MOUNT PLEASANT, TN-A Japanese supplier of automotive seating components will open a new $50 million assembly plant here that could create 385 jobs. The plant will be the second U.S. facility for IB-Tech. MORE
NORTHWOOD, OH-Two workers at the Faurecia Interior Systems assembly plant here remained hospitalized Tuesday evening after a hydraulic line malfunctioned, triggering an explosion on a pre-assembly line. MORE
EVERETT, WA-Boeing started assembly of its 1,000th 767 jetliner here. The jet is a 767-300 extended range version for All Nippon Airways, to be delivered in February. MORE
VANCE, AL-It will be four years before the first C-Class sedan rolls off the floor at the Mercedes-Benz auto assembly plant in Vance, AL, but some folks are already anticipating what’s expected to be the biggest economic boon to West Alabama since Mercedes came here in the mid-90s. C-Class production could mean an additional $100 million in new investments from automotive suppliers building new plants or expanding existing ones. MORE
SALTILLO, Mexico-Heavy truck equipment supplier Commercial Vehicle Group Inc. will build a new assembly plant here to supply seating systems, flooring and plastic interior components to Daimler Trucks North America LLC. MORE
DETROIT-The City of Hamtramck filed a lawsuit Friday in Wayne County Circuit Court against the City of Detroit, seeking $4 million in tax revenues that Hamtramck officials said they are owed from the GM’s Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant. MORE
WASHINGTON-President Barack Obama will propose that companies be allowed to more quickly write off 100 percent of their new investment in plants and equipment through 2011. MORE
PARSIPPANY, NJ-Curtiss-Wright Corp. broke ground on construction of a $36 million, state-of-the-art assembly plant in Chambers County, TX. The company will build large vessels and equipment for the refining and petrochemical industries. MORE
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