CLEVELAND, NC-Freightliner plans to lay off about 1,500 workers at its Rowan County truck plant-more than half the plant's work force-in early June. MORE
CHANGZHOU, China-Swedish-based gardening machinery manufacturer Husqvarna Zenoah will invest $26.2 million to build a new factory in China’s Jiangsu Province. MORE
MONROE, MI-La-Z-Boy Inc. is opening a new plant in Mexico at the same time it shutters a plant in Utah in an effort to “strengthen” North American operations. MORE
QUERÉTARO, Mexico-Aerospace companies are following the automotive industry to Mexico, drawn by lower wages, enthusiastic government promotion, a new safety agreement with the United States and an increasingly sophisticated workforce. MORE
LIVERMORE, CA-UltraCell Corp., a manufacturer of reformed methanol fuel cells for mobile power applications, is installing new automation at its plant in Dayton, OH, facility. MORE
DETROIT-Five weeks into a bitter strike, GM supplier American Axle & Manufacturing has released confidential financial information to the UAW in an effort to promote a speedy resolution. MORE
HANOI, Vietnam-Ford Motor Co. will invest $10 million to expand production at its Haiduong assembly plant, increasing annual production capacity by 35 percent. MORE
PEORIA, IL-Caterpillar Inc. Chairman Jim Owens says his company has earmarked $1 billion for capital expenditures in emerging markets over the next 3 years, with the bulk of that money going to China. MORE
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