MOBILE, AL—As part of an overall plan to produce 63 A320 aircraft per month worldwide in 2021, Airbus will increase production of the jetliners at its assembly plant here to seven per month by the beginning of 2021. This increase, and continued recruiting for the A220 manufacturing team, will add 275 jobs to the facility during the next year.
CHATTANOOGA, TN—Volkswagen is bringing on about 380 more workers for its assembly plant here as it ramps up assembly for its new Atlas Cross Sport SUV and refreshes its Atlas SUV. The added jobs are expected to put the company past the 4,000-employee mark.
American Emergency Vehicles, part of the REV Group and manufacturer of Type I, II, III and Medium-Duty ambulances, announced its vehicles are now Certified Green by TRA Certification, making them the first ambulance manufacturer to receive this certification.
PCB Piezotronics, Inc., a subsidiary of MTS Systems Corporation, announced the completion of new environmentally-controlled clean rooms totaling 4,300 square feet at their Walden Avenue headquarters.
DELO, a manufacturer of industrial adhesives for automotive, consumer and industrial electronics applications, has broken the world record for having the heaviest lift using adhesive.
Auxiliary equipment maker Nu-Vu Conair Pvt. Ltd., a joint venture between U.S. firm Conair Group and an Indian partner, recently opened a $2 million expansion of its manufacturing facility in Gujarat.
CNH Industrial N.V. announces that its joint-venture TürkTraktör manufacturing facility in Erenler, Turkey has become the latest plant to be certified Silver Level in the World Class Manufacturing program.