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UK-based Myconostica To Open U.S. Headquarters in South Carolina [ 10/9/2008 ]By: News Briefs
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Oct. 9) — Myconostica, a Manchester, United Kingdom-based medical diagnostic company specializing in rapid and highly specific tests for life-threatening fungal infections, will locate its U.S. headquarters here after closing a $7.7 million oversubscribed C round of financing from a number of international private equity investors.Read The Full Article
Superior Sewing Begins Operations From Expanded Facility in Salem, Ark. [ 10/9/2008 ]By: News Briefs
SALEM, Ark. (Oct. 9) — Superior Sewing Inc. has launched operations from its new, expanded operation in Salem. The privately held apparel manufacturer is now located in a larger manufacturing facility here.Read The Full Article
State Grant to Support Oldenburg Group Expansion in Michigan [ 10/9/2008 ]By: News Briefs
KINGSFORD, Mich. (Oct. 9) — A $200,000 grant from the state of Michigan to the city of Kingsford will support a new road, water and sewer system needed for a new engineering and support facility for Oldenburg Group Inc.Read The Full Article
Survey Shows Portland, Oregon, as Top-Ranked U.S. “Green” City [ 10/7/2008 ]By: News Briefs
SAN FRANCISCO (Oct. 7) — Portland, Ore., took the top ranking in this year’s ranking of city sustainability released by SustainLane, an online guide to sustainable living. Portland was also No. 1 in 2007.Read The Full Article
Bercen To Relocate Headquarters, Labs to Louisiana [ 10/7/2008 ]By: News Briefs
DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (Oct. 7) — Bercen Inc. will move its headquarters, as well as its research and development and technical service laboratories, here from Cranston, R.I.Read The Full Article
SURGOINSVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 7) — Nu-Energie LLC opened the first bio-diesel manufacturing facility in Northeast Tennessee here and will create 15 new jobs representing a $4 million capital investment.Read The Full Article
GM To Shutter Ohio SUV Plant in December [ 10/7/2008 ]By: News Brief
MORAINE, Ohio (Oct. 7) — General Motors Corp. has announced that it will close its SUV plant here two years earlier than planned because of the slowdown in U.S. sales and end production of the facility's three models.Read The Full Article
Automotive Supplier Westport Expands Operations in Virginia [ 10/2/2008 ]By: News Briefs
ROANOKE, Va. (Oct. 2) — Westport Corp., a Kentucky-based automotive components company, will invest about $3 million to open an assembly plant here. The company will occupy a 203,000 square foot facility formerly operated by Smurfit-Stone.Read The Full Article
Massachusetts OKs Loan for Beacon Power Expansion Project [ 10/2/2008 ]By: News Briefs
TYNGSBORO, Mass. — (Oct. 2) Beacon Power Corp. has received a commitment for up to $5 million in loans that will help fund the expansion of its production facility and create new clean technology jobs here.Read The Full Article
New York State OKs Funding For Dresser-Rand Project [ 10/2/2008 ]By: News Briefs
OLEAN, N.Y. (Oct. 2) — Empire State Development (ESD) announced that a $2 million grant has been committed to Dresser-Rand Co. to construct a new technology center here. As a result, the company will retain its existing technology employees at the site and pledge an additional 120 jobs.Read The Full Article
GM To Site Engine Manufacturing Plant in Flint, Michigan [ 10/1/2008 ]By: News Briefs
FLINT, Mich. (Oct. 1) — General Motors will invest $370 million in an assembly plant here to build 4-cylinder engines. The project means the automaker will retain about 300 hourly jobs.Read The Full Article
BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. (Sept. 30) — PIZO Operating Co. LLC has broken ground on a new $29 million facility here.Read The Full Article
Ag Equipment Manufacturer CTB Invests in Indiana Operations [ 9/30/2008 ]By: News Briefs
MILFORD, Ind. (Sept. 30) — Agricultural equipment maker CTB Inc. announced will upgrade its manufacturing operations here and provide advanced training opportunities for nearly 350 of its workers during the next two years with the help of a $47,100 grant from the state of Indiana’s Skills Enhancement Fund.Read The Full Article
ExxonMobil Chemical To Produce New Tire Material at Florida Facility [ 9/30/2008 ]By: News Briefs
PENSACOLA, Fla. (Sept. 30) — ExxonMobil Chemical announced the startup of a manufacturing facility at its existing site here, which will provide capacity for the production of a new tire material technology that can improve vehicle fuel efficiency.Read The Full Article
National Golden Tissue Opens First Manufacturing Plant In Maryland [ 9/25/2008 ]By: News Briefs
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (Sept. 25) — National Golden Tissue, a manufacturer of processed paper products, has chosen to site its first facility here. The company is utilizing 100,000 square feet at the former Berwick Offray Building.Read The Full Article
PETCO to Locate Distribution Center in Braselton, Georgia [ 9/25/2008 ]By: News Briefs
ATLANTA (Sept. 25) — PETCO, a leading pet products company, is locating a new distribution center to here, representing an investment of $33 million. At full operating capacity, the company anticipates the DC will employ nearly 300 workers.Read The Full Article
Kansas Awards Training Funds to Full Vision [ 9/25/2008 ]By: News Briefs
NEWTON, Kan. (Sept. 25) — The Kansas Department of Commerce has awarded Full Vision Inc., a full-service manufacturer of fabricated structural steel tubing and sheet metal components and an assembler of OEM proprietary medical treadmills, with $7,200 in Kansas Industrial Retraining funds to retrain nine employees at its facility here.Read The Full Article
BD Commits More Than $20 Million For New Manufacturing Facility in Miami-Dade, Florida [ 9/23/2008 ]By: News Briefs
MIAMI (Sept. 23) — BD (Becton, Dickinson and Co.), a global medical technology company, will open a new biosciences manufacturing facility in Miami-Dade County. The new facility will produce cell culture media supplements that are used in the production of vaccines and biopharmaceuticals.Read The Full Article
Hershey Company To Site New Facility in Utah [ 9/23/2008 ]By: News Briefs
OGDEN, Utah (Sept. 23) — The Hershey Co., North America’s largest manufacturer of chocolate and sugar confectionery products, announced that it has accepted an incentive offered by the state of Utah for a distribution center to be built in Business Depot Ogden.
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Hooven-Dayton Awarded State Funding to Expand in Ohio [ 9/23/2008 ]By: News Briefs
DAYTON, Ohio (Sept. 23) — Hooven-Dayton Corp. was awarded a $350,000 Minority Business Direct Loan from Ohio's State Controlling Board to expand its operations here.Read The Full Article
Procter & Gamble To Close Packaging Plant in Massachusetts [ 9/19/2008 ]By: News Briefs
DEVENS, Mass. (Sept. 19) — Procter & Gamble Co. will close a packaging plant here in 2010, resulting in the loss of more than 300 manufacturing jobs, the company announced.Read The Full Article
Garver Engineers To Establish New Corporate Headquarters in Arkansas [ 9/18/2008 ]By: News Briefs
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Sept. 18) — Garver Engineers LLC has broken ground on its new corporate headquarters in the North Little Rock Northshore Business Park. The consulting engineering company will invest $10 million in the 50,000 square foot headquarters and will add 120 employees at an average annual wage of $65,000.Read The Full Article
Mexico-based Meat Processor Sites First U.S. Plant in Oklahoma [ 9/18/2008 ]By: News Briefs
SEMINOLE, Okla. (Sept. 18) — ALFA, S.A. de C.V. (ALFA), a Mexico-based industrial conglomerate, announced that its subsidiary company, Sigma Alimentos S. A. de C. V. (Sigma), a producer of refrigerated foods in Mexico, has opened a processed meats plant here. It is the company’s first manufacturing plant in the United States.Read The Full Article
Northland-Marvel Expands in Michigan [ 9/18/2008 ]By: News Briefs
GREENVILLE, Mich. (Sept. 18) — Northland-Marvel will invest $10.2 million in a new 175,000 square-foot manufacturing and innovation center here. The expansion is expected to create 337 jobs, including 157 directly by the company. Assistance offered through the Michigan Economic Development Corp. (MEDC) and the city of Greenville helped convince the company to expand in Michigan over a competing site in Indiana.Read The Full Article
IBM To Invest Billions to Expand Nanotechnology Research in New York [ 9/16/2008 ]By: News Briefs
ALBANY, N.Y. (Sept. 16) — IBM Corp. will invest $1.5 billion to promote nanotechnology research and to create and retain jobs in New York State.Read The Full Article
