POOLER, GA—A company that manufactures custom aircraft interiors is planning to build a new, $15 million assembly plant here. Savannah Aviation Parts and Services expects to create some 200 new jobs in the next five years.
SEATTLE—Boeing threatened on Friday to consider locations besides Washington State to assemble its new 777X jets after a union leader sharply criticized the terms of a tentative labor deal to keep the work in Washington.
HAMBURG, NY—As many as 300 new jobs and $100 million in investment will be coming to the Ford Stamping Plant here to support expanded production across the border in Ontario.
HARTFORD, CT—In the opening salvo of contract talks, Pratt & Whitney management is asking the Machinist union to give up 252 jobs at its East Hartford, CT, and Middletown, CT, plants, clearing the way for the company to bring in outside contractors for material handling work.
NEW YORK—A new exchange-traded fund focusing on robotics and automation companies was launched on the NASDAQ Thursday. The ROBO-STOX Global Robotics and Automation Index ETF (Ticker Symbol: ROBO) closed at $24.94 per share.
ELWOOD, KS—Pro-Dig LLC, which makes industrial drilling equipment, is closing its manufacturing operation in China and building a $5 million assembly plant here.
SEATTLE—Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday pressed lawmakers and the Machinists union to approve separate deals to ensure Boeing builds its new 777X long-range jet in the Puget Sound area.