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This page contains current news on business expansions and relocations.
Fujitsu Shifts Some Manufacturing From Overseas to Texas [ 8/7/2008 ]By: News Briefs
RICHARDSON, Texas (Aug. 7) — Fujitsu Network Communications, a supplier of optical and wireless networking solutions, is expanding manufacturing capacity at its headquarters here and shifting the production of key optical and electronic components from Europe and Japan to the United States.Read The Full Article
Virginia Top Forbes.com’s Listing of Business-Friendly States [ 8/7/2008 ]By: News Briefs
Virginia was ranked No. 1 in Forbes.com’s annual ranking of the Best States for Business for the third straight year. Utah, Washington, North Carolina and Georgia rounded out the top five.Read The Full Article
GCS Opens Call Center in Maine [ 8/7/2008 ]By: News Briefs
PITTSFIELD, Maine (Aug. 7) — Global Contact Services (GCS) has launched a new call center here, one of 12 U.S.-based centers calling for a particular insurance campaign. The call center employs more than 200 workers.Read The Full Article
IBM To Site Data Center in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina [ 8/5/2008 ]By: News Briefs
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (Aug. 5) — IBM announced plans to build a $360 million, state-of-the-art data center at its facility here. It is the second major expansion project in North Carolina announced by the company this year.Read The Full Article
Whirlpool To Shift Jobs From Mississippi to Tennessee in Consolidation Effort [ 8/5/2008 ]By: News Briefs
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (Aug. 5) — Whirlpool Corp. will streamline the production of built-in ovens and cook-tops in North America by moving operations from its Oxford, Miss., plant to its facility in Cleveland, Tenn.Read The Full Article
Bridgestone Americas Focuses On Akron, Ohio, Site For Facility [ 8/5/2008 ]By: News Briefs
AKRON, Ohio (Aug. 5) — The team charged with evaluating the relocation of the Bridgestone Firestone Technical Center has recommended that the company build its new state-of-the-art facility here.Read The Full Article
BITZER To Invest Millions of Dollars in New York Expansion Project [ 7/31/2008 ]By: News Briefs
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (July 31) — BITZER Scroll, a large independent manufacturer of air conditioning and refrigeration compressors, will create close to 300 high-end engineering and manufacturing jobs at a former General Motors facility in the city of Salina in this metro area.Read The Full Article
PolyOne To Shut Six U.S. Facilities as Part of Realignment [ 7/31/2008 ]By: News Briefs
CLEVELAND (July 31) — PolyOne Corp., a provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, will shutter six facilities in the United States, as well as two foreign facilities. About 150 jobs will be eliminated as a result of the realignment.Read The Full Article
First Administrators To Expand, Increase Sioux City, Iowa, Work Force [ 7/31/2008 ]By: News Briefs
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (July 31) — Benefits administrator First Administrators Inc. plans to add as many as 46 fulltime employees to its current operation and renovate its existing facility in an expansion project here.Read The Full Article
BOSTON (July 29) — Three biotech companies — Cogito Health Inc., Paratek Pharmaceuticals and Soadco — are relocating their operations here. The expansions will result in 100 new jobs and the occupancy of about 70,000 square feet of space.Read The Full Article
Alabama’s Calhoun Community College Chosen for Robotics Center [ 7/29/2008 ]By: News Briefs
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (July 29) — Calhoun Community College has been selected as the site for a new state-of-the-art robotics research, education and training campus that will help the state of Alabama attract new industry, support the needs of existing industry and train workers for high-tech careers.Read The Full Article
Ohio OKs Tax Credits for GM Plant in Lordstown [ 7/29/2008 ]By: News Briefs
LORDSTOWN, Ohio (July 29) — The state of Ohio has awarded General Motors more than $82 million in tax credits to guarantee a 30-year future for its plant here. It came at about the same time that GM was announcing it was cutting jobs from a plant in Southwest Ohio.Read The Full Article
Ford To Revamp Vehicle Production at Several Plants [ 7/24/2008 ]By: News Briefs
DEARBORN, Mich. (July 24) — In an effort to turnaround lagging sales in the Untied States, Ford said that it would overhaul its North American plants to focus on small cars. The automaker said it lost $8.7 billion in the second quarter of 2008, its worst showing ever.Read The Full Article
Nissan Officially Launches Operations From New North America HQ Facility in Tennessee [ 7/24/2008 ]By: News Briefs
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (July 24) — Nissan has officially dedicated Nissan Americas here. The new center serves as regional headquarters for the United States, Canada and Mexico. The complex is designed to encourage and inspire cross-functional collaboration within the region.Read The Full Article
DMI To Expand Wind Tower Manufacturing Facilities in North Dakota, Oklahoma [ 7/24/2008 ]By: News Briefs
WEST FARGO, N.D. (July 24) — Wind tower equipment manufacturer DMI Industries, a subsidiary of Otter Tail Corp., announced that it will expand its facilities here and near Tulsa, Okla. The expansions will increase capacity by 40 percent at the West Fargo plant and by 100 percent at the Oklahoma plant.Read The Full Article
Genzyme Genetics Expands Operations in New Mexico [ 7/24/2008 ]By: News Briefs
SANTE FE, N.M. (July 24) — The company has benefited from numerous state programs and will add as many as 45 jobs as a result of this expansion.
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Merck Announces Additional Expansion at North Carolina Manufacturing Facility [ 7/22/2008 ]By: News Briefs
DURHAM, N.C. (July 22) — Merck will spend an additional $300 million to expand its vaccine manufacturing complex here, according to the company. It is the second expansion announcement made by the company, which began building the facility four years ago.Read The Full Article
General Dynamics Launches Navy Repair Facility in Massachusetts [ 7/22/2008 ]By: News Briefs
PITTSFIELD, Mass. (July 22) — The U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programs and General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems have formally activated a new shipboard electronics repair facility here.Read The Full Article
Walgreens Opens DC in South Carolina That Accommodates Employees With Disabilities [ 7/22/2008 ]By: News Briefs
ANDERSON, S.C. (July 22) — The Walgreen Co. has opened its 12th full-service distribution center (DC), a facility here that is the first of its kind to employ a significant number of people with disabilities. More than 42 percent of the facility's work force has a physical or cognitive disability such as autism or mental retardation.Read The Full Article
Volkswagen Chooses Chattanooga, Tennessee, For Production Facility [ 7/17/2008 ]By: News Brief
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (July 17) — Volkswagen Group of America Inc. announced this week that it will build a U.S. automotive production facility here, where it will produce a car designed specifically for the North American market and invest $1 billion in the economy. The announcement is an important element of the company’s overall U.S. strategy of connecting with its customers, increasing its competitiveness and tripling its U.S. customer base during the next decade, according to the company.Read The Full Article
Dow, Kuwaiti Company To Build Headquarters in Southeast Michigan [ 7/17/2008 ]By: News Briefs
MIDLAND, Mich. (July 17) — Dow Chemical Co. and a Kuwaiti petrochemical company will site the global headquarters of a joint venture in Southeast Michigan, creating 800 jobs, company and state officials announced this week. The new company, K-Dow Petrochemicals, will decide by the end of the year on its exact location in Southeast Michigan.Read The Full Article
CLEVELAND (July 17) — OnSpeX, a division of CSA Group and a global provider of consumer product performance evaluation, inspections and advisory services for retailers, has opened a new 25,000 square foot, state-of-the-art testing facility here.Read The Full Article
New Jersey Courts Lehman Brothers With Incentive to Relocate Jobs from New York City [ 7/15/2008 ]By: News Briefs
TRENTON, N.J. (July 15) — In an effort to entice Lehman Brothers and hundreds of jobs across the Hudson River, the state of New Jersey today formally offered nearly $20 million in business growth incentives for the relocation of some of the company’s workforce to Jersey City.Read The Full Article
Incentive Package Helps Company Put Call Center Jobs in Sherman, Texas [ 7/15/2008 ]By: News Briefs
SHERMAN, Texas (July 15) — The Sherman Economic Development Corp. (SEDCO) awarded Capio Partners LLC $336,000, to be paid in five unequal installments, for a new call center here that is expected to bring nearly 170 jobs.Read The Full Article
Toyota To Produce Hybrid Prius in Mississippi; Alters Production at Plants in Texas, Indiana [ 7/11/2008 ]By: News Briefs
ERLANGER, Ky. (July 11) — Toyota Motor Corp. will manufacture the hybrid Prius at its yet-to-be-finished manufacturing complex in Blue Springs, Miss., as part of an initiative to adjust operations to changing U.S. consumer demands for smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles. Also effected by the initiative will be facilities in San Antonio, Texas, and Princeton, Ind.Read The Full Article
