RED LAKE FALLS, MN—Mower manufacturer Altoz Inc. recently announced plans to expand its facility here by 62,500 square feet to accommodate the company’s growth. The expansion is expected to be completed by this fall, and is the first phase of a multi-phase project.
JENNINGS, LA—Greenberry Industrial announced that it is converting a shipyard fabrication facility into a manufacturing plant to produce industrial modules for the petrochemical, maritime, energy, pulp and paper, and high-tech semiconductor industries.
DETROIT—Detroit’s Big Three automakers will allow autoworkers to stop wearing masks at workplaces where U.S. health officials have said it is safe to do so.
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia—Automotive assembly lines in Germany, Britain, Austria and Russia have halted production in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
LONG BEACH, CA—Heliogen says it will build a full-scale facility here to develop, assemble and test heliostats (reflective mirrors) and other components for its concentrated solar power system.
LOVELAND, CO—EV specialist Lightning eMotors has completed a 102,000-square-foot expansion of its manufacturing facility here, in order to double production of zero-emission vehicles and powertrains to 1,500 by the end of 2022.
WICHITA, KS—Spirit AeroSystems and Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research have officially opened the National Defense Prototype Center here to develop new capabilities for defense and space applications.
BEIJING—The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has released the latest five-year plan for the country's robotics industry, with the goal being to ensure that China remains a global leader in robot technology and industrial advancement.