DETROIT—Chrysler’s U.S. sales rose 20 percent in April as the company continued its comeback from financial disaster. The automaker enjoyed its best April in four years and the 25th-straight month of year-over-year sales gains.
NEWARK, DE—Bloom Energy has begun overhauling the old Chrysler assembly plant here. When finished, the new facility will mass-produce fuel cells and employ some 1,500.
DEARBORN, MI—Ford says it won’t be affected by a looming shortage of a resin that can carry fuel and other liquids. It has worked with suppliers to develop alternative materials.
CHARLESTON, SC—JTEKT, a Japanese manufacturer of steering systems and driveline components, is investing $102 million to construct a new assembly plant in South Carolina.
When Chrysler’s Belvidere Assembly Plant (the home of the new Dodge Dart) opened in the middle of a northern Illinois cornfield in 1965, the automaker was in the midst of a decade of growth.