TOKYO—Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation has won a $368 million contract to build 68 electric locomotives for the Taiwan Railways Administration, with delivery beginning in 2022.
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI—Aluminum-billet manufacturer Matalco Inc. has begun construction here on a new state-of-the-art plant. The $80 million project is expected to create 80 jobs over the next three years.
BENNINGTON, VT—Battery company Energizer says it is closing a manufacturing facility in Vermont at the beginning of 2021 and moving it to a plant in Portage, WI, that was previously owned by Rayovac but purchased by Energizer from Spectrum Brands early last year.
SOUTHFIELD, MI–Lawrence Technological University unveiled its new Siemens Electro-Matic Industrial Engineering Laboratory at ceremony this month. Siemens Corp, a subsidiary of Siemens AG, was also honored as LTU’s Corporate Partner of the Year.
DEARBORN, MI—Ford Motor Co.’s new proposed pact with the United Auto Workers is cruising toward ratification with nearly two-thirds of workers voting in favor of it so far, even winning over factories that face uncertain futures.
PITTSBURGH—Pittsburgh International Airport unveiled plans for Neighborhood 91, one of the world’s first development focused on bringing all parts of the additive manufacturing supply chain into one location.
GERMANY— Volkswagen Group started manufacturing its ID.3 electric car this month. This is the company’s first electric car based on its Modular Electric Drive Toolkit or MEB platform.
VERONA, WI–ACS, an equipment and controls integrator, recently broke ground on its new headquarters here, which will include a mix of office and manufacturing space.
CIBOLO, TX—AW Texas Inc. broke ground Monday on a 159-acre automatic transmission plant to be built here. Upon completion, the new plant will provide capital investments up to $400 million and bring approximately 900 new jobs to the area over the next five years.
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