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Solar Cell Manufacturer Commences Production in New Facility in Georgia [ 3/19/2009 ]By: News Brief
ATLANTA (March 19) — Suniva, the Southeast’s first solar cell manufacturer, has launched operations from its facility here.Read The Full Article
Air Products Uses State Incentive to Expand in Missouri [ 3/19/2009 ]By: News Brief
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (March 19) — Air Products, a producer of gas separation and purification membranes, will create 100 jobs in a new facility here during the next five years as part of a $27 million investment, the partial result of a state of Missouri incentive package.Read The Full Article
American Peptide Grows its GMP Manufacturing Facility in California [ 3/17/2009 ]By: News Brief
VISTA, Calif. (March 17)— American Peptide Co. has announced the expansion of its state-of-the-art GMP peptide manufacturing facility here.Read The Full Article
BATON ROUGE, La. (March 17) — Albemarle Corp. has completed expansion of its process development center here. The $21 million expansion, which includes new production and lab space, will retain eight jobs at an average salary of $65,000.Read The Full Article
Fujifilm Combines Distribution Operations in South Carolina [ 3/17/2009 ]By: News Brief
GREENWOOD, S.C. (March 17) — Fujifilm Manufacturing U.S.A. Inc. will consolidate its Fujifilm Graphics Systems’ national warehousing and distribution center here from Suwanee, Ga.Read The Full Article
Foodservice Company Expansion to Bring 100 Jobs to Pennsylvania [ 3/17/2009 ]By: News Brief
POTTSVILLE, Pa. (March 17) — Gordon Food Service will build a 150,000-square-foot distribution center here, bringing 100 new jobs to the region.Read The Full Article
Economy Forces National Semiconductor to Shut Texas Facility [ 3/12/2009 ]By: News Brief
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (March 12) — National Semiconductor Inc., citing the worldwide recession’s affect on its business, will close a wafer fabrication plant in Texas as part of a manufacturing consolidation plan, the company announced.Read The Full Article
Caterpillar To Site Motor Grader Production Facility in Arkansas [ 3/12/2009 ]By: News Brief
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (March 12) — Caterpillar plans to locate its new North American motor grader production facility here. The company is locating in the former Deluxe Video building.Read The Full Article
YesVideo Sites New Facility in Georgia [ 3/12/2009 ]By: News Brief
NORCROSS, Ga. (March 12) — Digital video imaging company YesVideo Inc. plans to locate a new facility here in the Atlanta metro area, investing millions of dollars in a production facility and creating 300 jobs in three year.Read The Full Article
MeadWestvaco To Close Ohio Plant [ 3/12/2009 ]By: News Brief
WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio (March 12) — MeadWestvaco Corp. will discontinue its MWV Calmar pump and dispensing manufacturing and distribution operations here, moving much of the operation to a plant in Mexico.Read The Full Article
Construction Underway on Dynamic Fuels Plant in Louisiana [ 3/10/2009 ]By: News Brief
GEISMAR, La. (March 10) — Initial construction is underway here for a new plant being built by Dynamic Fuels, a joint venture of Tyson Foods and Syntroleum Corp., company officials said.Read The Full Article
New Semiconductor Joint Venture to Build Facility in New York [ 3/10/2009 ]By: News Brief
SUNNYVALE, Calif. (March 10) — A new semiconductor foundry will be built in upstate New York as part of a newly formed joint venture between Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) and the Advanced Technology Investment Co. The new company will operate under the name Globalfoundries.Read The Full Article
State of Illinois OKs Grant Funding for Ethanol Production Facility [ 3/10/2009 ]By: News Brief
ROCHELLE, Ill. (March 10) — Illinois River Energy (IRE) will build a $120 million-plus ethanol production facility in Northern Illinois.Read The Full Article
Spire Aims To Attract Foreign-Based PV Manufacturers to the U.S. [ 3/10/2009 ]By: News Brief
BEDFORD, Mass. — (March 10) Spire Corp., a global solar company providing turnkey solar factories to manufacture photovoltaic (PV) modules worldwide, has initiated a program to assist foreign manufacturers of PV modules to establish manufacturing operations in the United States.Read The Full Article
BASF To Build New Plant in Michigan [ 3/5/2009 ]By: News Brief
WYANDOTTE, Mich. (March 5) — Global chemical giant BASF has had a base here since 1969 when it acquired Wyandotte Chemical Corp. Four decades later, another acquisition has the company breaking ground in the city for a new manufacturing plant.Read The Full Article
Biotech Company To Operate New HQ in the Boston, Massachusetts, Metro [ 3/5/2009 ]By: News Brief
WESTON, Mass. (March 5) — Biogen Idec Inc., one of Massachusetts’ largest biotech companies, will move its headquarters to a 350,000-square-foot office building here in the Boston metro area.Read The Full Article
Deep Down Expands Maine, Texas Facilities in Expectation of Growing Sales [ 3/3/2009 ]By: News Brief
HOUSTON (March 3) — Deep Down Inc. announced plans to expand its buoyancy manufacturing facility in Biddeford, Maine, and flotation testing services center in Texas.Read The Full Article
German Manufacturer To Build State-of-the-Art Solar Product in Pennsylvania [ 3/3/2009 ]By: News Brief
FINDLAY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (March 3) — Flabeg, a Germany-based manufacturer of high-tech glass and mirror applications, is building a facility at a 240-acre site here, near Pittsburgh International Airport, where it will build parabolic solar mirrors.Read The Full Article
Cessna Unveils Service Center in Arizona [ 3/3/2009 ]By: News Brief
MESA, Ariz. (March 3) — Cessna Aircraft Co. has launched operations at its Citation Service Center, adjacent to the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport here.Read The Full Article
GM To Build Engines For New Models in Existing Michigan Plant [ 2/26/2009 ]By: News Brief
FLINT, Mich. (Feb. 26) — General Motors Corp. has scuttled plans to build a new factory here to make engines for the new Chevrolet Volt and Cruze models, choosing instead to use available space in an existing plant.Read The Full Article
First Solar To Expand Facilities, Increase Work Force in Ohio [ 2/26/2009 ]By: News Brief
PERRYSBURG, Ohio (Feb. 26) — First Solar Inc. announced that it plans to expand its manufacturing operations and development facilities here in the Toledo metro area.Read The Full Article
Pattonair Grows Operations in Maryland [ 2/26/2009 ]By: News Brief
ALLEGANY COUNTY, Md. (Feb. 26) — Pattonair USA plans to open an 80,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution facility in Riverside Industrial Park and bring 25 new jobs here.Read The Full Article
Publishing Company Merges, Broadens Operations in Florida [ 2/26/2009 ]By: News Brief
PALM COAST, Fla. (Feb. 26) — AMREP Corp. is unifying its magazine, membership and direct-mail fulfillment services, which include Palm Coast Data and Kable Fulfillment Services, into one location here and under one brand, Palm Coast Data.Read The Full Article
Hershey Moves Candy Production From Pennsylvania to Mexico [ 2/24/2009 ]By: News Brief
READING, Pa. (Feb. 24) — The Hershey Co. has closed its plant here, ending 23 years of candy production.Read The Full Article
FRANKLIN, Ind. (Feb. 24) — Precision Cutoff LLC, an Ohio-based provider of metal cutting and finishing services to the industrial, automotive and lawn and garden markets, announced it will locate a new machining operation here, creating 47 jobs by 2012.Read The Full Article
