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C.M. Steel Inc. Relocates HQ Operations in South Carolina [ 2/24/2009 ]By: News Brief
YORK COUNTY, S.C. (Feb. 24) — C.M. Steel Inc., an affiliate of SteelFab, will locate its corporate headquarters here in a $7 million investment that is expected to bring 85 new jobs to the metro area.Read The Full Article
BAE Systems Opens New Facility in Texas [ 2/24/2009 ]By: News Brief
AUSTIN, Texas (Feb. 24) — BAE Systems has opened a new facility here that will produce armor kits to protect U.S. Army ground vehicles.Read The Full Article
Xcel Energy, enXco To Develop Wind Power in North Dakota, Minnesota [ 2/19/2009 ]By: News Brief
MINNEAPOLIS (Feb. 19) — Xcel Energy and enXco have announced plans to develop 351MW of wind power in North Dakota and Minnesota by the end of 2011, increasing the utility’s wind-power resources by more than 10 percent companywide.Read The Full Article
Smithfield Foods To Shutter Plants in Six States [ 2/19/2009 ]By: News Brief
SMITHFIELD, Va. (Feb. 19) — Pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc. will close six factories and cut 1,800 jobs as part of a restructuring initiative.Read The Full Article
Coca-Cola Enterprises Locates New Operations Center in Kentucky [ 2/19/2009 ]By: News Brief
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Feb. 19) — Coca-Cola Enterprises will locate its new Information Technology (IT) Development Center here. The company also announced its intent to recruit from the local collegiate base for the new IT and Business Information Services (BIS) Development Center.Read The Full Article
Navistar To Close Indiana Complex [ 2/19/2009 ]By: News Brief
INDIANAPOLIS (Feb. 19) — Navistar International Corp. will close its engine plant and foundry here as a result of changes in its business relationship with Ford Motor Co., the facilities’ primary customer.Read The Full Article
AREVA, Northrop Grumman To Invest Millions in Virginia Joint Venture [ 2/17/2009 ]By: News Brief
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Feb. 17) — AREVA and Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding will invest $363.4 million here to create a joint venture to manufacture equipment and pressure vessels for the nuclear industry and to provide nuclear engineering services.Read The Full Article
Drug Maker Caraco Expands Operations in Michigan [ 2/17/2009 ]By: News Brief
DETROIT (Feb. 17) — Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories Ltd. will boost production at its New Center manufacturing plant here in a $22 million expansion that will add nearly 600 jobs by 2012.Read The Full Article
PINE HILL, Ala. (Feb. 17) — Forest products manufacturer Weyerhaeuser Co. has closed its veneer and lumber mills here, because of a decreased demand in the housing market.Read The Full Article
Intel To Invest Billions to Upgrade Manufacturing Facilities in Oregon, New Mexico, Arizona [ 2/12/2009 ]By: News Brief
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (Feb. 12) — Intel will spend $7 billion during the next two years to build advanced manufacturing facilities at three sites in the United States.Read The Full Article
Startup Company Wants Electric Car Market in California by 2012 [ 2/12/2009 ]By: News Brief
SAN FRANCISCO (Feb. 12) — Startup company Better Place aims to bring a $1 billion electric-car infrastructure system to the California Bay Area by 2012.Read The Full Article
Kentucky Lands Another Japan-Based Company For Expansion Project [ 2/12/2009 ]By: News Brief
LEBANON, Ky. (Feb. 12)—Japan-based automotive supplier Fuel Total Systems will create 100 full-time jobs in a $38-million, 140,000-square-foot manufacturing facility expansion project here.Read The Full Article
GLENDALE, Ariz. (Feb. 10) — Inhouse Assist has relocated its headquarters to Arizona, opening its office in the Westgate City Center here.Read The Full Article
IBM To Open Technology Services Center in Iowa [ 2/5/2009 ]By: News Brief
DUBUQUE, Iowa (Feb. 5) — IBM will open a new technology service delivery center here, creating up to 1,300 jobs and providing high-value information technology services to its customers.Read The Full Article
Nice-Pak Brings 300 Jobs to New Plant in Arkansas [ 2/5/2009 ]By: News Brief
JONESBORO, Ark. (Feb. 5) — Nice-Pak Products Inc. has located a new manufacturing facility here, investing $40 million and employing 300 workers in producing pre-moistened wipes.Read The Full Article
EV Performance Locates Green Battery Manufacturing Plant in Michigan [ 2/5/2009 ]By: News Brief
LANSING, Mich. (Feb. 5) — EV Performance Warehouse Inc. will site a facility here that will produce electric and hybrid technology for the automobile industry.Read The Full Article
Beech-Nut Puts HQ, Production Facility in New York State [ 2/3/2009 ]By: News Brief
FLORIDA, N.Y. (Feb. 3) — Beech-Nut Nutrition Corp. is building a state-of-the-art production facility here.Read The Full Article
State Incentive Helps LyondellBasell Expand in Delaware [ 2/3/2009 ]By: News Brief
WILMINGTON, Del. (Feb. 3) — LyondellBasell Industries has committed to expanding its recently relocated North American polymers business here at the Delaware Corporate Center.Read The Full Article
JEROME, Idaho (Feb. 3) WOW Logistics has expanded its 307,000 square foot distribution center (DC) located here.Read The Full Article
Angus Industries Expands in South Dakota [ 1/29/2009 ]By: News Brief
WATERTOWN, S.D. (Jan. 29) — Angus Industries announced it is undergoing a $4 million expansion project at its Angus-Palm Watertown operation, which will bring 70 new jobs the area.Read The Full Article
PITTSBURGH (Jan. 29) — Equitable Resources Inc., one of the largest natural gas companies in the Appalachian region, will expand its operations in southwestern Pennsylvania, creating and protecting more than 1,100 jobs.Read The Full Article
CHICAGO (Jan. 29) — Veolia Environnement, a global environmental services company, has sited the North American headquarters for its four operational groups here.Read The Full Article
Poor Market Forces Bridgestone To Scale Down Tire Production in Tennessee [ 1/29/2009 ]By: News Brief
LaVERGNE, Tenn. (Jan. 29) — Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (BATO) will cease tire manufacturing for cars, pickup trucks and SUVs at its plant here in the Nashville metro because of negative economic conditions, which continue to create a difficult business environment.Read The Full Article
Polymarin, WWT To Build Wind Rotor Blades in Expansion Project in Arkansas [ 1/27/2009 ]By: News Brief
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Jan. 27) — Polymarin Composites, an international developer and manufacturer of high-performance rotor blades for the wind industry, announced it will locate a new manufacturing facility here.Read The Full Article
