ANN ARBOR, MI-Motor vehicle parts suppliers, not the major manufacturing companies themselves, are now in many ways the true drivers of the automotive and truck manufacturing industry, according to a report from the Center for Automotive Research (CAR).
BELLEVUE, WA-Truck manufacturer PACCAR Inc. will build a new $400 million powertrain manufacturing and assembly facility in the Southeast United States, with plans for the plant to ramp up in 2009.
Los Angeles-Northrop Grumman Corp. has opened a new plant for system integration and manufacture of high-energy, solid-state laser systems for use in military vehicles.
BELLEVUE, WA-Truck manufacturer PACCAR Inc. is opening a new office in Shanghai, China, to focus on purchasing production parts for worldwide operations, as well as the sale of PACCAR powertrain components to customers in Asia.
SCHWALBACH, Germany-Siemens VDO Automotive Corp. is acquiring the electric drive company Ballard Power Systems Corp., a subsidiary of Ballard Power Systems Inc. (Burnaby, Canada).
ANN ARBOR, MI-The Robotic Industries Association (RIA) is now accepting nominations for the 2007 Engelberger Robotics Awards, to be presented in Rosemont, IL, during the 38th International Symposium on Robotics, part of the International Robots & Vision Show, June 12-14.
WESTLAKE, OH-Nordson Corp. is acquiring UK-based Dage Holdings Ltd. (Aylesbury, England), a manufacturer of test and inspection equipment used in the semiconductor and printed circuit board industries.
MCLEAN, VA-Machine tool sales to U.S. manufacturers totaled $407.21 million in September, according to the American Machine Tool Distributors' Association and The Association For Manufacturing Technology.
WASHINGTON-The National Association of Manufacturers' (NAM) "2006 Small Manufacturers Operating Survey" is showing that member companies anticipate solid growth in the months ahead, thanks to strong sales and increases in exports and capital investment.