WAUWATOSA, WI — Briggs & Stratton Corp. has entered into a supply agreement with Ingersoll Rand to power Club Car vehicles using Vanguard commercial lithium-ion battery packs.

GRIFFIN, GA — Mitsui Kinzoku Die-Casting Technology America, Inc., a Japanese-based automotive parts manufacturer, will build a $20 million manufacturing facility here. The project is expected to create more than 30 new jobs.

DALTON, GA—The South Korean company Hanwha Q Cells USA has opened the largest solar module manufacturing plant in North America. The $200 million factory will employ 650 people and produce enough solar panels each year to generate as much peak power as the Hoover Dam.

MCDONOUGH, GA–Sangsin Technology America, a leading global brake friction materials and replacement parts manufacturer, will invest $20 million in its first North American manufacturing facility located here and create 200 jobs.

FORT VALLEY, GA—Blue Bird Corp. is adding a second shift for the spring and summer at its school bus assembly plant here, generating 200 new jobs.

AUGUSTA, GA—Textron Specialized Vehicles, the company behind E-Z-GO golf carts, plans to build a new assembly plant here and add up to 400 jobs. The $40 million facility will be built on a 238-acre site near the’ existing Augusta plant.