WAPATO, WA-Ashland Performance Materials, Amtech Corp. and Endurance Wind Power are collaborating to produce wind turbine blades at Amtech’s manufacturing facility here. MORE
ALBUQUERQUE, NM-Schott Solar dedicated a $100 million solar equipment manufacturing plant here on Monday. The facility will manufacture solar panels aimed at businesses and consumers. It will also make solar concentrator receivers, a piece of equipment for utility-scale solar thermal installations. MORE
TUVE, Sweden-Volvo Group CEO Leif Johansson ran into a hostile reception at the Volvo truck plant here. Disgruntled plant workers heckled and booed the CEO as he stood on a truck to address workers. Volvo plans to lay off 16,255 workers by the end of 2009. MORE
OPP, AL-New high-tech, good paying jobs are coming to Alabama. This week, MFG Galileo Composites Corp. (Reno, NV) announced it would be relocating to Opp. The company manufactures custom-designed radomes for civilian and military use. MORE
NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia-Falling wages in the Russian auto
sector have authorities wondering if disgruntled workers could prove to be a source
of social unrest. MORE
HATTIESBURG, MS-The human resources manager at Howard Industries Inc. made an initial appearance in federal court Thursday, charged in a 25-count indictment with conspiracy and employee verification fraud. Jose Humberto Gonzalez, who was released on a $25,000 bond, was arrested Thursday morning for his alleged role in the employment of illegal aliens at Howard's transformer manufacturing facility in Laurel, MS. MORE