TORONTO-A U.S.-based aircraft manufacturer is eyeing two sites in Canada for a new assembly plant that would create as many as 250 jobs over the next five years. The Dornier Seaplane Co. announced Monday that North Bay, Ontario, and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, are candidates to host a new assembly plant for the company’s Seastar aircraft, the world’s first all-composite seaplane. MORE
DETROIT-Batteries for electric vehicles will
produced in large volumes and at competitive prices as early as 2015, according
to a panel of industry analysts. MORE
SAN ANTONIO-Toyota Motor will add a second production shift at its pick-up truck assembly plant here by February next year, as inventories with the dealers have dried up. The addition of the shift will require 850 more workers at the plant. MORE
SYRACUSE, NY-A company that wants Central New York workers to build a new generation of electric cars for North America has struck a crucial agreement with the Reva Electric Car Co. of India, removing one of the last hurdles to a deal for a new local assembly plant. Bannon Automotive, of Long Island, has secured an exclusive North American licensing deal with the company. MORE
DEARBORN, MI-Ford
Motor Co. has promised the United Auto Workers its plants in Chicago, Kentucky and
Wayne, MI, will receive a flurry of new vehicle and transmission assembly work
in the next few years. MORE
CHATTANOOGA, TN-Volkswagen will begin accepting applications for production team members at its new assembly facility on Oct. 26. Applicants may apply online here: www.vwjobschattanooga.com. The positions will pay $14.50 per hour to start. MORE
FORT SMITH, AR-Mitsubishi Power Systems is expected to break ground on a wind turbine manufacturing plant here in 2011. Mitsubishi officials said they expect to create up to 400 jobs at the facility. MORE
PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, VA-Rolls-Royce has begun construction at Crosspointe, its new aerospace assembly plant here. Crosspointe is the first Rolls-Royce manufacturing facility built from-the-ground-up in the United States. The company’s initial investment in this site is $170 million. MORE
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