COLUMBUS, MS-After months of speculation, Paccar has selected a location for its new $400 million powertrain manufacturing facility and technology center. MORE
CHENNAI, India-Japanese construction equipment manufacturer Komatsu Ltd. has opened a new plant to assemble heavy dump trucks of the kind used in mining operations. MORE
ST. LOUIS-Chrysler Group is beginning to install robots and other cutting-edge equipment in its south assembly plant in Fenton, MO, to increase minivan production efficiency. MORE
SEOUL, South Korea-Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world's largest shipbuilder, is enjoying boom times thanks to continued demand for high-priced oil tankers and container ships. MORE
WASHINGTON-President Bush has nominated William “Woody” Sutton, a retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral, as Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing and Services. Sutton would replace Albert Frick, who served as “manufacturing czar,” as the position is called, from 2004 through 2006.
MADRAS, India-Entering Ford's manufacturing plant near the South Indian city of Madras feels a bit like traveling back in time. In Europe and the United States you see robots, clean workspaces and increasing efficiency. In India, you see people." MORE
COLUMBUS, OH-Ohio State University has opened a new Center for Occupational Health in Automotive Manufacturing with the express intent of improving working conditions in the automotive industry. MORE
PUNE, India-Automation manufacturer KUKA Robotics (Augsburg, Germany) has opened a pair of new offices in India to tap into the ongoing manufacturing boom taking place in that country.