OSHAWA, ON-GM is adding a second shift late this year at its car assembly plant here to meet demand for the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro and the Buick Regal. MORE
SACRAMENTO-A British company that makes battery-powered trucks plans to open an assembly plant and sales office in Northern California, the latest addition to the region’s small but growing electric vehicle industry. Smith Electric Vehicles is scouting locations in the Bay Area and Sacramento for a facility that would assemble, sell and service their plug-in trucks. MORE
SAN JOSE, CA-Dozens of workers rallied Friday to save the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. in Northern California, where more than 4,600 people could lose their jobs if Toyota stops production at the end of March. MORE
TOKYO-Toshiba plans to spend almost $9 billion to build a new factory to produce memory chips for mobile phones, cameras and other electronics. The Japanese electronics giant is aiming to be the top supplier of NAND flash memory chips. MORE
HOUSTON-A nuclear weapons assembly plant in Amarillo, TX, ordered a precautionary security lock-down after duck hunters were spotted near the facility. MORE
SANTA FE, NM-Solar Distinction Inc. plans to build a photovoltaic manufacturing plant in Albuquerque, NM, that is expected to employ 300 workers within the first two to three years. MORE
DELTA TOWNSHIP, MI-Local auto suppliers will hire hundreds of people in mid-Michigan in the coming weeks as they prepare to support a third shift at a GM assembly plant here. MORE
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