CHANUTE, KS-Spirit AeroSystems will open an assembly plant here next year to produce underwing components. Spirit plans to employ 35 people at the plant by the end of 2012 and could employ as much as 150 people. MORE
VICTORVILLE, CA-United Furniture Industries will establish an assembly plant here to make upholstered furniture. The facility will hire 100 people next month and could employ 400 in the next three years. MORE
SPRINGETTSBURY TOWNSHIP, PA-When Harley Davidson held an open house at its new assembly plant here, a television news crew was allowed to bring the first video cameras inside. MORE
KENNESAW, GA-Fabrico, a supplier of bonding, joining, and sealing materials, has launched an on-line discussion forum for design engineers and manufacturers who face challenges involving flexible materials and adhesives in their projects. MORE
AUBURN HILLS, MI-ABB Robotics will host its annual Technology Days event on Oct. 12-13 at its North American headquarters training center here. The event features a large exhibition floor with more than 30 live demonstrations, and 15 small-group, topic-specific seminars. MORE
RUSSELLS POINT, OH-Honda Transmission Manufacturing of America will invest another $50 million in its factory here to increase capacity for the casting of aluminum transmission cases. The automaker has spent more than $8 billion in the region since 1979. MORE
LOUISVILLE, KY-Delivering on promises to bring jobs back to Appliance Park, General Electric will take applications for 480 new assembly plant positions starting Wednesday morning. MORE
BATAVIA, NY-In 1953, Sylvania Electric Products Inc. located a new state-of-the-art television set assembly plant here. At its peak, the plant would employ nearly 1,000 people, but 23 years later, it would cease operations. MORE
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