ATHENS, GA—Caterpillar has begun accepting applications for for management positions its planned assembly plant in northeast Georgia.

RICHMOND, VA—Rolls-Royce is considering building a new factory here to manufacture turbine blades. The 90,000 square-foot-foot plant would employ up 140 workers.

PEACHTREE CITY, GA—Tractor Manufacturer Sany America is celebrating the completion of the first excavator assembled at its new North American headquarters here.

PRINCETON, WV—Three people were injured at the Conn-Weld assembly plant here when a machine caught fire and exploded during an attempt to put the fire out.

MASON, OH—Conveyor manufacturer Intelligrated will double the size of its assembly plant here and add 200 jobs.

WATERLOO, IA—Deere and Co. will invest $70 million to expand manufacturing capacity at its farm tractor assembly plant here.

 

BATESVILLE, AR—Bad Boy Mowers will spend $7.4 million to add 150 jobs and expand its assembly plant here to make multiterrain vehicles.

 

CANTON, OH—A United Steelworkers union has approved a five-year contract that will allow a $225 million expansion of Timken’s manufacturing plant here.

GREENVILLE, WI—Industrial Ventilation Inc. will add 35 full-time employees this year as it expands its assembly plant here.