LAWTON, OK-BAE Systems is moving ahead with plans to construct an assembly plant here to produce the Paladin cannon. Joe McCarthy, general manager of Heavy Brigade Combat Team Systems at BAE, said the company expects to receive construction proposals within the next couple of weeks and to move quickly to begin construction. MORE
WASHINGTON-With auto sales in the doldrums, the House is considering a plan to provide vouchers of up to $4,500 for consumers who turn in their gas-guzzling cars and trucks for more fuel-efficient vehicles. MORE
JEFFERSON CITY, MO-The Missouri Automotive Jobs Task Force met here for the first time. The discussion focused on how the state can help the auto industry. Members discussed a wide range of ideas, including how to implement “green” technology, fund high-tech worker training, and centralize manufacturing facilities. MORE
ST. CLAIR, MI-The St. Clair City Council rolled out the welcome mat to an alternative energy manufacturing facility at its June 1 meeting. Energy Components Group LLC will take over a former auto parts plant here, investing $20 million in machinery and equipment. A tier one supplier to customers in the solar and wind industries, Energy Components Group will employ 250 people over the next several years as it ramps up production volumes. MORE
DETROIT-U.S. Rep. Gary Peters launched a Web site Monday to persuade the nation’s largest domestic automaker to pick the Orion assembly plant for production of its next compact car. The Bloomfield Township Democrat is using the Web site, launched Monday at www.MakeItInMichigan.org, as an electronic letter-writing platform to General Motors Corp. MORE
WASHINGTON-The military is getting green vehicles-not their color, but their function. ZAP today confirmed the U.S. military will be getting electric trucks for certain duties. The trucks, using the new four-wheel ZAP XL electric truck platform, are being distributed to installations both domestically and abroad with some modifications. MORE
MUBAI, India-Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., India’s
largest maker of sport-utility vehicles, plans to start selling small two- and four-door
pickups in the United States beginning in early 2010. MORE
BATON ROUGE, LA-A well-financed company is close to choosing a shuttered north Louisiana site to start a new automobile manufacturing facility, creating up to 1,500 jobs. MORE
PICKERING, ON-Aker Solutions has opened a new 90 000 square foot state-of-the-art manufacturing facility here. The company assembles equipment for producing various acids and petroleum products. MORE
RSS