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This page contains current news on business expansions and relocations.
Poultry Processor To Expand Operations in Kentucky [ 1/2/2009 ]By: News Brief
LEBANON, Ky. (Jan. 2) — Food Processor Rancho Poultry LLC will create about 250 jobs as a result of an expansion project here, investing more than $43 million in the commonwealth of Kentucky.Read The Full Article
Saint-Gobain Crystals Opens New HQ, Production Facility in Hiram, Ohio [ 1/2/2009 ]By: News Briefs
HIRAM, Ohio (Jan. 2) — Saint-Gobain Crystals has launched operations from its new headquarters and production facility here.Read The Full Article
U.S. Companies Unite to Build Lithium Ion Batteries for Cars [ 1/1/2009 ]By: News Brief
CHICAGO (Jan 1) — Fourteen U.S. technology companies, including 3M Corp., have announced that they have formed an alliance to manufacture lithium ion batteries for electric cars.Read The Full Article
Advanced Call Center Expands in Arizona [ 12/30/2008 ]By: News Brief
DOUGLAS, Ariz. (Dec. 30) — The Arizona Department of Commerce and the city of Douglas have partnered to attract Advanced Call Center Technologies LLC to the city.Read The Full Article
New York City Agency OKs Assistance for Company Expansion [ 12/30/2008 ]By: News Brief
NEW YORK (Dec. 30) — The New York City Industrial Development Agency (NYCIDA) approved financing assistance to a Bronx company, Gourmet Guru Inc.Read The Full Article
Top-Tier Kia Supplier Glovis To Locate Facility in West Point, Georgia [ 12/23/2008 ]By: News Brief
WEST POINT, Ga. (Dec. 23) — Glovis, a tier-one Kia supplier, plans to locate a new facility here to serve the automaker’s new production facility, creating 600 jobs.Read The Full Article
Gerdau Ameristeel To Expand Operations in Jacksonville, Fla. [ 12/23/2008 ]By: News Brief
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Dec. 23) — Gerdau Ameristeel Corp. a unit of Brazil-based steelmaker Gerdau, has approved the first two phases of its steel mill expansion here.Read The Full Article
W&O Relocates Operations, Jobs to Texas [ 12/23/2008 ]By: News Brief
HOUSTON (Dec. 23) — W&O Supply Inc., a supplier of pipes, valves and fittings, is expanding its facility here, adding about 20 new jobs.Read The Full Article
Customer Service Center Begins Operations in New Mexico [ 12/23/2008 ]By: News Brief
LAS VEGAS, N.M. (Dec. 23) — Results Las Vegas, a customer service telecommunications center, has launched operations in a refurbished and renovated facility here.Read The Full Article
Medical Devices Firm Opens Headquarters in the Pittsburgh Metro [ 12/18/2008 ]By: News Brief
GREENTREE, Pa. (Dec. 18) — Germany-based Medical Sensors Technologies Inc. (Mesotec) has opened an office here in the Pittsburgh metro for development of a new ophthalmic device for improved glaucoma management.Read The Full Article
German Auto Parts Maker Expands Northern Kentucky Operations [ 12/18/2008 ]By: News Brief
FLORENCE, Ky. (Dec. 18) — ZF Steering Systems LLC will move from a 108,000 square-foot-plant in Hebron, Ky., to a 240,000-square-foot facility here, according to the company. The move will add 175 employees to the company’s work force.Read The Full Article
Canadian Newsprint Company Shuts Plant in Tennessee Amid Market Difficulties [ 12/18/2008 ]By: News Brief
MONTREAL (Dec. 18) — Newsprint company AbitibiBowater will close two facilities, including one in Tennessee, in an effort to navigate the difficult North American economy.Read The Full Article
Galexe Pharma Sciences Launches Operations in North Carolina [ 12/18/2008 ]By: News Brief
LENOIR, N.C. (Dec. 18) — Galexe Pharma Sciences, a subsidiary of Virginia-based Exela PharmSci Inc., has opened a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant here. The company plans to hire 55 employees and invest $8.6 million during the next three years.Read The Full Article
Toyota Postpones Production Startup at Mississippi Plant [ 12/16/2008 ]By: News Brief
BLUE SPRINGS, Miss. (Dec. 16)—Toyota Motor Corp. is putting on hold its plans to build the Prius hybrid here.Read The Full Article
Edible Software Opens New HQ Operations in Texas [ 12/16/2008 ]By: News Brief
HOUSTON (Dec. 16) — Edible Software, a food inventory control and accounting software company, has expanded operations by opening a new global headquarters facility here.Read The Full Article
Nestle Launches Product Development Center at Northeast Ohio Complex [ 12/16/2008 ]By: News Brief
SOLON, Ohio (Dec. 16) — Nestle Foodservices has opened a new professional foodservice product-development facility here in the Cleveland metro, near a sprawling prepared-food production and packaging plant.Read The Full Article
POTEAU, Okla. (Dec. 16) — Tiger Truck LLC has launched operations at its new $25 million assembly plant and headquarters here in a 150,000-square-foot facility, bring 300 new jobs. Tiger is the first truck manufacturer of Chinese heritage to manufacture vehicles in the United States.Read The Full Article
Sony to Close Facility in Pennsylvania as Part of Worldwide Restructuring [ 12/12/2008 ]By: News Brief
WESTMORELAND, Pa. (Dec. 12) — Sony Corp. will discontinue operations at its Pittsburgh Technology Center here during the next 16 months, the company announced, as part of an effort to streamline its global manufacturing operations.Read The Full Article
American Airlines Constructing Maintenance Hangar Facility in Oklahoma [ 12/11/2008 ]By: News Brief
TULSA, Okla. (Dec. 11) — The first aircraft maintenance hangar to be built at the Tulsa International Airport in 20 years is under construction. The $10 million hangar will be operated by American Airlines.Read The Full Article
Two Companies Announce Expansion Projects in Toledo, Ohio [ 12/11/2008 ]By: News Brief
TOLEDO, Ohio (Dec. 11) — Art Iron and Pro Quo Books are expanding their operations here, resulting in 55 new jobs and more than $5 million in capital investments.Read The Full Article
Goldman Sachs To Expand Operations in Utah [ 12/11/2008 ]By: News Brief
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Dec. 11) — Goldman Sachs has announced a major expansion of its operations here, doubling its work force in the state during the next three years to more than 700 employees.Read The Full Article
Pittsburgh Glass To Close Plant in Delaware, Cut Jobs [ 12/11/2008 ]By: News Brief
PITTSBURGH (Dec. 11) — Pittsburgh Glass Works will close a plant in Delaware and two in Ontario as a result of the struggling North American auto industry.Read The Full Article
DESA Brings Manufacturing Operations From China to Kentucky [ 12/9/2008 ]By: News Brief
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (Dec. 9) — DESA Heating Products LLC is moving manufacturing production from China back to its facility here. The shift in operations will expand the company’s work force and create a capital investment of more than $6.4 million in the commonwealth of Kentucky.Read The Full Article
Kia Supplier DDHLA To Build Plant in Alabama [ 12/9/2008 ]By: News Brief
CHAMBERS COUNTY, Ala. (Dec. 9) — Daedong Hi-Lex of America Inc. (DDHLA) will build a facility in the Cusseta Industrial Park here. During the next three years, DDHLA will add more than 100 employees and invest nearly $11 million in building and equipment.Read The Full Article
WOW Logistics Builds New Facility in Wisconsin [ 12/9/2008 ]By: News Brief
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (Dec. 9) — WOW Logistics has built a 126,000 square foot distribution center here.Read The Full Article
