BLUE SPRINGS, MS—Toyota Motor Corp. is adding a second shift at its assembly plant here. The extra shift will boost annual production capacity at the plant to 150,000 units and employment to 2,000 workers.
CHATTANOOGA, TN—Volkswagen is adding 200 jobs at its new assembly plant here as it increases production capacity by 13 percent. The new jobs will raise employment levels at the plant there to just over 2,700.
SEGUIN, TX—Automotive supplier Continental will invest more than $113 million in its assembly plant here, adding production of automotive sensors. This facility will be the first outside of Asia and Europe to assemble these components, and will create approximately 300 full-time jobs over the next five years.
ARLINGTON, TX—GM will start building a $200 million stamping factory here next week, a move that will save the automaker about $40 million a year in logistics costs and add 180 jobs.
Last September, Otis Elevator Co. announced that it was moving production from its factory in Nogales, Mexico, to a new, $40 million assembly plant in Florence, SC.
PORTSMOUTH, NH—Westinghouse’s nuclear components manufacturing facility in Newington, NH, is expanding and is hosting a job fair Tuesday, Jan. 31, from noon to 7 p.m. at the Holiday Inn on the Portsmouth traffic circle. Westinghouse is seeking qualified candidates for positions in the following areas: Quality inspection and engineering, fabrication, industrial hygiene, maintenance scheduling and production planning.
