FLINT, MI-Workers at GM’s Flint Assembly Plant learned Monday they’ll be building an additional truck at the plant. MORE

CHARLOTTE, NC-BACE, a manufacturer of heavy-duty balers and compactors for the recycling and waste management industry, has added an additional 35,000 square feet of space at its assembly plant here. MORE

GREENVILLE, SC- Protera LLC, a manufacturer of electric buses, will locate a new assembly plant here that could employ as many as 1,300. MORE

NORTON SHORES, MI-Wacker Neuson, a manufacturer of compact construction machines, has expanded its assembly operation here. The company has invested some $262,000 in new machinery and equipment to provide additional operations. MORE

DURHAM, NC-Electronics manufacturing services provider ACW Technology is setting-up its first U.S. assembly plant here. MORE

WASHINGTON-American manufacturing expanded in January at its fastest pace since August 2004, according to the Institute for Supply Management. Factories are stepping up production and companies are spending more on capital equipment. The pace of global manufacturing is also picking up in response to faster economic growth. MORE

CINCINNATI-Federal Coach is moving assembly of funeral coaches from Fort Smith, AR, to a new plant here. MORE

EL PASO, TX-As part of its corporate sustainability initiatives, Leviton Manufacturing Co., a producer of electrical and electronic wiring devices, recently completed a capital investment project to reduce annual energy consumption and carbon emissions at its assembly plant here. The projects are expected to save the company more than $137,000 annually. MORE

CHATTANOOGA, TN-The number of workers building Volkswagen’s assembly plant here has topped the 2,000 mark. MORE

TORONTO- Mining equipment manufacturer Precismeca Ltd. is opening a new assembly plant in Wallaceburg, Ontario. The $3 million plant will create approximately 64 new jobs when it opens this summer. MORE