BUFFALO, WV-Toyota Motor Corp. is expanding its assembly plant here to manufacture a six-speed automatic transmission by the end of 2012. The expansion will create some 20 new jobs at the Toyota Bodine Aluminum manufacturing plant in Jackson, WV. MORE
PEACHTREE CITY, GA- Construction equipment manufacturer Sany America has completed the first phase of construction on a new assembly plant and office complex here. The $60 million plant currently employs 108 people and could employ twice that figure by the end of 2012. MORE
CHICKASHA, OK-Ride Control LLC will invest $3.1 million in its assembly plant here. The manufacturer of shock absorbers will install a new roof, energy-efficient lighting, machine tools, a chrome plating system and other equipment. MORE
REDLAND, CA-Trash trucks have no reason to stop at La-Z-Boy’s assembly plant here anymore. The plant now recycles nearly nearly 100 percent of the waste it produces, earning it a Green Action award from the city. MORE
LAUREL, MS-Howard Industries pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to violate immigration laws related to its hiring of illegal immigrants at its transformer assembly plant here. The company agreed to a criminal fine of $2.5 million after nearly 600 illegal immigrants were arrested at the facility in August 2008. MORE
Read ASSEMBLY editor John Sprovieri’s editorial about immigration reform here: MORE
SEATTLE-Boeing beat out rival EADS to win the US Air Force’s $35 billion contract to build air-refueling tankers was lower than the rival offer from Airbus parent company EADS. MORE
SAN JOSE, CA-The U.S. market for medical adhesives and sealants could reach $2.08 billion by the year 2015, according to a new report by Global Industry Analysts. MORE
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