Golden Valley, MN-Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Thursday toured Honeywell International Inc.'s plant here on Thursday and announced an additional $5 billion in tax credits for "green" manufacturers. MORE

GOODYEAR, AZ-Chinese solar-panel maker Suntech Power Holdings Co. will locate a new assembly plant here. MORE

LOUISVILLE, KY-Grindmaster Corp., an assembler of coffee grinders and other beverage dispensing products, will add up to 33 jobs at its manufacturing facility here. MORE

WASHINGTON-The Department of Energy has loaned $1.4 billion to Nissan North America Inc. to retool their Smyrna, TN, factory to assemble advanced electric automobiles and batteries. The two projects are expected to create up to 1,300 American jobs. MORE

VICTORIA, BC-Viking Air Ltd. has added a new 84,000-square-foot manufacturing facility at its headquarters here. MORE

INDIANAPOLIS-EnerDel plans to build a new battery assembly plant near its headquarters here. The facility is expected to cost $237 million. MORE

ELKHART, IN-A reported dust fire sent employees of one assembly plant out into the cold early Thursday. Firefighters were sent to Dexter Chassis just before 5 a.m. MORE

MADISON, WI-Wisconsin will provide more than $2.3 million in additional assistance for about 1,400 displaced workers affected by the closing of the General Motors assembly plant in Janesville. MORE

CHATTANOOGA, TN-Volkswagen’s paint shop at its new auto assembly plant here will be the most advanced in the automotive world, company officials say. MORE

BEIJING-Geely Zhejiang Holdings will nearly double Volvo’s annual global production with a new factory here as part of its plan to pull the Swedish automaker out of the red by 2011. MORE