WASHINGTON—The number of major work stoppages involving 1,000 or more strikers dropped to seven last year from 15 in 2016—the second lowest number since 1947.
LOUISVILLE, KY—Consumer demand for the new Lincoln Navigator and Ford Expedition have so exceeded expectations that Ford Motor Co. has increased its production targets by 25 percent while also investing another $25 million in improvements to its assembly plant here.
EVERETT, WA--Boeing has received a big order for the freight version of its 747 that will keep the super jumbo assembly line here humming for a few more years.
WASHINGTON—The U.S. economy added a better-than-expected 200,000 jobs in January, the Labor Department said. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.1 percent, its lowest level since December 2000.
BISMARCK, ND—A vote to unionize Bobcat’s assembly plant here failed late last week. A number of workers had formed a campaign to join the United Steelworkers Union, but the workers ultimately voted not to form a union at this time.
BENTON HARBOR, MI—Whirlpool Corp. is adding 200 jobs after the Trump Administration imposed a tariff of up to 50 percent on large residential washing machines, a penalty aimed at imports from rivals Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. The new full-time employees will work at an assembly plant in Clyde, OH.
SEOUL—The federal government’s decision to impose tariffs of up to 50 percent on imports of washing machines and key components could disrupt the supply chains to the U.S. assembly plants of Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics.
BUCKEYE, AZ--Nikola Motor Co. announced last week that it will build a new plant in this Phoenix suburb to manufacture hydrogen fuel cell-powered trucks. Salt Lake City-based Nikola chose the site from among 30 locations in nine states considered during a 12-month site-selection process for the zero-emission facility.The project is said to provide 2,000 new jobs and more than $1 billion in capital investment by 2024.
CONTAGEM, Brazil--GE Transportation’s plant here unveiled this week a new approach to manufacturing locomotives with a mixed-model moving assembly line. Unlike traditional stationary production lines, the mixed-model moving line is designed to assemble different locomotive configurations as the units slowly move down the track. The assembly line cuts lead time by approximately 20 percent, reduces inventory by $1.75 million and creates 1,256 square meters of space savings within the factory.
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