HUTCHINSON, KS-Siemens is considering this Kansas town for a wind turbine manufacturing plant. Sioux City, IA, is also in the running for the facility. MORE
PLYMOUTH, NC-A Connecticut medical device company will relocate its manufacturing and research and development operations here, bringing with it up to 144 new jobs. Micro Invasive Technologies will start the relocation process in the next few months. MORE
CHATTANOOGA, TN-Amid the chaos that is the
U.S. auto industry, construction of the new Volkswagen assembly plant in
Tennessee is not only on course, but ahead of schedule. MORE
DETROIT-As General Motors continues to wend
its way toward a restructuring plan, it is clear that whatever happens, the
company will be making economic history. MORE
MESA, AZ-SolFocus, a California-based solar energy company, has expanded its plant here. The facility has increased its capacity to make solar glass reflectors by 15 times. The new plant will make high-precision mirrored-glass reflectors that are used to concentrate sunlight on photovoltaic cells that produce electric current when exposed to sunlight. MORE
WARSAW, IN-Authorities say that police presence has been beefed up at a Zimmer Inc. assembly plant here, following a personnel matter involving a Zimmer employee. Sgt. Chad Hill, spokesman for the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department, said Zimmer had to reprimand and suspend a worker. As a result of the personnel matter, his office was notified Monday afternoon and security remains heightened at the Building No. 19 facility, in the 1500 block of West Center Street. MORE
NEW YORK-Americans by 2-1 think U.S.
automaker bankruptcies would help rather than hurt the car industry, and
relatively few say it would have a strong impact on their own car-buying
intentions. MORE
DEVENS, MA-Responding to complaints lodged by residents, Evergreen Solar is trying to decrease the level of noise coming from its solar panel manufacturing facility here. The company began working on a solution as soon as it learned of the complaints, and noted that the process is ongoing as the company investigates the problem and tests various ways to reduce the noise. MORE
MOORESVILLE, NC-Battery manufacturer Superlattice Power Inc. has acquired equipment to develop advanced lithium-ion batteries and electrode materials. The advanced equipment will optimize manufacturing process variables for commercial production. MORE
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