WOODINVILLE, WA-Taphandles LLC has opened a new factory here to make tap handles and other branding products for beer suppliers. The factory plans to create 150 new jobs by 2015. MORE
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC-The InterTech Group Inc. will invest $40 million to build an assembly plant here to supply parts for the Boeing 787. The plant is expected to employ 350. MORE
WASHINGTON-The U.S. Department of Energy is planning to invest $14.9 million into 16 projects supporting activities in 24 states and the District of Columbia to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles. MORE
GREER, SC-An automotive OEM has saved thousands of dollars by refurbishing and redeploying a fleet of AGVs from one of its recently closed facilities. Creform, which supplied the AGVs, performed the rehab work, as well. MORE
EAST LONGMEADOW, MA-Hasbro Inc.’s manufacturing facility here has received an award from OSHA for its achievements in creating a safer, healthier work environment. MORE
MCCLEAN, VA-U.S. sales of machine tools totaled $506.9 million in July, an increase of 7 percent compared with June 2011 and 93 percent compared with July 2010. For the year, machine tool sales are up 103 percent compared with 2010. MORE
LONDONDERRY, NH-Scientific Management Techniques, a provider of performance-based industrial skills assessments, has designed a new Apprentice Feeder Program to alleviate the skills shortage plaguing industry. MORE
WEST SUSSEX, UK-Due to rising demand, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is investing $15.8 million to expand its assembly plant here and double the size of its workforce. MORE
COLUMBIA, SC-JR Automation Technologies plans to invest more than $2 million to open a new facility here, creating 54 high-paying jobs over five years. MORE
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