OKOLONA, MS-United Furniture Industries will add 100 new jobs at its manufacturing facility here. Besides adding jobs, the company will use nearly $1.3 million in grants to fix the roof and sprinkler system in its 575,000-square-foot building. MORE
HUTCHINSON, KS-Siemens says recent orders
for wind generators in Canada and the United States show the market remains a
solid one, even in an economic downturn. MORE
YORK, PA-Harley-Davidson Inc. will start talks in coming weeks with union workers to decide the fate of its manufacturing facility here. The motorcycle maker is still pursuing a second option to relocate production to Kentucky, Indiana or Tennessee, but may elect to remain in York if it can gain concessions from the union. MORE
GREER, SC-BMW will be adding at least 700 temporary positions to create two more shifts at its manufacturing plant here. Priority will be given to previous employees of BMW. MORE
MUMBAI, India-India’s industrial production rose 10.4
percent in August, suggesting the country’s central bank may soon be able to
scale back its emergency stimulus measures. MORE
WINSTON-SALEM, NC-The
early departure
of Dell from North Carolina's industrial landscape is raising questions about
the financial incentives state leaders have been using to help promote the
local economy. MORE
SPRINGFIELD, MO-A worker was crushed to death at a plastic molding facility here. Police say Toby Hall, 31, was working at the AC Buckhorn plant when he was crushed inside a molding press. MORE
LOUISVILLE, KY-Over the past three days, some 10,000 people applied for 90 jobs assembling washing machines at General Electric for about $27,000 per year and hefty benefits. MORE
SALT LAKE CITY-Edwards Lifesciences Corp., a manufacturer of heart valves and hemodynamic monitoring equipment, will build a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Draper, UT. The company is expected to add more than 1,000 new jobs over the next 15 years. MORE
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