Automaker GM has announced plans to hire 200 workers at its Baltimore, Maryland plant. GM will invest $246 million into a Baltimore transmission factory to make electric motors for a next-generation hybrid in 2013. The plant already makes transmissions for full-size truck hybrids like the Chevrolet Tahoe and Cadillac Escalade SUV.GM received a grant of [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Ford Motor Company is set to announce today that it is adding a second shift to its Chicago assembly plant. 1,200 jobs will be created including some union jobs that pay a significantly lower wage. These lower wages are a “second tier” wage and a concession for the United Auto Workers union, where wages have [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 5, 2009
Metavation, a producer of parts for the automotive industry, has announced that 122 workers will lose their jobs due to the closure of a plant in Grand Traverse County, Michigan. Employees were notified on Friday about the closure. Metavation will be consolidating their facilities. Most of the lines will be transplanted to a plant in Mt. [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 17, 2009
Keystone RV will hire 200 new employees for a plant the firm is acquiring in Goshen, Indiana. Demand for recreational vehicles has risen, and the company expects to start production in late Fall. The building was owned by rival RV manufacturer Dutchmen Manufacturing, which shut the plant and laid off 100 in February. Keystone RV laid off [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 6, 2009
The Pentagon has upped its order for armored troop vehicles built in part by Bennington, Vermont’s Plasan North American. Wisconsin’s Oshkosh will build an additional 1,700 additional Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain-Vehicles at a cost of $1 billion. That on top of the 2,244 vehicles already ordered. The contract will create 150 jobs at Plasan. Plasan America is [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Carbon Motors will create 1,300 jobs in Connersville, Indiana. Indiana was able to lure the new plant to Indiana, beating out five other states. Atlanta, Georgia’s Carbon Motors Corporation manufactures the E7, the first purpose-built police car ever made. The E7 will only be available to law enforcement agencies.. Share This Story:
Continue reading...Monday, July 20, 2009
Continental Teves will hire 338 people in Fletcher, North Carolina over the next five years. The company will invest $30 million into its Fletcher plant, which manufactures brake systems and components. Continental will get a state grant equal to 60% of the state personal income tax withholdings derived from the creation of the new jobs. The new [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, July 18, 2009
Carbon Motors plans a manufacturing plant to build police cars, and is considering three sites, in South Carolina, Indiana and Georgia. The plant would create 1,300 jobs locally, and 10,000 nationally. The company will decide on a location by the end of Summer. Atlanta, Georgia’s Carbon Motors Corporation manufactures the E7, the first purpose-built police car ever made. [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 16, 2009
Harley-Davidson will cut 1,000 more jobs after Q2 earnings fell a whopping 91%. Seven hundred hourly production workers and 300 non-production staff have been targeted. The motorcycle manufacturer already cut 1,500 hourly jobs from its 9,300-strong workforce this year.. The Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based Harley-Davidson Motor Company manufactures heavyweight motorcycles designed for highway cruising. The company attracts a loyal brand [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 10, 2009
NCM, which manufactures air-filtration components for cars and construction vehicles at its plant in Grundy Center, Iowa, is going out of business, putting its 90 remaining employees on the street. The plant previously laid off 20% of its workforce, and went to a four-day week. Founded nearly 50 years ago, NCM will most likely shut down in [...]
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