SYRACUSE, NY—Bitzer Scroll Inc. is spending $5.5 million to expand is assembly plant here to make a new line of compressors. The company plans to add 60 jobs by 2016.
BENTON HARBOR, MI—Whirlpool is set to officially open its new office campus here. The $70 million project is a part of a larger plan to consolidate 15 facilities into three centralized office campuses.
CLEVELAND, TN—Only 20 months after unveiling a plan to build a $200 million state-of-the-art assembly plant here, Whirlpool Corp. officially cut the ribbon Tuesday on the energy-efficient and environmentally friendly facility.
WEBSTER CITY, IA—Up to 1,500 former employees of Electrolux’s now-shuttered washer and dryer assembly plant here are expected to join a class-action lawsuit seeking back pay for time spent putting on protective equipment before their shifts.
BENTON HARBOR, MI—The Commerce Department has ruled that Whirlpool Corp. and other U.S. appliance assemblers are being harmed by competitors importing certain refrigerators from South Korea and Mexico. The department found that Samsung, LG, Electrolux and other brands were illegally “dumping” some of their foreign-made appliances in the United States by selling the products at less than fair value.
LOUISVILLE, KY—GE has opened a new refrigerator assembly plant at Appliance Park here. It’s the second manufacturing facility the company has opened here this year.
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