ALLEN COUNTY, IN—Automotive supplier Android Industries will invest $10.8 million to lease and equip 55,000 square feet of an existing facility here, just west of the General Motors assembly plant. The facility will employ 57.
CHICAGO—Fifty-nine percent of manufacturers expect moderate to high growth from their key customers in 2012, and nearly 95 percent plan to invest in new manufacturing equipment this year, according to a new survey of CFOs at U.S. manufacturing companies.
SAN ANTONIO—The San Antonio Manufacturers Association estimates that more than 1,500 area factory jobs are not being filled because of a lack of skills.
ST. CHARLES, IL—Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. has reshored production of gear motors from China to its assembly plant here. “We can produce them better, faster and cheaper,” says Bison Chairman Ronald Bullock.
WASHINGTON—At least 3.1 million Americans are employed in green jobs, a sector that now accounts for about 2.4 percent of the nation’s total employment, the Labor Department says.
MERIWETHER, GA—Tier 1 automotive supplier Mando Corp. is investing $200 million to build a new assembly plant here. Expected to employ 426, the facility will make electric power steering gears and anti-lock brakes.
MONTGOMERY, AL—Automotive supplier DAS North America is investing $50 million to build an assembly plant here to supply seat parts for Hyundai and Kia. The facility will employ 210 people.
