DAVENPORT, IA--Sterilite Corp. is planning to build a $73 million manufacturing and distribution plant here that will bring create up to 500 jobs. It will be the seventh plant in the United States for the company, which is the largest plastic housewares manufacturer in North America. More
LINCOLN, NE--Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing's new aerospace division opened here last week. The company spent $12.6 million converting a 30,000-square-foot space to one that produces cargo doors for the new Boeing 777X. More
EVENDALE, OH--GE’s Advanced Turboprop engine is on track to run for the first time this year by powering Cessna’s new Denali aircraft. The engine features just 12 3D-printed components, which replace 855 normally made parts. More
SHANGHAI, CHINA--A New York University student recently interned undercover in a factory here that assembles Apple iPhones. He worked six days per week installing screws into iPhones for about $2.50 per hour. More
LIVONIA, MI—Ford plans to invest $350 million in its assembly plant here, where a new transmission for fuel-efficient vehicles will be built. The investment is expected to create or keep 800 jobs.
TEMPE, AZ—U.S. manufacturing and services executives expect to see increased revenue, hiring and capital spending in 2017, reflecting confidence in the economy, according to a survey released May 22 by the Institute for Supply Management.
CHESTERTON, IN—EasyDial, a manufacturer of portable hemodialysis machines, has begun construction on a new 42,000-square-foot assembly plant here. To be completed in March 2018, the $21 million facility is expected to create 96 jobs.
LINCOLN, NE—Kawasaki has been assembling parts for Boeing for more than 60 years, but earlier this month, it started making them in the U.S. for the first time. On May 1, Kawasaki began manufacturing cargo doors for Boeing’s new 777X jet at its assembly plant here, which already makes train cars, personal watercraft, ATVs and utility vehicles.
Kildeer, IL—For the first time in decades, more manufacturing jobs are returning to the United States than are going offshore, according to the Reshoring Initiative. New U.S. manufacturing jobs attributed to reshoring and foreign direct investment totaled 77,000 in 2016. That’s a 10 percent increase over 2015 and it exceeded the rate of offshoring by about 27,000 jobs.
AMSTERDAM—Renault-Nissan said on Monday that output had returned to normal at nearly all its assembly plants, after a global cyber attack caused widespread disruption, including stoppages at several of the auto alliance’s sites.
RSS
