ATLANTA—Germany-based Ritz Instrument Transformers plans to expand the company’s product line with a $1 million dollar investment at its Hart County, Georgia, assembly plant. The expansion will create some 50 new jobs.
JACKSONVILLE, FL—Medtronic’s Surgical Technologies Div. broke ground on a $14 million, 75,000-square-foot, expansion of its assembly plant here. The medical device manufacturer plans to add 175 high-wage jobs.
ELBERTON, GA—Hailo USA, which manufactures subassemblies for wind turbines, will open a new, $10 million assembly plant here. The facility will employ 200.
BARRINGTON, NJ—Edmund Optics, a supplier of optical components for vision systems, is awarding $22,500 in grants to university programs in optical science.
BEIJING—American Public Media’s Marketplace has been allowed to shoot a short news clip showing the process of iPads being assembled at Foxconn’s Longhua facility in Shenzhen, China.
CLEVELAND, TN—Only 20 months after unveiling a plan to build a $200 million state-of-the-art assembly plant here, Whirlpool Corp. officially cut the ribbon Tuesday on the energy-efficient and environmentally friendly facility.
SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV—Automotive parts supplier Gestamp plans to create hundreds of jobs and invest a minimum of $100 million to build a new assembly plant here.
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