WASHINGTON — U.S. manufacturing activity expanded again in February while input prices at factories surged to a near 3‑1/2‑year high, reflecting rising costs from tariffs and other pressures, even before U.S.-led military action in Iran sent oil prices higher.
BOGOTA, NJ — Jesco Iron Craft Inc. (Jescraft), a material handling equipment manufacturer, has announced that it will open a new manufacturing facility in Oxford, CT, with an anticipated opening date of March 2020.
ELBRIDGE, NY — Contract manufacturer Tessy Plastics announced plans to add 100,000 square feet of warehouse space to its 190,000-square-foot manufacturing plant here for additional storage of medical products.
SEDGEFIELD, UK — Filtronic, a designer and manufacturer of antennas, filters and millimeter wave products recently announced that it has invested $1.3 million in new equipment for its manufacturing facility here.
GREENSBURG, IN—Honda Manufacturing of Indiana is investing $52 million and creating 100 jobs at its assembly plant here. The jobs and investment will support the production of the Honda CR-V, which the company announced in January would be moved to Indiana from Mexico.
WASHINGTON—U.S. manufacturers added 29,000 new jobs in January, after a net gain of just 33,000 in all of 2015, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
