Expansion News
Automotive Supplier Opening In East Ala.
July 6, 2012 1:51 pm | News | CommentsM-Tek will make parts for the Honda Odyssey and Pilot and the Acrua MBX, and will hire 200 workers on a $6.5 million investment.
Former Va. Paper Plant Reopens As Fluff Pulp Mill
July 6, 2012 1:06 pm | News | CommentsInternational Paper spent nearly $90 million to convert the facility after it laid off more than 1,100 people there when it closed the mill in 2010.
Honduran Cheese Maker Gets City Loan From Columbus
July 5, 2012 2:12 pm | News | CommentsCentral American Foods LLC establish its first U.S. production facility after exporting cheese to the U.S. for five years.
AVX Expansion Bringing More Than 250 Jobs To S.C.
July 5, 2012 1:36 pm | News | CommentsThe electronics maker said that it is spending more than $14 million over the next few years to expand manufacturing and research in Fountain Inn, S.C.
$1B Fertilizer Plant Planned In Upper Midwest
July 5, 2012 9:53 am | News | CommentsThe plant could help local farmers secure fertilizer without having to rely on imports, and also use natural gas byproduct from oil production in North Dakota.
Modular Housing Maker Opens New Idaho Plant
July 2, 2012 1:55 pm | News | CommentsATCO, based in Alberta, Canada, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony in eastern Idaho where it's created 190 jobs to make housing for oil and mining sites.
Fiat Headlight Subsidiary To Hire 800 In Pulaski, Tenn.
July 2, 2012 12:07 pm | News | CommentsThe $54 million expansion of the Magneti Marelli plant will put a dent in the jobless rate of Giles Country, which hovers around 9 percent.
Honda Hiring 100 Professionals At Ala. Plant
July 2, 2012 9:43 am | News | CommentsHonda will hire more than 100 engineers, managers and others in the next three months so it can build the Acura MDX in Talladega County.
Proposed Vt. Bio-Tech Plant Could Create 500 Jobs
July 2, 2012 9:37 am | News | CommentsAnC Bio, a South Korean company that manufactures artificial organs, will spend build a $50 million plant that could also lease out clean rooms to business from around the world.
Officials: Ala. Airbus Plant Will Employ 1,000
July 2, 2012 9:32 am | by Melissa Nelson-Gabriel, Associated Press | News | CommentsThe planned aircraft assembly plant in Mobile will cost $600 million to build, and could fuel more aerospace companies and jobs in the area.
Logistics Company To Create 700 Jobs In Erlanger
June 29, 2012 11:32 am | News | CommentsElovations Services Group LLC announced the $13.7 million Erlanger expansion and said northern Kentucky is an ideal location.
Smith & Wesson's 4Q Profit, Sales Soar
June 29, 2012 9:36 am | News | CommentsIncreased sales of polymer pistols and modern sporting rifles helped S&W paid down $30 million of debt and increase its manufacturing capabilities.
Nissan To Make Sentra In Miss. Plant, Add 1,000 Jobs
June 28, 2012 1:32 pm | by Jeff Amy, Associated Press | News | CommentsThe plant, located in Canton, opened in 2003 and currently has about 3,900 workers making six different vehicles already.
SC Metal Maker Expands In Sumter, Adds 60 Jobs
June 28, 2012 11:09 am | News | CommentsPorter's Fabrications will spend $2.5 million to increase its capacity in the Sumter plant it opened about eight years ago.
Study Outlines Options For Shuttered Pa. Refinery
June 28, 2012 10:07 am | News | CommentsAmong the more ambitious proposals for the Marcus Hook refinery is a multibillion-dollar plant to convert gas into liquefied natural gas for export.
Reno OKs Tax Breaks For Apple Investment
June 28, 2012 9:44 am | News | CommentsApple will open two facilities in northern Nevada as part of a $1 billion investment over 10 years, thanks to a 79 percent reduction in its tax burden.
Airbus Planning First U.S. Factory In Mobile, Alabama
June 28, 2012 9:33 am | by Joshua Freed, AP Business Writer | News | CommentsAn Alabama plant would enable Airbus to produce planes squarely in the territory of archrival Boeing Co., and at a lower cost than European facilities.
GE Adds To Work Force At Louisville Plant
June 27, 2012 12:23 pm | by Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press | News | CommentsThe company will add 380 more workers this summer for a new line of refrigerators, and is still sifting through 16,000 applications received earlier this year.
Diesel-Engine Maker To Relocate To Surprise, Ariz.
June 27, 2012 11:55 am | News | CommentsSouthwest Products Corps. will initially hire 90 people to work in the 165,000-square-foot plant, which is expected to open in fall 2013.
$12.3B Hanford Nuclear Waste Plant Sees Delays
June 27, 2012 9:53 am | by Shannon Dininny, Associated Press | News | CommentsSeveral workers have raised concerns about safety, particularly about erosion and corrosion in tanks and piping, where maintenance will be impossible due to radiation.
Nucor's Blytheville Plant To Get $115M Expansion
June 26, 2012 1:35 pm | News | CommentsNucor announced that it is joining with Yamato Kogyo Co. to expand production into wider, stronger and lighter sheet piling sections.
Haynes International Plans Ind., La. Expansions
June 26, 2012 9:43 am | News | CommentsHaynes CEO Mark Comerford says the $24M investment will add about 20 percent to the Kokomo factory's capacity and create 40 new jobs.
Coca-Cola To Invest Additional $3B In India
June 26, 2012 9:34 am | News | CommentsCoca-Cola said its first-quarter volume in India rose 20 percent, while growth at home is almost completely stalled.
Wyoming Nears Massive Expansion Of Nuclear Support
June 25, 2012 12:58 pm | by Ryan James, Rock Springs Rocket-Miner | News | CommentsUr-Energy anticipates an annual output of 1 million to 2 million pounds of refined yellowcake uranium powder, which could be a boon for nuclear power plants.
Steel Dynamics Plans Expansion Of NE Ind. Factory
June 25, 2012 9:55 am | News | CommentsThe Fort Wayne-based company says it will spend $11.8 million in new equipment, and could add about 15 jobs with an expanded facility.
