FLINT, MI-GM will invest more than $21 million in its Flint Assembly Plant to produce the 2011 Chevrolet light-duty crew cab. The investment will include renovating the existing heavy-duty assembly process and new machinery and tooling for light-duty trucks. MORE
FORT LUPTON, CO-A Denmark-based manufacturing company will bring as many as 150 jobs to a new plant here that will make components for the wind-power industry. Officials from Bach Composite Industry announced plans to locate their first North American manufacturing plant in Fort Lupton. MORE
FREMONT, CA-Fremont city officials are saying very little about a Chinese company interested in taking over the automotive assembly plant here. The city has been scrambling to come up with options for the NUMMI plant, a 25-year joint venture of General Motors and Toyota that now faces imminent closure. MORE
CLAYCOMO, MO-The Missouri Automotive Jobs Task Force concluded that although the state’s automotive industry has faced stiff challenges in recent years, it is poised for future growth. The task force noted that while employment in Missouri’s automotive sector has declined by 35 percent since 2004, the state still maintains a skilled automotive workforce and houses major infrastructure and manufacturing assets that could benefit from future growth in the design and production of "green" or energy-efficient vehicles. MORE
WASHINGTON-In one of his first major decisions on trade policy, President Obama opted Friday to impose a tariff on tires imported from China, a move that risks angering the nation’s second-largest trading partner. MORE
HELENA, MT-NaturEner, already the
owner of a 210-megawatt wind farm in Montana, plans to build a second
309-megawatt wind farm in the state worth $800 million. MORE
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