ROCKY MOUNT, VA-The first Kamping Lodge manufactured for Kampgrounds of America has rolled off the production line at Fleetwood Homes here. Cavco Industries is supplying KOA Inc. and its franchises with park model Kamping Lodges, which are also being manufactured in Litchfield, AZ, and in its Texas operation. The plant in Rocky Mount employees 85 people. MORE

DEARBORN, MI-Ford estimates it will save $1.2 million and reduce its carbon footprint by 16,000 to 25,000 metric tons annually simply by “powering down” laptops and desktop PCs overnight and on weekends. MORE

WAKARUSA, IN-Navistar is test-driving its all-electric commercial truck in northern Indiana this week. The company plans to assemble 400 of the vehicles as part of a joint venture with Modec Ltd. of the United Kingdom. MORE

AUBURN HILLS, MI-ALTe LLC, a manufacturer of electric propulsion systems, opened a new 185,000-square-foot development and manufacturing facility here yesterday. MORE

COCONUT CREEK, FL-Power Tree Corp. has created a subsidiary to manufacture its flywheel-based energy storage system. Power Tree Manufacturing Group Inc. will operate a 220,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Coconut Creek, FL. MORE

TRENTON, MI-Chrysler Group’s new assembly plant here has received the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold certification for satisfying the highest environmental standards. The facility is the only engine manufacturing plant to receive this award in the world, and one among the four auto manufacturing facilities to achieve this LEED certification. MORE

ARLINGTON, TX-After being idle for weeks last year, the GM assembly plant here is working more overtime now than anyone can recall. Most of the factory’s 2,400 workers are putting in 60 hours some weeks. MORE

JOHNSTOWN, MD-Defense contractor Electromet Corp. will build a new, 15,700-square-foot assembly plant here. MORE

CHICAGO-Laid off nearly a year, Ford workers in Louisville are jumping at the chance to work at the expanding Chicago Assembly Plant. Chicago is adding a second shift to produce the Ford Taurus and Lincoln MKS and may add a third when it inherits production of a redesigned Ford Explorer in late fall. MORE

ANN ARBOR, MI-Medical device manufacturer Terumo Corp. has unveiled a new, state-of-the-art assembly plant here. MORE