GUANGZHOU, China-Many factory bosses in southern China’s Pearl River Delta-the nation’s biggest manufacturing base-are complaining about a severe shortage of workers. MORE
OTTAWA, ON-Canadian factory sales rose four times as much as expected in January to the highest level since November 2008. Helped by rebounding demand from the United States., exports will add 1.9 percentage points to Canadian growth this year and 2.1 points next year. MORE
LOUISVILLE, KY-Kentuckiana
Curb announced this week that it is investing $2.5 million to expand its plant
here and will add 50 full-time manufacturing jobs. More
LINCOLN, AL-At Honda’s assembly plant here, workers don’t just build cars. They also build the equipment that helps build those cars. The Japanese automaker last year opened an on-site high-tech engineering facility, where specialized production tools are designed, developed and manufactured. MORE
BETHLEHEM, PA-Eight of the top 10 best-paid college majors are in engineering, according to a new report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers. MORE
NEW YORK-Manufacturing in the New York region expanded in March for an eighth straight month, indicating factories are sustaining production and lifting the U.S. economy. MORE
HICKORY, NC-Turbotec Products Inc., a manufacturer of heat exchangers and heat-transfer products, will move the bulk of its operations from Connecticut to Hickory, NC, adding 73 jobs and investing $6.5 million in the next three years. MORE
ROCHESTER, NY-Harris Corp. plans to build a new state-of-the-art manufacturing and logistics facility here for assembling tactical and public safety radio systems. MORE
INDIANAPOLIS-For the first time since before the Civil War and perhaps ever, more people in Indiana work in government than in all the factories in the state. Rocked by layoffs, imports and automation, workers in Indiana plants numbered 430,800 in January, while government at all levels, including schools and publicly owned hospitals, employed 442,800 workers. MORE
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