DALTON, GA—The South Korean company Hanwha Q Cells USA has opened the largest solar module manufacturing plant in North America. The $200 million factory will employ 650 people and produce enough solar panels each year to generate as much peak power as the Hoover Dam.
DETROIT—General Motors CEO Mary Barra joined negotiators at the bargaining table, an indication that a deal may be near to end a monthlong strike by members of the United Auto Workers union that has paralyzed the company’s factories.
MACUNGIE, PA—About 3,600 Mack Truck workers went on strike Oct. 13 at assembly plants in Florida, Pennsylvania and Maryland, the first such walkout in decades.
LICHTENFELS, Germany—GE Additive recently opened a 40,000-square-meter campus here called GE Additive Lichtenfels. The facility is the new home for the company's concept laser teams.
DETROIT—More than 100 automotive supplier companies have enacted some form of temporary layoffs affecting up to 12,000 salaried and hourly employees in the United States, as the United Auto Workers' strike against General Motors Co. enters its fourth week.
WORCESTER, MA—Worcester Polytechnic Institute has received a three-year, $25 million award from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory to advance the cold spray 3D-printing technique that could be used to repair vehicles and other critical technology in the field.
SAN ANTONIO—Toyota Motor Corp. is investing $391 million at its truck assembly plant here. The new spending brings the automaker’s total investment in the factory to more than $3 billion.
MONTGOMERY, AL—Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama recently announced that it’s preparing to invest nearly $300 million more in new machinery and equipment for its factory here.