IRVINE, CA-Kia Motors America said Tuesday that the first vehicle to be built at its new assembly plant in West Point, GA, will be the Sorento crossover. Production is scheduled to begin at the plant-the South Korean automaker’s first U.S. facility-later this year. The company has already hired almost 700 workers for the facility. MORE
RAYNHAM, MA-Six people were hurt, two seriously, when a lithium battery exploded Aug. 13 at Electrochem’s assembly plant here. The workers were assembling lithium batteries when one exploded, sending shrapnel throughout the room. MORE
WASHINGTON-Manufacturing in the New York
region grew in August for the first time in more than a year, reinforcing signs
the worst recession is nearing an end. MORE
AUBURN HILLS, MI-Chrysler Group is
reportedly planning to build the Fiat 500 at a plant in Mexico, as opposed to
building it in the United States. MORE
SEOUL, South Korea-South Korean automaker Ssangyong Motor Co. has resumed
production following a 77-day strike that required an armed intervention on the
part of the country’s security forces. MORE
CHATTANOOGA, TN-Volkswagen says
it expects to receive as many as 100,000 applications when it begins hiring
production workers for its new U.S. assembly plant later this year. MORE
DETROIT-After slashing production for months,
Detroit's automakers are racing to keep up with demand for the fuel-efficient
models that are hot sellers under the federal cash-for-clunkers program. MORE
CHARLESTON, SC-Production workers at Boeing's newly acquired assembly plant
in South Carolina plan to vote Sept. 10 on a petition to get rid of the plant’s
Machinists union. MORE
TOULOUSE, France-Airbus has finished building a second large
test fuselage section for the airplane destined to go head-to-head with the
Boeing 787 Dreamliner. MORE
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