KLAMATH FALLS, OR-Officials at the Jeld-Wen headquarters are excited about a new product line coming to its Mount Vernon manufacturing facility. Local residents will be excited about employee recalls and the addition of 20 full-time jobs. MORE

MALTA, NY-GlobalFoundries will break ground in June on a $4.4 billion computer-chip manufacturing plant here. The facility promises to create more than 1,200 manufacturing and engineering jobs. MORE

LIBERTY, SC-St Jude Medical is celebrating the dedication of a manufacturing facility here. The new facility will manufacture hybrid microelectronic circuits that are the “brains” inside pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibillators. MORE

WAVERTOWN, MA-A123Systems has raised $69 million from General Electric Co. and other investors to expand its lithium ion battery manufacturing facilities in the United States. MORE

DETROIT-General Motors has begun assembling Chevrolet Captivas and Opel Antaras at its Russian plant in St Petersburg. MORE  

NOVI, MI-A wind turbine assembly plant opening later this year in Oakland County is seeking to hire 250 manufacturing workers. Global Wind Systems Inc. soon will begin hiring the skilled assemblers for the state’s first maker of delivery-ready, large-scale turbines. MORE

HIGHLAND, NY-Prism Solar Technologies has acquired a manufacturing plant here that it will use to make holographic photovoltaic solar cells. The company spent $3.75 million on the factory, which was previously used to make Panasonic LCDs. MORE

PLATTSBURGH, NY-The construction phase of Nova Bus’ newest assembly plant here is complete. “We are happy to see the building finished and the assembly line built with world-class manufacturing equipment,” said Gilles Gervais, vice president of operations for Nova Bus. MORE

EDEN PRAIRIE, MN-Eaton Corp. has received Xcel Energy’s Efficiency Partner 2009 Recognition for its hydraulic pump, motor and steering unit manufacturing facility here. Lawrence P. Harer, maintenance and tool room manager, says the plant focuses a lot of attention on its air management system. The plant requires a significant amount of compressed air for a variety of operations such as drying painted parts, powering tools and removing metal chips from machined parts. MORE

TOKYO-Japan's future as a leading exporter may be in jeopardy as Sharp Electronics, one of the country's biggest manufacturers, recently warned it may have to shift even more production offshore because of the cost of investment domestically and the strength of the yen. MORE