TUSTIN, CA-LightWorks Optics plans to open a new 14,000-square-foot office and assembly facility adjacent to its corporate headquarters here this month. The firm makes precision optical systems for the biomedical, aerospace, defense, security and commercial industries. MORE
BATTLE CREEK, MI-A Japanese company will generate more than 50 direct factory jobs here under a stimulus bill battery grant wrapped up Tuesday. Toda America Inc. will invest about $70 million in the plant, which will make cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries. MORE
PEORIA, IL-The $32 billion company that puts the Peoria area on the world’s financial map got its start 100 years ago with the deed to a bankrupt tractor plant and a dozen employees. MORE
CHATTANOOGA, TN-VW is building energy efficiency into its new $1 billion assembly plant here. Among other things, the plant will feature efficient electric motors on the production lines and stormwater recycling on the grounds. MORE
DURHAM, NC-U.K.-based contract manufacturing company ACW Technologies Ltd. will open a new $4.9 million assembly plant here. The new facility will employ anywhere from 150 to 200 employees. MORE
OSHAWA, ON-GM is adding a second shift late this year at its car assembly plant here to meet demand for the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro and the Buick Regal. MORE
SACRAMENTO-A British company that makes battery-powered trucks plans to open an assembly plant and sales office in Northern California, the latest addition to the region’s small but growing electric vehicle industry. Smith Electric Vehicles is scouting locations in the Bay Area and Sacramento for a facility that would assemble, sell and service their plug-in trucks. MORE
SAN JOSE, CA-Dozens of workers rallied Friday to save the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. in Northern California, where more than 4,600 people could lose their jobs if Toyota stops production at the end of March. MORE
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