FRUITLAND, OR-Preliminary site work has begun on a five-acre piece of land here to make way for a farm equipment assembly plant. The company, Mil-Stak Inc., is expanding its operations. MORE
MUSKEGON, MI-German battery manufacturer Fortu PowerCell GmbH has proposed building a new assembly plant here that could employ more than 700 people. MORE
HAMTRAMCK, MI-GM will invest $336 million upgrading its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant for production of the Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric car. MORE
WASHINGTON-New factory orders in October rose for the second consecutive month, by 0.6 percent after rising an upwardly revised 1.6 percent in September, the Commerce Department reported. MORE
WASHINGTON-Counties with the heaviest reliance on manufacturing income are posting some of the biggest employment gains of the nation’s early economic recovery. This is a big change from just half a year ago, when some economists worried that widespread layoffs by U.S. manufacturers might be part of an irreversible trend in that sector. MORE
HAMTRAMCK, MI-GM will invest $336 million upgrading its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant for production of the Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric car. MORE
SHANNON, MS-General Atomics’ Electromagnetic Systems Div., a manufacturer of advanced linear motors for electromagnetic aircraft launching systems, has broken ground on a 50,000-square-foot expansion at its assembly plant here. MORE
CHATTANOOGA, TN-Volkswagen officials say construction of the new assembly plant here is on schedule and more than 1,000 employees are expected to be onsite early next year. MORE
FORT WAYNE, IN-A year after being asked, Fort Wayne and Allen County announced plans Thursday to provide $2 million of additional incentives to help General Motors Co.’s local assembly plant. MORE
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