With help from tax credits issued by the state Department of Commerce, Dickten Masch Plastics is expanding and creating 75 new jobs. 160 additional jobs will also be retained as result of the project which involves investing $2.8 million in a new production line. Dickten Masch, a division of the Everett Smith Group, produces plastic [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 17, 2009
Chrysler is investing $179 million into a plant in Dundee, Michigan, to manufacture engines for the Fiat 500 minicar. The expansion will bring 155new jobs and create an additional 418 indirect jobs with suppliers and other support businesses. Production of the new engines will begin 4th quarter of 2010, the company says. [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 8, 2009
DTE Energy is upgrading it’s plant in Monroe, Michigan, investing $900 million in two projects that will bring as many as 900 construction jobs to the region over the next few years. The first project, scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2010 will add scrubbers to the coal burning plant, cutting sulfur [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Daimler AG, maker of Mercedes-Benz cars, is shifting production of its C-class from Sindelfingen to its plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The Alabama plant will begin producing the C-class in 2014, when a new version is due to be introduced. The company expects to save 2000 Euros per car produced thanks to a cheaper [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 23, 2009
A plant that makes the flavors used by many popular pet foods is expanding in Greenwood, South Carolina. The company, SPF North America, will invest $10 million dollars into the expansion and expects to add 50 new jobs when completed. Hiring will begin immediately and extend into the first quarter of next year, [...]
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Monday, December 21, 2009
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