SOUTHFIELD, MI–Lawrence Technological University unveiled its new Siemens Electro-Matic Industrial Engineering Laboratory at ceremony this month. Siemens Corp, a subsidiary of Siemens AG, was also honored as LTU’s Corporate Partner of the Year.
DEARBORN, MI—Ford Motor Co.’s new proposed pact with the United Auto Workers is cruising toward ratification with nearly two-thirds of workers voting in favor of it so far, even winning over factories that face uncertain futures.
PITTSBURGH—Pittsburgh International Airport unveiled plans for Neighborhood 91, one of the world’s first development focused on bringing all parts of the additive manufacturing supply chain into one location.
GERMANY— Volkswagen Group started manufacturing its ID.3 electric car this month. This is the company’s first electric car based on its Modular Electric Drive Toolkit or MEB platform.
VERONA, WI–ACS, an equipment and controls integrator, recently broke ground on its new headquarters here, which will include a mix of office and manufacturing space.
CIBOLO, TX—AW Texas Inc. broke ground Monday on a 159-acre automatic transmission plant to be built here. Upon completion, the new plant will provide capital investments up to $400 million and bring approximately 900 new jobs to the area over the next five years.
COEUR d'ALENE, ID–KORE Power, a developer of high-density, high-voltage energy storage solutions, recently announced its intention to build a lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant in the U.S. to support global growth efforts for its Mark 1 Energy Storage System. The new facility will create 2,000 U.S.-based manufacturing jobs.
MILAN, Italy—Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV and Peugeot maker PSA Group of France agreed last week to merge in a deal that creates one of the world’s largest auto makers by volume with a market value of $48.4 billion.
STURETVANT, WI — Foxconn executives and state officials opened a renovated and expanded advanced manufacturing center at a southeastern Wisconsin technical college.
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