WASHINGTON-Sen. Richard G. Lugar, R-IN, has named Honda Manufacturing of Indiana in Greensburg as the 32nd recipient of his Lugar Energy Patriot award, which recognizes businesses, organizations and researchers for taking concrete action to improve America’s energy security. MORE
WINDSOR, ON-The Ontario government will go after Navistar International to recover some of the millions of taxpayer dollars it gave the company to help keep its truck assembly plant open in Chatham. MORE
ELLISVILLE, MS-GE Aviation will invest $56 million to build a new 300,000 square foot assembly plant here that will create 250 new jobs within the next five years. MORE
WOODSTOCK, ON-Toyota and Tesla Motors Inc. will assemble their jointly developed RAV4 electric vehicle at Toyota’s plant here beginning next year. MORE
COLOGNE, Germany-Whirlpool and Troostwijk are auctioning off the building, equipment and tooling of its dishwasher assembly plant here. The plant can produce more than 1,300 units per shift with a workforce of 200 staff. MORE
WASHINGTON-The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI have established a joint initiative to advance awareness in the policy community about the importance of manufacturing to continuing prosperity and economic growth. MORE
ANN ARBOR, MI-A free, one-hour webinar Oct. 6 will cover safety considerations, integration methodologies, how to work with systems integrators, and other fundamentals of industrial robotics. MORE
BETTENDORF, IA-The city council here has approved tax incentives to persuade lighting manufacturer LED America to locate an assembly plant in the area, creating more than 100 jobs. MORE
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