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Deutsche Post To Close DHL Service Centers in U.S. [ 11/10/2008 ]By: News Brief
BONN, Germany (Nov. 10) — Citing heavy losses and fierce competition, Deutsche Post AG will close all of its DHL Express service centers in the United States.Read The Full Article
NACOGDOCHES, Texas (Nov. 6) — Southwest Scooter Co. will open a regional assembly and distribution center here for motor scooters and all-terrain vehicles. The facility will supply dealers in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri.Read The Full Article
Osage Bio Energy To Build Ethanol Facility in South Carolina [ 11/6/2008 ]By: News Brief
UNION COUNTY, S.C. (Nov. 6) — Osage Bio Energy (OBE) plans to locate an ethanol production plant here. The $161.5 million investment is expected to bring 75 new jobs.Read The Full Article
Olympic Steel To Launch Processing Facility in Ohio [ 11/6/2008 ]By: News Brief
DOVER, Ohio (Nov. 6) — Olympic Steel Inc has entered into an agreement to purchase a 62,000 square foot processing facility here to allow the company to better serve original equipment manufacturers in Central Ohio and adjoining states.Read The Full Article
Toyota To Conduct Research From Facility in Michigan [ 11/4/2008 ]By: News Brief
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (Nov. 4)— Toyota Technical Center (TTC), a division of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc., has established the Toyota Research Institute of North America (TRI-NA) here.Read The Full Article
AVILLA, Ind. (Nov. 4) - Federal-Mogul Corp., a Fortune 500 global manufacturer of powertrain, chassis and safety technologies, announced it will expand its automotive lighting manufacturing operations here, creating up to 50 jobs by 2010.Read The Full Article
Packers’ Chemical Relocates to Wisconsin [ 11/4/2008 ]By: News Brief
KIELER, Wis. (Nov. 4) — Packers’ Chemical Inc. is moving its manufacturing operation from Missouri to Wisconsin, setting up operations in a facility here.Read The Full Article
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (Oct. 31) — Whirlpool Corp. announced that it will close its facility in Jackson, Tenn., amid a negative demand environment forecast that is expected to last at least through mid-2009, in large part because of the slumping U.S. housing market.Read The Full Article
Grant Spurs American Packaging to Expand Rochester, N.Y., Facility [ 10/30/2008 ]By: News Brief
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Oct. 30) — American Packaging Corp. has been awarded a $150,000 grant from Empire State Development, which will be used toward the company’s $9.3 million investment to expand and equip its manufacturing plant here. The company has pledged to create 25 jobs, in addition to retaining 135 jobs.Read The Full Article
InfoCision Expands Operations, Adds Jobs in Ohio [ 10/30/2008 ]By: News Brief
MANSFIELD, Ohio (Oct. 30) — InfoCision Management has completed its expansion project here. The expansion will allow for the creation of 120 jobs, in addition to the 190 workers already employed at the facility.Read The Full Article
AREVA NP To Invest $25 million in Virginia Expansion Thanks to Commonwealth Assistance [ 10/28/2008 ]By: News Brief
LYNCHBURG, Va. (Oct. 28) — AREVA NP Inc. will invest $25 million to expand its U.S. headquarters in here. The company will increase its existing engineering/nuclear service staff in anticipation of future orders for nuclear reactors, creating 500 jobs.Read The Full Article
Kia Supplier Johnson Controls To Create 310 Jobs Georgia [ 10/28/2008 ]By: News Brief
HARRIS COUNTY, Ga. (Oct. 28) — Johnson Controls, a top-tier Kia supplier, plans to locate a new facility here, creating 310 jobs.Read The Full Article
Merck To Shut Research Center in Washington [ 10/28/2008 ]By: News Brief
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. (Oct. 28) — Merck & Co. will close three basic research centers, including one in Seattle, as part of a new restructuring program.Read The Full Article
Babcock & Wilcox To Site Clean Energy Laboratory in Ohio [ 10/23/2008 ]By: News Briefs
BARBERTON, Ohio (Oct. 23) — Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group Inc. (B&W PPG), an operating unit of The Babcock & Wilcox Co., is building a new $11.8 million, 7,500-square-foot facility for the study of carbon dioxide capture technology at its research center here.Read The Full Article
KAT Launches Operations at Manufacturing Facility in Arkansas [ 10/23/2008 ]By: News Briefs
PARIS, Ark. (Oct. 23) — Aerospace company KAT Manufacturing Inc. has launched a new manufacturing facility here. The company will employ 58 workers and service the aerospace industry. KAT is locating in and investing about $2.4 million in an existing 68,000 square foot facility.Read The Full Article
Mazda Won’t Build Second Plant in North America [ 10/23/2008 ]By: News Brief
HIROSHIMA, Japan (Oct. 23) — Mazda Motor Corp. announced it has discarded plans to build a new plant in North America, opting instead to increase production in Asia.Read The Full Article
Software Provider Uses Incentives To Retain, Create Jobs in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania [ 10/21/2008 ]By: News Briefs
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (Oct. 21) — A provider of software applications to communications firms, aided by an investment of more than $550,000 from the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, will expand its operations here in the Lehigh Valley and create dozens of fulltime jobs.Read The Full Article
Daimler to Shut Truck Plants in Oregon, Ontario [ 10/21/2008 ]By: News Brief
STUTTGART, Germany (Oct. 21) — Daimler will close truck manufacturing plants in Portland, Ore., and St. Thomas, Ontario, eliminating 3,500 jobs in the face of slumping demand.Read The Full Article
Incentive To Help Finance Renovations to Pall’s New York Facility [ 10/21/2008 ]By: News Briefs
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. (Oct. 21) — Pall Corp. has begun renovations to its facility here, which will become the $2.2 billion company’s new global headquarters. Empire State Development Corp. awarded the company a $500,000 incentive to help finance the renovations.Read The Full Article
Amid Woes, GM Launches Production of Crossover Vehicle in Tennessee [ 10/16/2008 ]By: News Brief
DETROIT (Oct. 16) — As General Motors' financial picture becomes gloomier—forcing the automaker to shutter two conventional assembly plants more than year ahead of schedule—it has launched production of the crossover vehicle Chevrolet Traverse at its retooled manufacturing plant in Spring Hill, Tenn.Read The Full Article
Honda Begins Operations at Plant in Indiana [ 10/16/2008 ]By: News Brief
GREENSBURG, Ind. (Oct. 16) — Honda Manufacturing of Indiana has begun mass production of the Honda Civic Sedan at its facility here. The $550 million plant ultimately will produce 200,000 vehicles annually and employ 2,000 workers.Read The Full Article
Zagis USA to Invest Millions in Louisiana Textile Expansion [ 10/16/2008 ]By: News Briefs
JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH, La. (Oct. 16) — Zagis USA, a newly formed corporation between North Carolina textile executives and Grupo Zaga, one of Mexico's most prominent industrial/commercial conglomerates, will invest about $75 million in a two-phase cotton spinning project that will account for 160 new jobs with average annual wages of $31,000, plus benefits.Read The Full Article
Konarka Technologies Opens Solar Manufacturing Facility in Massachusetts [ 10/14/2008 ]By: News Briefs
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (Oct. 14) — Konarka Technologies Inc. has opened a roll-to-roll flexible thin film solar manufacturing facility here, preparing for the commercialization and mass production of its thin film solar material.Read The Full Article
Hundreds of Thousands in Missouri Incentives To Help Create Jobs in Kansas City Region [ 10/14/2008 ]By: News Briefs
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Oct. 14) — The State of Missouri announced that three Kansas City area businesses have been approved to receive a total of $741,234 in state credits to assist in the creation of at least 130 new jobs in the region.Read The Full Article
GM Announces Further Plant Closings [ 10/14/2008 ]By: News Brief
DETROIT (Oct. 14)—General Motors Corp. will cease operations at an SUV factory in Janesville Wis., in December and at a metal stamping plant in Wyoming, Mich., by the end of next year.Read The Full Article
