MEBANE, NC-A global medical company will open its second North Carolina assembly plant here on Thursday. BD Diagnostics will open a 101,000-square-foot facility that will assemble products for the company’s women’s health and cancer diagnostics business. The facility will employ 75 people once it is fully staffed. MORE
CHATTANOOGA, TN-A contractor working to build the paint shop at Volkswagen’s new factory here has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection. The filing comes just months after local government officials lauded the company, Southern Fabrication Contractors LLC, as an example of an area business benefiting form the massive construction project. MORE
WEST POINT, GA-Sewon America Inc., a major supplier to the Kia Motors assembly plant here, faces $135,900 in penalties over a series of safety violations cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The agency cited the company for failing to provide employees with proper hand protection and not protecting them from welding flash burns. MORE
MONTREAL-Money was the deciding factor for the Dornier Seaplane Co. in selecting a southern suburb of Montreal as the location of its new assembly plant. The facility is expected to create more than 500 jobs over five years. MORE
DETROIT-Chrysler lifted the wraps Friday on its all-new 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee and the renovated Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit where it’s being assembled. MORE
LAS VEGAS-A solar power company plans to build a manufacturing plant in the Las Vegas area, creating about 300 jobs. The company, Amonix, is considering three sites and expects to make a decision in the next few weeks. MORE
YOUNGSTOWN, OH-President Barack Obama will visit V&M Star in the Youngstown area on Tuesday to talk about economic recovery. In February, V&M announced a $650 million expansion, a project that is supposed to create 350 jobs and keep 400 more. MORE
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