TORONTO-Toyota will add a second production shift at its Woodstock, Ontario, assembly plant, bringing more than 800 jobs to the Canadian province and pointing to a recovery in the battered North American auto sector. MORE
ALACHUA, FL- Bren-Tronics Energy Systems Inc., a New York-based company that produces rechargeable batteries and charging systems, may locate a new assembly here. MORE
LONG BEACH, CA-The Long Beach City Council has approved a proposal to offer $28.6 million in financial incentives to Tesla Motor as the electric carmaker decides where to build its assembly plant. MORE
DETROIT-Ford Motor Co. will invest up to $500 million and create more than a thousand new jobs in Michigan to support its electric vehicle programs if state lawmakers expand an existing incentive program and approve $85 million in tax credits. MORE
BARDANE, WV-Randox Laboratories, a maker of clinical diagnostic testing equipment, will open a new assembly plant here. When fully operational in 2011, Randox will have invested about $7 million. MORE
PRINCETON, IN-Windsor Machine Group will locate its newest assembly plant here, creating up to 130 new jobs by 2010. The company manufactures automotive headrests, exhaust suspension systems and structural brackets, among other components. It plans to invest more than $4 million to lease and equip an existing 25,000 square-foot building in the southwest Indiana city. MORE
YORK, PA-Harley-Davidson has named Ed Magee as general manager of vehicle operations at its assembly plant here. Magee, 43, will succeed Fred Gates, who will retire in 2010. MORE
SEATTLE-Boeing plans to use suppliers to replicate production of all 787 parts produced in its Puget Sound-area factories-in Auburn, Everett, Fredrickson-and in Portland, so that a second final-assembly line being established in North Charleston, SC, can operate independently. MORE
FORT SMITH, AR-A Whirlpool official has partially confirmed a report that the company will soon boost employment and production at its refrigerator assembly plant here. Between 500 and 750 Whirlpool employees could be called back from layoff to begin production of a large order of refrigerators for a national retail chain. MORE
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