fiber.
SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MI—Systems integrator Fori Automation Inc. could add up to 50 jobs over the next five years, after completing a new, $1 million facility here. Fori has hired 54 employees since 2009.
ATLANTA—Atlanta is renaming Henry Ford II Avenue to Ferdinand Porsche Avenue after the German automaker began building its new North American headquarters here.
WASHINGTON—A new report finds that U.S. manufacturers are subject to 2,183 different federal regulations promulgated since 1981, and those regulations will decrease the nation’s GDP by as much as $630 billion this year.
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