Articles Tagged with ''Pennsylvania manufacturing''

HARRISBURG, PA—Foxconn Technology Group, the Taipei-based maker of Apple Inc.’s iPhone, plans to invest $40 million to build a high-tech assembly plant here.

YORK, PA—A York County judge was ordered by a state court to revisit a hard-fought property assessment battle over what value and real estate tax burden should apply to Harley-Davidson’s assembly plant here.

READING, PA—Prizer Hoods, a manufacturer of kitchen hoods, has opened a new assembly plant here.

ERIE, PA—An all-day bargaining session failed to produce an agreement aimed at heading off the elimination of 950 union jobs at GE’s century-old locomotive manufacturing plant in northwestern Pennsylvania.

MILTON, PA—ACF Industries has reopened its rail car assembly plant here, initially hiring 230 employees.

DOUGLASSVILLE, PA—American Crane & Equipment Corp., a manufacturer of overhead electric cranes and hoists, has expanded its assembly plant here.

LYONS, PA—East Penn Manufacturing Co. Inc. will construct a 458,000-square-foot battery assembly plant here, creating 400 jobs.

PHILADELPHIA—AgustaWestland will build the final assembly line for the new generation AW169 helicopter at its assembly plant here.

CHAMBERSBURG, PA—Wipro Infrastructure Engineering, which makes hydraulic cylinders for Volvo tractors and other machines, is building a new assembly plant here. The facility is expected to employ 74.

PHILADELPHIA—Philadelphia-area manufacturers reported slight increases in business activity in March, according to the latest data from the Federal Reserve Bank here.