CHICAGO-South Carolina is in a high-stakes competition
with the state of Washington to land a Boeing Co. airplane production facility
that could become the cornerstone for the aerospace industry on the East Coast.
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MOLINE, IL-Deere & Co. and the United Auto
Workers have tentatively agreed on a new six-year contract covering 9,500
employees and 17,000 retirees. MORE
DETROIT-Penske
Automotive Group has rejected a deal to acquire General Motors’
Saturn unit, a decision that likely spells the end for the brand and threatens
thousands of jobs.T MORE
BRUSH, CO-If all goes as planned, E2Logicx Solar will create 130 new jobs when it opens a new manufacturing facility and its world headquarters here. “E2Logicx Solar will be a U.S.-based designer and manufacturer of solar electrical products,” company CEO Fida Hossain said during a kickoff event Friday at the planned future site of the plant. MORE
OLYMPIA, WA-Washington’s governor is stepping up public efforts to court the Boeing Co., part of a high-stakes interstate competition for the second assembly line of the company’s long-delayed 787 jetliner. MORE
LEIPZIG, Germany-Porsche has opened a
new training facility to focus on lean management, lean production, lean
administration and continual improvement processes. MORE
LAFAYETTE, IN-A silver 2010 Outback 2.5i was the 3 millionth vehicle to roll off the
production line since Subaru of Indiana began building cars and trucks in the
state 20 years ago. MORE
CHATTANOOGA, TN-Volkswagen is planning two tracks at its new plant here to check the quality of the vehicles that roll off the assembly line. One track will have several surfaces where vehicles just off the assembly line will be checked to make sure they’re running correctly. A second one will be a straighter high-speed track. MORE
LORDSTOWN, OH-The official launch of the Chevrolet Cruze isn’t until April, but GM’s assembly plant here just rolled out the first test model. The new car is not for sale and is made to be disassembled by engineers to troubleshoot any problems. Some 100 test models will be by made by the end of the year. MORE
AUBURN HILLS, MI-Chrysler Group plans to move about
400 jobs from Twinsburg, OH, to Detroit at the same time it prepares to freshen
its slow-selling midsize sedan line. MORE
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