KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A new hands-on event in Kansas City will bring manufacturers together with AI developers to focus on applying artificial intelligence to real production and operational challenges.
KANSAS CITY, MO—ALPLA Inc. North America has announced plans to build a new 246,000-square-foot injection molding facility here to make products such as closures.
SIKESTON, MO—Carlisle Construction Materials LLC, a manufacturer of premium building products and related technologies, is investing $62 million and creating 100 new jobs at a new 455,000-square-foot production and manufacturing facility here.
KANSAS CITY, MO — DRE Health Corporation, a Missouri-based manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor, and retailer of medical equipment, instruments, and supplies plans to build a manufacturing plant for disposable face masks in the United States in response to the recent global Coronavirus outbreak, along with a disposable glove production plant.
BLUE SPRINGS, MO—Tier 1 supplier Faurecia will spend $60 million to build a new assembly plant here. The 250,000-square-foot factory will produce door and instrument panels and is expected to employ 300 people.
KANSAS CITY, MO—More than 300 UAW members at Challenge Manufacturing’s assembly plant here have reached a tentative agreement with the automotive supplier, ending a three-week strike.
EDGERTON, KS—Aerospace supplier Triumph Group has opened a new assembly plant here. The 156,000-square-foot factory will produce a variety of components, including landing gear, seat and cargo tracks, floor beams, thrust reverser beams, stringer end fittings, wing attach fittings, installation brackets, hinge arm assemblies and engine inlet assemblies.
DEARBORN, MI—Ford will add 1,550 new jobs at four of its U.S. manufacturing plants to accelerate the production of F-150. Approximately 900 jobs will be added at the company’s Kansas City assembly plant, 150 jobs will be added to its axle factory in Sterling, MI, and 500 will be added at the stamping and assembly plants in Dearborn, MI.
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