WASHINGTON-The nation’s new manufacturing czar said Wednesday the Obama administration is likely to unveil efforts to boost factory jobs in the coming months. Ron Bloom, named by President Barack Obama on Sept. 7 as senior counselor for manufacturing policy, said he is looking for projects to boost the sagging manufacturing sector. MORE
MILLVILLE, NJ-A New York company plans to open a solar panel manufacturing facility here that would employ 282 people. IPP Solar confirmed plans to partner with Italian producer MX Group and unnamed investors in Taiwan and China to produce the panels at a retrofitted glass factory in Millville. MORE
WASHINGTON-Industrial production
in the United States rose three times as much as anticipated in September,
putting manufacturing at the forefront of the emerging economic recovery. MORE
BARRE, VT-A manufacturer of parts for electric vehicles is constructing a new assembly plant here. SB Electronics hopes to finish the $18 million, 50,000 square foot facility in the next 15 months. MORE
WATERTOWN, CT-Siemon, a manufacturer of network cabling, has announced that its assembly plant here is a zero-landfill operation. According to an internal audit, more than 99 percent of the waste material at the plant is recycled, reused or repurposed in an environmentally sustainable manner. MORE
MILWAUKEE, WI-Harley-Davidson Inc. will discontinue its Buell motorcycle brand and divest
its recently acquired MV Agusta lineup as part of the company's long-term
business strategy. MORE
LOS ANGELES-Italian manufacturer AnsaldoBreda agreed to build a $70-million assembly plant here as part of its successful bid to deliver 100 light-rail cars to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Construction of the rail facility will begin next summer at the earliest and will take about a year. MORE
SALINA, NY-About 100 people gathered at a former General Motors auto parts plant here Tuesday for the kind of event not seen in Central New York very often these days-the opening of a new factory. Bitzer Scroll Inc. officially opened its second U.S. manufacturing plant. MORE
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