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
DEEP RIVER, CT-STRUNK Connect GmbH & Co., a German supplier of fully automatic and semiautomatic resistance welding equipment, has established a subsidiary in the United States. The company’s equipment is used in the automotive, medical, appliance and solar power industries. MORE
WASHINGTON-Executives from several medical device manufacturers met with Republican lawmakers this week to lobby for the repeal of the 2.3 percent excise tax on U.S. sales of medical devices, scheduled to go into effect in 2013. MORE
FLORENCE, KY-Mazak Corp. has begun exporting machine tools designed and built at the company’s assembly plant here to Japan, Brazil and other countries. MORE
NAPOLEON, OH-Isofoton North America will build its first U.S. photovoltaic module assembly plant here, creating more than 300 jobs over the next three years. MORE
SPRING HILL, TN-Under the UAW’s new contract with GM, the automaker’s shuttered assembly plant here is in line to get a pair of new projects-both of which are midsize vehicles-that will bring back 1,700 jobs to the state. MORE
FIFE, WA-A disgruntled former employee of a window manufacturer here is suspected of going on a joyride inside the company’s warehouse overnight Monday, causing what could amount to $1 million in damages. MORE
PARIS-Airbus predicts that some 27,800 new aircraft worth more than $3.5 trillion will be required by 2030 to satisfy future robust market demand. MORE