CHICAGO-Boeing has notified South Carolina officials that it will file for the permits necessary to build a 787 assembly plant in North Charleston. MORE
WASHINGTON-Sales of new homes rose for the fourth month in a row in July, increasing an estimated 9.6 percent to an annual rate of 433,000, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. The seasonally adjusted sales rate was the highest since last September. MORE
WASHINGTON-Orders for durable goods rose last month by the largest amount in two years, as the manufacturing sector rebounded from the depths of the recession. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that orders for goods expected to last at least three years increased 4.9 percent in July, the third rise in the past four months. Analysts expected a 3 percent increase. Orders for June were revised up to a 1.3 percent drop, from a 2.2 percent decline. MORE
NEW YORK-President Obama wants to make the United States
“the world’s leading exporter of renewable energy,” but it is China that is
forging ahead these days, especially in solar power. MORE
GREER, SC-The gleaming metallic X3 assembly line runs for well over a mile, coming into the plant near the ceiling and then dropping to the floor for most of its run up and down the wings of BMW Manufacturing’s new assembly plant, punctuated a half-dozen times by robots standing as sentinels. It’s designed to be a model of efficiency in production, a choreographed ballet where parts are delivered where they're needed in the phrase that defines today's manufacturing world - just in time. MORE
PUEBLA, Mexico-Volkswagen in Mexico says workers have ended a strike that shut down an auto assembly plant here for five days, with the company agreeing to a 3 percent wage raise. MORE
AUBURN HILLS, MI-Fiat is aggressively
implementing its "World
Class Manufacturing" philosophy as part of a complete overhaul of the company
it acquired from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. MORE
FREMONT, CA-On the heels of unofficial reports that Toyota will close the NUMMI plant here next year, a rally to promote its continued operation has been scheduled for today. Leaders from the local labor and business communities, as well as local and state politicians, are expected to attend the event from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Pacific time, at the United Auto Workers office across the street from the plant. MORE
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