CLARKSDALE, MS—A manufacturer of parts for the HVAC industry and energy efficient lighting products, AirGuide, has opened a new $720,000 assembly plant here, employing 40 full-time workers.
TUSCALOOSA, AL—Employees at the Faurecia Interior Systems assembly plant here rejected a unionization proposal from the UAW by a vote of 86-62 on Thursday. The facility makes subassemblies for Volkswagen, Nissan and Mercedes-Benz.
MORRISVILLE, NC—Contract manufacturer Absolute EMS has installed a new circuit board assembly line has its factory here as part of an expansion project.
WASHINGTON—The average monthly earnings of newly hired factory workers were 38 percent higher than for new workers in other industries, according to the latest data from the Commerce Department.
STANFORD, CA—Stanford University researchers have developed a new adhesive that enables the cathodes of lithium-ion batteries last five times longer than earlier designs.
DES MOINES, IA—Firestone has reached a tentative agreement with the United Steelworkers Union covering workers at the tire manufacturer’s factories in Iowa, Arkansas, Illinois and Tennessee.
BOSTON—After decades of hollowing out, U.S. manufacturing is overtaking competitors and stands to grab up to $115 billion more in export business from rivals by 2020, a new report said Tuesday. By 2015, average manufacturing costs in the five major advanced export economies—Germany, Japan, France, Italy and Britain—will be 8 to 18 percent higher than those in the United States.
MOBILE, AL—A bond issue totaling $260 million has been secured to help fund construction of Airbus’ assembly plant here. The bond will be repaid by lease payments from the A320 final assembly line already under construction.
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