FLINT, MI-GM’s Flint Truck Assembly Plant will begin producing the Chevrolet Silverado July 19-marking the first time the truck will be built in the United States. MORE
KANSAS CITY, MO-After months of legislative wrangling and a filibuster in the state Senate, the Missouri legislature has passed a bill to provide tax breaks for the Ford assembly plant here. MORE
NORTH CHARLESTON, NC-Boeing has picked a site here to assemble interior fixtures for the 787, which is being built assembly plant at Charleston International Airport. MORE
DENVER-Vestas will hire 1,000 employees throughout Colorado over the next year: 750 to staff the company’s new wind turbine blade manufacturing company in Brighton, 100 more at the Windsor blade manufacturing plant, and 167 more to the Pueblo tower manufacturing company, which already has 280 employees. MORE
CANTON, MS-Nissan is shutting down production at its assembly plants in Canton, MS, and Smyrna, TN, for three days due to a problem getting an electronic part. MORE
ARLINGTON, TX-The assembly line at GM’s assembly plant here was shut down Wednesday because of a shortage of parts. MORE
TOLEDO, OH-Chrysler has halted production at its Toledo North Assembly plant due to a parts shortage. MORE
DETROIT-Robots, those coldly efficient creatures that never take a bathroom break or file a union grievance, have been blamed for killing thousands of good-paying manufacturing jobs. But American companies will need to install even more robots to remain competitive and keep additional jobs from fleeing to low-cost countries, says one analyst. MORE
AUGUSTA, GA-A man shot and critically wounded his former girlfriend before killing himself yesterday in the parking lot of the assembly plant where she worked. MORE
ELKHART, IN-A Norwegian manufacturer of electric vehicles remains committed to opening a factory in northern Indiana, although it is still awaiting a decision on its bid for a federal loan. MORE
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