MOBILE, AL—Airbus Americas is looking to fill several positions at its new assembly plant here. Job openings include quality inspectors, a quality conformance specialist, and aircraft mechanics. Applications are being accepted until Jan. 12.
LANSING, MI—General Motors plans to spend $1 billion in Michigan over the next 15 years while reaching a pact with the Snyder administration to cap the value of state business tax credits it receives. GM is the last of the Detroit 3 automakers to negotiate a limit on the Michigan Economic Growth Authority, or MEGA, credits first awarded in 2009 during former Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s administration.
NAMPA, ID—Heartland Recreational Vehicles is looking to hire more than 120 employees for its new assembly plant here. Production is expected to begin in March, with eight to 10 units being built per day.
FRANKFURT, Germany—The International Robotics Federation estimates that approximately 1.3 million new industrial robots will be installed around the world between 2015 and 2018.
DELTA TOWNSHIP, MI—General Motor’s holiday shutdown of its Lansing Delta Township Assembly plant will last a week longer because of retooling and new equipment installation.
ALBUQUERQUE, NM—Delta Group Electronics recently completed renovation of its new assembly facility here. The expanded footprint of nearly 50,000 square feet gives Delta extra space to develop products for its customers in the aerospace, defense and homeland security industries.
BATESVILLE, AR—Bad Boy Mowers is expanding its assembly operations here. The company will invest approximately $7.8 million in a 68,000 square-foot property across from its existing factory. The company plans to add approximately 160 new jobs in the future.
WASHINGTON—Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has proposed new tax incentives aimed at boosting American manufacturing and penalizing businesses that try to avoid taxes through offshore mergers.
NASHVILLE, TN—Tennessee manufacturing employment climbed for a fourth straight year, but at a slower rate than in previous years. The state has added 12,637 industrial jobs since September 2011.
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