BEIJING-Shenyang Aircraft’s plans to have a new assembly plant and flight-test center for the Cessna 162 Skycatcher light sport aircraft have been delayed until 2011. MORE
WARREN, MI-General Motors said Monday
that more than 100 jobs were being added to the Warren Transmission plant here,
which employs about 780 people and makes transmissions for the Chevy Equinox, Chevy
Traverse, Chevy Malibu Buick LaCrosse and other vehicles. MORE
BANNOCKBURN, IL-The IPC has released new versions of two its standards: IPC-A-600, Acceptability of Printed Boards, and IPC-6012, Qualification and Performance Specification for Rigid Printed Boards. MORE
CONNERSVILLE, IN-The prospect of a new job brought hundreds of people here Monday. Carbon Motors, which has moved into the town’s former Visteon Plant, plans to produce state-of-the-art police cars. MORE
DEARBORN, MI-Hollingsworth Logistics Group is teaming with Magna International to supply seats to Volkswagen’s new auto assembly plant in Chattanooga, TN. MORE
SUNNYVALE, CA-Calisolar, a supplier of solar cells, expects to expand the capacity of its assembly plant here from 60 to 200 megawatts, creating more than 100 new jobs. MORE
CLEVELAND-Freightliner and the union representing employees at its Cleveland truck manufacturing plant are negotiating a new three-year contract, and workers have voted to authorize a strike if the company doesn’t offer acceptable terms. MORE
SENATOBIA, MS-Twin Creeks Technologies will locate a solar panel assembly facility here. The company will invest more than $175 million in the plant and hire 512 people over the next five years. MORE
JEFFERSONVILLE, IN-Union members have voted to continue a strike by some 600 workers at barge builder Jeffboat’s southern Indiana manufacturing facility along the Ohio River. MORE
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