JACKSON, MS-Nissan has completed an $118 million expansion and modification of its assembly plant here to accommodate production of commercial vans. MORE
DOWNEY, CA-Tesla Motors has moved a step closer to opening an assembly plant here to build its next generation electric sedan. Downey’s planning commission approved a plan that would allow Tesla Motors to lease 51 acres formerly used by a NASA manufacturing plant. MORE
LANCASTER, NY-Buffalo Filter is planning to build a new assembly plant here that would be nearly twice the size of the two sites the medical device manufacturer currently operates in Amherst, NY. The 50,000-square-foot factory is expected to cost $7.8 million. MORE
CAMBRIDGE, ON-ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. has acquired the Sortimat Group, a manufacturer of automated assembly systems for medical products and pharmaceutical dosing devices. MORE
DETROIT-American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. has opened a new assembly plant in Lancaster, PA. The 30,000-square-foot facility will assemble axles for Class 8 commercial trucks. MORE
KALAMAZOO, MI-The FDA has informed Stryker Corp. that it has sufficiently addressed issues raised in a 2007 warning letter. Stryker received the letter regarding compliance with certain quality system requirements at its reconstructive implant manufacturing facility in Mahwah, NJ, in 2007. MORE
PITTSBURGH-To create long-term economic development and job growth, state and local governments should invest in new, small, home-grown companies rather than provide incentives to large, multinational corporations, according to a new study by Keystone Research Center. MORE
WASHINGTON-Today, with unemployment nearing 10 percent, it might seem far-fetched to think that the United States will face a worker shortage before the end of this decade. Yet, as the economy begins to recover, the country will almost certainly see shortages in key occupations by 2018-and soon after, the demand for workers could outstrip supply in a broad range of industries. MORE
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