LEIPZIG, Germany-BMW is gearing up its factory here to manufacture electric vehicles, which are expected to roll off the factory floor starting in 2013. MORE
LORDSTOWN, OH-GM is adding a third shift to its assembly plant here for the manufacturing launch of the Chevrolet Cruze. Placing a third shift at the plant will mean adding 1,200 jobs. MORE
ODESSA, MO-A Utah high-tech company plans to build a manufacturing and research complex here that could eventually employ more than 3,000 people. Among other products, Manna of Utah, manufactures generators for residential use. MORE
SAN JOSE, CA-SoloPower Inc., maker of thin-film solar modules for rooftops, has raised $44.9 million in debt financing to build a manufacturing facility. MORE
SAN BERNARDINO, CA-Royal Appliance Manufacturing Co. has leased a 415,825 manufacturing plant here. The company manufactures Royal, Hoover and Dirt Devil vacuum cleaners. MORE
DETROIT-Chrysler has agreed to acquire the Sterling Heights, MI, assembly plant for $20 million from the company that has managed the automaker’s remaining assets since its emergence from bankruptcy last year. MORE
SALT LAKE CITY-Northrop Grumman Corp.’s Navigation Systems Div. has broken ground on a facility expansion designed to increase factory output and better serve its commercial, defense and national security customers. MORE
INDIANAPOLIS-Rolls-Royce Corp.’s operation here has been awarded a multimillion-dollar contract by the U.S. Army to design and develop a digital engine control for the OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopter. MORE
SACRAMENTO, CA-Siemens Mobility today announced that it will expand its U.S. manufacturing plant here to meet future demand for trains and infrastructure technologies for high-speed rail systems. MORE
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