Manufacturing

$3 million investment will create 135 jobs

Monday, September 10, 2007, FRANKFORT, Ky. – Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher and Economic Development Cabinet officials were in Union County today for an announcement that Homecare Products Inc., a designer and maker of wheelchair ramps, will open a manufacturing plant in the Morganfield Industrial Park.

The new plant, to be operated by the company’s EZ Access subsidiary, will bring 135 new jobs and an investment of more than $3 million to the region.    » read more »

8/29/2007 -- Raleigh - North Carolina Governor Mike Easley today announced he will seek new legislation in the 2008 session of the General Assembly to secure major manufacturing investments from existing industries in disadvantaged parts of the state.    » read more »

Announces Expansion of EDAG Engineering and Design AG

August 23, 2007 -- FULDA, Germany - After meeting today with EDAG Engineering and Design AG officials at the company's facility in Fulda, Germany, Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm announced the company plans to invest approximately $7 million to expand its operations in Auburn Hills and Troy over the next two years and create 140 new jobs.    » read more »

Company to invest $2.5 million in first Virginia operation

RICHMOND – Virginia Governor Timothy M. Kaine today announced that Universal Impact, Inc., a division of Dynamic Tool Company, Inc., and a manufacturer of aluminum extruded tools and parts, will invest $2.5 million to open a facility in the City of Staunton. The project will create 50 new jobs over the next three years. Virginia successfully competed with Texas for the project.    » read more »

Industrial equipment manufacturer grows Michigan operations

August 22, 2007 -- STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Following a meeting today with executives from Atlas Copco A.B. in Stockholm, Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm announced the company plans to create 30 new jobs at its facilities in Oakland County. The new jobs will include experienced electrical engineers and sales/marketing positions.    » read more »

MOBIS Alabama, a Tier-One supplier to Hyundai, Increasing Operations

MONTGOMERY - Alabama Governor Bob Riley on Wednesday announced plans for a $55.6 expansion at MOBIS Alabama, a Tier-One supplier to Hyundai, that will create 141 new jobs.    » read more »

Aerial Machine and Tool to expand production capacity

August 16, 2007 -- RICHMOND – Virginia Governor Timothy M. Kaine today announced that Aerial Machine and Tool Corp. will invest more than $600,000 to expand its production capacity in Patrick County. The facility manufactures precision-sewn and machined products for the U.S. Departments of Defense and Homeland Security, as well as for other military contractors. The expansion and remodeling project will help facilitate Aerial’s current and future growth, which they expect will create 75 new jobs.    » read more »

Yanmar America Corp. to invest $20 million, add up to 200 employees

August 15, 2007 -- ATLANTA — Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue announced today that Japanese machinery company Yanmar American Corp. will more than double the size of its Adairsville plant, adding up to 200 jobs and investing $20 million.    » read more »

CBS Manufacturing Project to Retain 35 Jobs and Create 14 New Jobs in Connecticut

August 15, 2007 -- Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced that the Department of Economic and Community Development and the Connecticut Development Authority are working together to support CBS Manufacturing Co. Inc.’s plans to expand to a new location in East Granby. The $4.3 million project will help retain 35 jobs and create 14 new jobs.    » read more »

Company will create 150 jobs and invest $24 million over next five years

August 09, 2007 -- FRANKFORT, Ky. – Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher’s chief of staff, Stan Cave, today joined with officials of the Cabinet for Economic Development, the community of Russell County and BRUSS North America to break ground for a $24 million expansion of the company’s industrial facility in Russell County.    » read more »

$35.5 million investment will bring 100 new jobs

August 07, 2007 -- FRANKFORT, KY – Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher and Economic Development Cabinet Secretary John Hindman today announced that a luxury home appliance manufacturer, Sub-Zero Wolf Inc., will locate a new facility in Richmond. The company will create an estimated 100 new, full-time jobs and invest $35.5 million in the commonwealth.    » read more »

June 12, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Samuel W. Bodman today expanded DOE’s work to maximize energy efficiency by increasing cooperation among U.S. industry and energy efficiency experts, through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM).    » read more »

14 June 2007 -- The U.S. auto industry is based in Detroit, and auto manufacturing is done in the Midwest and elsewhere. But California, with its endless freeways, is the center of car culture. Mike O'Sullivan reports, it is also a center for advanced auto design, where vehicles of the future are taking shape.

Californians love their cars, as they have since the automobile was introduced more than a century ago.

Today the region is home to more than a dozen design shops where new concepts are explored. The Mazda Miata, Honda CRX, and Toyota Celica were all conceived here.    » read more »

June 13, 2007 -- KENOSHA – Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle today announced a $16.8 million incentives package to assist the Chrysler Group in retooling their Kenosha Engine plant and secure their presence in Wisconsin. The $16.8 million package, a joint offering from the City of Kenosha, Kenosha County, American Transmission Company (ATC), WE Energies and the State, attracted Chrysler’s investment of $450 million in the Kenosha plant to prepare for the launch of a new family of fuel-efficient V-6 engines.    » read more »

June 6, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid spoke today at a summit that brought the Democratic Caucus together with top manufacturing executives, labor leaders and other experts from around the nation to discuss the future of domestic manufacturing. The following are Reid’s prepared remarks:    » read more »