Ford Motor Company plans to invest $450 million to consolidate its electric car program in south east Michigan, bringing in approximately 1000 new jobs. The new jobs will primarily be in manufacturing lithium ion batteries, and some of these jobs are being brought to the US from Mexico. An additional 8000 jobs will be saved [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 18, 2009
GM has been trying to unload the Saab brand but after the latest talks with Dutch automaker Spyker Cars failed to produce a deal, the company has decided to shut down production of the Swedish line of cars. Closing the Saab brand will cost at least 3400 jobs worldwide and affect another 1,100 dealers. [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 10, 2009
Commercial Vehicle Group is shutting a plant in Ohio that manufactures truck cabs, after it losing its contract with Navistar. Navistar has decided to manufacture the cabs at its own plant in Mexico as of April 2010. The Ohio plant has about 120 employees who will be out of a job once the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 16, 2009
Automaker Kia’s new plant in West Point, Georgia, lies right along the border with Alabama. Alabama expects the plant to create 9-10,000 jobs, mostly in existing companies that provide supplies for automakers. Hundreds of Alabama residents will also work directly for the plant. The new plant, which is Kia’s first plant in the United [...]
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Monday, January 11, 2010
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